Causes of War
People
Battles
Cities and Towns
Odds and Ends
100

Colonial reaction to the Tea Act which caused the British to pass the Coercive (Intolerable) Acts.

Boston Tea Party

100

He said, “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country”

Nathan Hale

100

The redcoats suffered heavy casualties before driving the Patriots off of Breed’s Hill

Battle of Bunker Hill

100

Town north of Boston where the British destroyed a stash of militia weapons

Concord

100

The representative body that governed the United States during the Revolution and that originally decided to sign the Declaration of Independence

Second Continental Congress

200

Colonists boycott, “no taxation without representation” started with this law.

Stamp Act

200

Was appointed as the leader of the Continental Army

George Washington

200

Considered the final battle of the Revolutionary War, General Washington defeated Cornwallis with the assistance of the French Navy

Battle of Yorktown

200

The liberty tree was located in this city where tensions were the highest between colonists and the British

Boston

200

Baron Friedrich von Steuben impacted the Revolution by providing military expertise and training at

Valley Forge

300

This Act did not allow colonists to move west of the Appalachian Mountains

Proclamation of 1763

300

Helped organized the Sons of Liberty, the Boston Tea Party, and the Committee of Correspondence

Samuel Adams

300

Considered the turning point in the war as it was an initial Patriot victory

Battle of Saratoga

300

This city served as the capital during the Revolutionary War

Philadelphia

300

This treaty officially ended the Revolutionary War in 1783 and recognized the United States as independent

The Treaty of Paris

400

Tragic event that took the life of Crispus Attucks along with four other Patriots

Boston Massacre

400

French immigrant that helped lead colonial armies including at the Battle of Yorktown.

Marquis de Lafayette

400

George Washington and the Continental Army crossed the Delaware River in 1775 and surprised the Hessians

Battle of Trenton

400

After General Howe defeated Washington at the Battle of Long Island, the British occupied this city

New York

400

This served as the Western boundary of the United States as a result of the 1783 treaty.

Mississippi River

500

Thomas Paine’s, Common Sense, influenced the push for independence, he also wrote this

The Crisis

500

Led Patriots from Fort Ticonderoga south with cannons through a brutal winter to help the Patriots push the British out of Boston

Colonel Henry Knox

500

The battle that started the war occurred after warnings from Paul Revere and William Dawes

Lexington and Concord

500

Benjamin Franklin secured alliances in this city following the colonial victories at the Battle of Saratoga

Paris, France

500

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness”


Where are these words written?

Declaration of Independence

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