These two men's writings strongly influenced the writers of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is John Locke and Thomas Paine?
100
This man assisted George Washington at Valley Forge, training his men and keeping up morale.
Who is the Marquis de Lafayette?
100
This battle involved Washington crossing the Delaware River on Christmas Eve.
What is the Battle of Trenton?
100
This act by the Sons of Liberty caused the British to close Boston Harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
100
This general lost the war.
Who is General Cornwallis?
200
This pamphlet urged Americans to declare their independence.
What is Common Sense?
200
This man was accused of being a tyrant in the Declaration of Independence.
Who is King George III?
200
This battle had an impact on the French deciding to assist the colonists in their war effort.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
200
In the 1750s, the French were worried that the British would expand into this area.
What is the Ohio Valley?
200
The British allowed themselves be surrounded at this town.
What is Yorktown?
300
In the Declaration of Independence, power comes from this group.
What is the people?
300
This man worked to negotiate an alliance with the French from his position as Ambassador.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
300
In the battle of Saratoga, this side won
What is the colonists?
300
This group, which consisted of representatives from each colony, met in response to British mercantile policies.
What is the Committees of Correspondence?
300
This general led the colonists to victory.
Who is George Washington?
400
The document which ended the Revolutionary War.
What is the Treaty of Paris of 1783?
400
This man surrendered his troops to Washington at Yorktown
Who is General Cornwallis?
400
This battle ended the war due to a mistake on the part of Lord Cornwallis
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
400
These acts were passed by the British in response to the Boston Tea Party
What are the Intolerable or Coercive Acts?
400
The Treaty of Paris of 1783 gave this as the western boundary of the new United States.
What is the Mississippi River?
500
This is the second section of the Declaration of Independence which explains the proper relationship between a people and a government.
What is Declaration of Rights?
500
Though a great general in the Battle of Saratoga, this man went on to be a traitor.
Who is Benedict Arnold?
500
This group kept supplies from reaching the British at Yorktown.
What is the French navy?
500
British troops fired upon anti-British demonstrators at what be came known as this event where Crispis Attics, an African-American, was the first fatality.
What is the Boston Massacre?
500
This was the mistake Lord Cornwallis made which cost him the war.
What is retreating to low ground along a river allowing no means of escape?