the "shot heard'round the world" occurred at this battle
What is Lexington & Concord?
100
committing harmful acts against your country - 57 men committed this when they signed the Declaration of Independence
What is treason?
100
mine is the most famous signature in American history
Who is John Hancock?
100
this hill outside of Boston was the sight of the first sustained fighting between Patriot forces and the British Army
What is Bunker Hill?
100
the Second Continental Congress voted this man to serve as Commander General of the Continental Army
Who is George Washington?
200
in April 1775, British soldiers marched from Boston looking for the colonists' arsenal of weapons in this city
What is Concord?
200
this term was given to those colonists who favored independence from Britain - God's favorite quarterback is one
What is Patriot? (Tom Brady, U-M class of 2000)
200
I often looked a bit unkept and was seen wearing the same red suit of clothes on many days, yet I was highly respected by the people of Boston
Who is Samuel Adams?
200
in June 1775, the Second Continental Congress took the steps to organize the collection of militia fighters into an army to fight for independence from Britain - they called it the _______ Army
What is CONTINENTAL Army?
200
a major advantage for the British as they entered the war with the colonies was that they possessed the world's largest ______, while the colonists had almost nothing in this regard
What is navy?
300
this group captured Fort Ticonderoga in May 1775
What is the Green Mountain Boys?
300
this term was given to those colonists who wished to remain loyal to Britain
What is Loyalist?
300
I battled personal demons over the issue of slavery - I felt it morally violated my principles of liberty, yet I owned over 200 slaves on my Virginia plantation
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
300
even as fighting was breaking out in the colonies, the Second Continental Congress sent this plea for peace to Britain in May 1775
What is the Olive Branch Petition?
300
Patriots gained these valuable items with the capture of Fort Ticonderoga
What is canons?
400
he led the group that captured Fort Ticonderoga
Who is Ethan Allen?
400
to approve - as in "to approve the Declaration of Independence"
What is ratify?
400
while problems were rising in Massachusetts and the other colonies during the early 1750s, I spent time in Britain in hopes of reconciling our differences with King George III
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
400
General George Washington was able to force British troops to evacuate Boston in March 1776 when these arrived to strengthen his position
What is the cannons captured from Fort Ticonderoga?
400
low on ammunition at Bunker Hill, Colonel William Prescott gave this command to his Patriot militia
What is "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes"?
500
Fort Ticonderoga is in this modern-day state
What is Vermont?
500
the engraving of the "Boston Massacre", and other works of propaganda produced by Samuel Adams, clearly reflect his personal ______ against the British government
What is bias?
500
I suffered through the emotional torment of my wife - not wanting to place her in the often poorly run mental aylums of the time, I hired a personal nurse to care for her in the basement of our home
Who is Patrick Henry?
500
when British General Howe and the British troops left Boston for Canada in March 1776, about 1,000 _______ went with them
What is Loyalists?
500
a term - the Hessians, troops from Germany who were paid to fight for the British, are an example