Terms
Acts
Battles
Politics
Trivia
100
A document that laid out the abuses by King George and explained why the colonies were leaving
What is the Declaration of Independence
100
The act that led to the Boston Tea Party
What is the Tea Act
100
The battle that is considered the beginning of the Revolution. "Shot Heard Round the World"
What is the Battle of Lexington & Concord
100
A meeting in which the Olive Branch Petition was sent to fix the colonial relationship with Britain
What is the First Continental Congress
100
An American colonists that is loyal to Britain
What is a Tory
200
German Mercenaries
What are the Hessians
200
An act that forced colonists to house British soldiers
What is the Quartering Act
200
The battle that convinced the French to support the American Colonies.
What is the Battle of Saratoga
200
Document that ended the American Revolution
What is the Treaty of Paris
200
An alternate name for the American Revolution
What is the 1/3 War
300
An era that Thomas Jefferson looked to write the Declaration of Independence that encouraged new political ideas.
What is the Enlightenment
300
A tax on all legal documents and any paper
What is the Stamp Act
300
The battle where Washington crossed the Delaware River and fought the Hessians on Christmas day.
What is the Battle of Trenton
300
A document that prevented colonists from moving west across the Appalachian Mountains creating resentment between the Colonies and Britain
What is the Proclamation of 1763
300
Military technique in which a group shoots quickly from a hidden spot and then runs away.
What is Guerrilla Warfare
400
A document sent by the First Continental Congress to bring peace between Britain & the colonies
What is the Olive Branch Petition
400
This act takes away the Stamp Act, but also says that the King can tax anyone he chooses.
What is the Declaratory Act
400
A battle in which both the British and Americans felt that they had won.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill
400
A meeting that created the United States of America
What is the Second Continental Congress
400
The use of an Army or Navy to cut off a city or region
What is a Blockade
500
A book written in every day language encouraging the colonies to seek independence
What is "Common Sense"
500
An act that closed Boston Harbor, and eliminated any and all self-government in Boston.
What is the Intolerable Acts
500
The battle that ended the American Revolution
What is the battle of Yorktown
500
A policy that allows territories of Britain to govern themselves
What is Salutary Neglect
500
The man who wrote the book "Common Sense"
Who is Thomas Paine
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