Dissatisfaction
Individuals
Events
Independence
Mystery Bag
100
Did the colonists vote in British Parliament when they made laws?
NO!
100
Who was the person in charge of the British government?
King George III 
100
Where were the first armed conflicts of the Revolution?
Lexington and Concord
100
Name one of the unalienable rights listed in the Declaration of Independence.
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness 
100
Why was it "too late to apologize" when the colonists declared independence?
Britain had already ignored the colonists' requests from the First Continental Congress.
200
What did the Stamp Act do?
Taxed PAPER! 
200
This was a famous patriot who said "give me liberty or give me death!"
Patrick Henry 
200
What event involved colonists taunting British soldiers and eventually being shot at by them?
Boston Massacre
200
According to the Declaration of Independence, what is the government's job?
To protect people's unalienable rights
200
What philosopher wrote Common Sense and encouraged people to fight for independence?
Thomas Paine
300
How did Great Britain raise money to pay their debts after the French and Indian War?
Taxed the colonies! 
300
What French person helped the colonists win the war against Britain?
Marquis de Lafayette
300
Where did Lord Cornwallis surrender?
Yorktown
300
Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
300
What date do we recognize as the approval of the Declaration of Independence?
July 4th, 1776
400
Who did the king and Parliament put in charge of enforcing their laws in the colonies?
Colonial Governors
400
Who was the commander of the Continental Army?
George Washington
400
What event was a turning point in the revolution, when the American colonists started winning the war?
Battle of Saratoga 
400
Name one advantage that helped the colonists win the war.
They got help from France, they had strong leadership, and they were defending their own land and beliefs.
400
This is what we call people in the colonies who did NOT want independence from Great Britain.
Loyalists
500
What document stated that the colonists could not move west after the French and Indian War?
Proclamation of 1763
500
Who was Crispus Attucks? 
An enslaved Black man who was the first person to die in the Boston Massacre.
500
Which came first: the Battles at Lexington and Concord, the approval of the Declaration of Independence, or the Boston Tea Party?
Boston Tea Party 
500
At what event did colonists approve the Declaration of Independence?
Second Continental Congress
500
This was the agreement that officially recognized the Americans won the Revolutionary War.
Treaty of Paris