This was the location of the Shot Heard Round the World
What is Lexington and Concord (or just Concord)
100
He was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson
100
This event involved colonists dressed as Indians dumping tea into a Harbor
What is the Boston Tea Party
100
This was the first governing document of the United States and is now considered to have been very weak
What is the Articles of Confederation
200
This put a tax on the importation of molasses in the colonies
What is the Sugar Act
200
This was the location where George Washington's army wintered in Pennsylvania and had very trying times
What is Valley Forge
200
This man wrote Common Sense
Who is Thomas Paine
200
This event saw British troops firing into an angry crowd and was used as colonial propaganda against the British
What is the Boston Massacre
200
This is the document that lays out the form of government for the United States
What is the Constitution
300
The law gave the British East India Company a monopoly on imports of a particular good into the American colonies
What is the Tea Act
300
This was the last major battle of the American Revolution
What is Yorktown
300
This man is considered the first and greatest traitor in American history. He tried to surrender West Point and later led armies for the British in the South
Who is Benedict Arnold
300
This was the practice of using hit-and-run tactics to attack a stronger enemy and was used by Americans extensively in the South
What is guerrilla warfare
300
This document was considered the most important publication in helping convince many colonists to declare independence
What is Common Sense
400
This law required colonial governments to pay for the housing and supplies of British troops
What is the Quartering Act
400
These two battles in New Jersey helped provide a valuable morale boost to the independence movement in the winter of 1776/1777
What are Trenton and Princeton
400
Washington said this French aristocrat was his "ablest commander" and he would later be considered the most popular man in America
Who is the Marquis de Lafayette (Lafayette is also acceptable)
400
This legislative body brought together representatives from each of the thirteen colonies and was the group that passed the Declaration of Independence
What is the Continental Congress
Congress by itself is NOT acceptable
400
This series of essays was written to help convince Americans to ratify the US Constitution
What are the Federalist Papers
500
This law said that Parliament had the right to pass laws that were binding on the American colonies
What is the Declaratory Act
500
This was the Battle that convinced the French to openly join the American Revolution on the side of the colonies
What is Saratoga
500
These were people who took neither side during the American Revolution
Who are nonassociators
500
This was an electoral district in Britain controlled by aristocratic landowners and very undemocratic
What is a rotten borough
500
This law helped organize land into territories, laid out how they could become states, and created a system of surveying and dividing land still used today