Important Years
People
Acts
Weapons
The American Flag
100
The Declaration of Independence was published in this year.
What is 1776?
100
The person that sewed the American flag.
Who was Betsy Ross?
100
The people were angry that they were taxed for paper goods.
What was the Stamp Act?
100
The most commonly used firearm in the Revolutionary War.
What is the Musket?
100
The number of stars that represent the original colonies on the first American flag.
What is 13 stars?
200
The Boston Tea Party was in this year.
What is 1773?
200
He rode his horse and shouted the British are coming.
Who was Paul Revere?
200
The Act when they put soldiers in peoples home without asking and they had to take care of them and pay for them.
What was the Quartering Act?
200
These were most oftenly used by officers and were decorated with precious materials.
What are swords?
200
There are 7 of these that stand for courage.
What are the red stripes?
300
England won the French and Indian war in this year.
What is 1763?
300
He wrote most of the Declaration of Independence.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
300
They had placed taxes on sugar and molasses.
What was the Sugar Act?
300
They could fire hundreds of yards and hit dozens of enemies in a single shot.
What are cannons?
300
This part of the flag stands for unity.
What is the blue background behind the stars?
400
The year George Washington was elected Commander-in-Chief for the U.S. Army.
What is 1775?
400
He was elected president of the Second Continental Congress.
Who was John Hancock?
400
They had placed taxes on paint, glass, lead, paper, and tea.
What was the Townshend Act?
400
This weapon was considered to be inaccurate and was more of a personal weapon.
What are Flintlock pistols?
400
There are 6 of these that stand for purity.
What are the white stripes?
500
The year the Quartering Act was started.
What is 1765?
500
She took over her husband's spot and shot a cannon in the battle of Monmouth.
Who was Molly Pitcher?
500
People of New York and Philadelphia were upset about the taxes on tea so they shot boats and the cargo flooded the Boston Harbor.
What was the Tea Act?
500
Named The Turtle, this weapon was used underwater to attach explosives to the enemies' ships.
What is the submarine?
500
The year the American flag was made.
What is 1777?
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