Britain had a lot of this, because they spent lots of money during the French and Indian War.
What is debt?
100
Five colonists were killed at this shooting.
What is the Boston Massacre?
100
The president of the Continental Congress.
Who is John Hancock?
100
A soldier that is paid to fight in a war.
What is a mercenary?
100
Galvez's victories were important, because the British lost control of this.
What is access to the Mississippi River and their forts in the Gulf of Mexico?
200
This is the name of British government.
What is Parliament?
200
Colonists responded to the Tea Act with this protest.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
200
This pamphlet was written by Thomas Paine and made many colonists join the patriots.
What is Common Sense?
200
Cannons were secretly brought to this fort for protection.
What is Fort Ticonderoga?
200
Peter Salem was given this for fighting against the British.
What is freedom?
300
This Act put a tax on many things made of paper.
What is the Stamp Act?
300
Daily Double!!!
The King of England passed these laws that said colonists had to let British troops live in their houses, be under control of the English military and pay for the tea that had been destroyed.
300
Another word for Freedoms.
What are rights?
300
To run away from the enemy.
What is retreat?
300
This African American was a patriot spy during the war.
Who is James Armistead Lafayette?
400
These were taxes on paper, wool, paint, glass and lead.
What were the Townshend Acts?
400
Colonists that supported King George III and England were called this.
What is a loyalist?
400
This a crime for fighting against your own country.
What is treason?
400
The British won battles here in New York.
What are White Plains and Long Island?
400
This general surrendered to General Washington at the Battle of Yorktown.
Who was General Cornwallis?
500
The colonists did this by refusing to buy any British goods.
What is boycott?
500
This group of men met together and gave the colonies the right to assemble militias.
What is the First Continental Congress?
500
The American people have this right when the government stops protecting them.
What is the right to change, abolish or create a new government?
500
The Battle of Saratoga was important for the control of this river.