This Act forced colonists to house British officers and provide them with any provisions they might need.
What is the Quartering Act?
100
This battle is known as The Battle of Bunker Hill despite the fact that the battle actually occurred here.
What is Breed's Hill?
100
"Give me liberty, or give me death!"
Who is Patrick Henry?
200
He led the Continental Army during the Revolution and daringly crossed the Delaware River on Christmas night to save his troops.
Who is George Washington?
200
The Stamp Act
Caused colonial organization and small rebellion.
200
In defiance of this act, colonists would print the skull and crossbones on newspapers and legal documents.
What is the Stamp Act?
200
After winning the Battle of Saratoga, the colonists were joined by this nation to defeat the British.
What is France?
200
"The shot heard 'round the world"
What is the Battle of Lexington and Concord? (Emerson)
300
He was the president of the Continental Congress and also had the largest signature on the Declaration of Independence.
Who is John Hancock?
300
The expenses of the French and Indian War
Caused the British to end salutary neglect and heavily tax the colonists
300
These acts were directed solely at the city of Boston and caused the colonists to come together, rather than submit to Britain's demands.
What are the Coercive Acts?
300
These two battles won by General Washington, although they were very small victories, were crucial in boosting the morale of the down-trodden patriots.
What are the battles of Trenton and Princeton?
300
"I have not yet begun to fight!"
Who is John Paul Jones?
400
This American Indian led a rebellion against the colonists immediately following the French and Indian War. He wanted to establish native lands where the French used to trap animals for furs.
Who is Chief Pontiac?
400
Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense
Caused the second Continental Congress to form their own Declaration of Independence
400
These Acts were the first to mark the end of "salutary neglect" and were initiated by this man.
Who is George Grenville?
400
This was General Howe's mistake when he seized Philadelphia and probably cost Great Britain the war.
What is splitting up his forces and doing to himself what he planned to do to the colonists?
400
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal"
What is The Declaration of Independence?
500
These men set out to alert the towns of Lexington and Concord that the British were coming to seize Samuel Adams and John Hancock.
Who are Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Dr. Samuel Prescott?
500
The Coercive Acts led to the First Continental Congress writing this document.
What is The Declaration of Rights and Grievances?
500
After repealing the Stamp Act, Parliament passed this law stating that all laws passed by Parliament were applicable to all of Britain's territories.
What is the Declaratory Act?
500
The Battle of Yorktown resulted in the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1783. What were its provisions?
1. Britain recognizes the United States of America.
2. The Mississippi is established as the Western border.
3. Florida is given back to Spain.
4. France receives colonies in Africa and the West Indies lost after the French and Indian War.
500
"These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will in this crisis sink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now deserves the love and thanks of man and woman."