Causes
Major Battles
Important Figures
British or American?
Mr. Skjaerris
100
ended with British/colonial victory in 1763
What is the French and Indian War?
100
"shot heard 'round the world"
What is Lexington and Concord?
100
leader of Continental army
Who is George Washington?
100
well trained military
What is the British
100
Mr. Skjaerris' favorite American football team
Who are the Atlanta Falcons?
200
tax on all legal documents in the colonies
What is the Stamp Act?
200
turning point of war -- convinced French to join American forces
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
200
co-authors of Declaration of Independence
Who are John Adams and Benjamin Franklin?
200
alliances with Loyalists
What is the British?
200
Mr. Skjaerris' favorite soccer team
What is Liverpool?
300
tax on glass, lead, paint in the colonies
What are the Townshend Acts?
300
massive British casualties at this battle proved to be a strategic victory for American forces
What is the Battle of Guilford Courthouse?
300
author of 'Common Sense'
Who is Thomas Paine?
300
General Burgoyne
What is British?
300
School Mr. Skjaerris is currently attending
What is Guilford College?
400
called for boycott of British goods following Intolerable Acts
What is the First Continental Congress
400
Prussian general von Steuben trains Continental forces here
What is Valley Forge?
400
Enlightenment philosopher who declared rights of life and property to be part of "natural law'
Who is John Locke?
400
Alliance with France AND Spain
What is American?
400
Where was Mr. Skjaerris born?
What is Denmark?
500
17th c. European philosophical movement that influenced Declaration of Independence
What is the Enlightenment?
500
Cornwallis surrenders to Washington at Yorktown thanks to this country's navy
What is France?
500
said "Give me liberty or give me death!"
Who is Patrick Henry?
500
weak central government
What is American?
500
Mr. Skjaerris' daughter's first name
What is "Pilot"?
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