British Actions
Colonial Protests
Declaration of Independence
Revolutionary War
Miscellaneous
100

The French and Indian War left the British government in a lot of debt, so to solve the problem, they started doing this:

What is tax the colonists?

100

December 16, 1773, at Griffin's Wharf: 300 colonists, some disguised as Native Americans, destroy cargo to protest unfair taxes

What is the Boston Tea Party?

100

The primary author of the Declaration of Independence:

Who is Thomas Jefferson?

100
Washington crossed the Delaware River on Christmas prior to this battle:

What is the Battle of Trenton?

100

The western border of the United States as per the Treaty of Paris (1783) became this body of water:

What is the Mississippi River?
200

To prevent conflict between the British colonists and Native Americans after the French and Indian War, this law was enacted:

What is the Proclamation (Act) of 1763?

200

Colonists intimidated tax collectors by burning these, life-like models of a person that almost resemble a scarecrow:

What is an effigy?

200
The Declaration of Independence includes 3 unalienable rights: life, liberty, and the pursuit of this:

What is happiness?

200

This battle on January 3, 1777, gave the Continental Army a morale boost, and drove the British out of New Jersey:

What is the Battle of Princeton?

200
He wrote American Crisis while traveling with Washington's Army; some of his words were read aloud to soldiers prior to the crossing of the Delaware River:

Who is Thomas Paine?

300

These laws were meant to punish the colonists, especially those in Massachusetts, for the Boston Tea Party:

What are the Coercive (Intolerable) Acts?

300

This meeting in response to the Coercive Acts took place at Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia, September 1774:

What is the First Continental Congress?

300

The Declaration of Independence was officially approved by Congress on this date:

What is July 2, 1776?

300

This battle led to France officially declaring support for the Continental Army:

What is the Battle of Saratoga?

300

The first shots of the Revolutionary War were fired in this Massachusetts town:

What is Lexington?

400

Five colonists were killed on March 5, 1770, in what quickly became known as this event:

What is the Boston Massacre?

400

One of the most popular forms of colonial protest was refusing to purchase products made in Britain, otherwise known as this:

What is a boycott?

400
According to the Declaration of Independence, all men are created this:

What is equal?

400

Washington and his troops endured a brutal winter here from 1777-1778, but received valuable training from a Prussian military officer that led to a crucial victory at the Battle of Monmouth:

What is Valley Forge?

400

They were German soldiers who fought for Britain during the Revolutionary War:

What are Hessians?

500

This law gave the British East India Company a monopoly in the colonies:

What is the Tea Act?
500

This meeting in response to the outbreak of war took place at the Pennsylvania State House (now Independence Hall), May 1775:

What is the Second Continental Congress?

500

There are this many grievances listed in the Declaration of Independence (also the same # as amendments to the Constitution):

What is 27?

500

The final major engagement of the Revolutionary War, which led to a British surrender to the Continental Army and their French allies:

What is the Battle of Yorktown?

500
She was an enslaved woman who wrote poetry supporting American independence; Washington said she had "great poetical talents and natural genius:"

Who was Phyllis Wheatley?

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