He was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
100
This term describes colonists who remained loyal to Britain.
What is a Loyalist?
100
This event occurred after a crowd of colonists and British soldiers got into a scuffle.
What is the Boston Massacre?
100
This meeting's purpose was to govern the colonies and create a Continental Army.
What is the Second Continental Congress?
100
This "party" was a colonial response to the Tea Act.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
200
These religious groups condemned slavery in the Colonies.
Who are the Puritans, Quakers, and Mennonites?
200
This stated that Britain could tax the colonies whenever they wanted.
What is the Declaratory Act?
200
The first shots of the American War for Independence were fired at these towns/battle sites.
What are Lexington and Concord?
200
He organized protests, spread propaganda, created the Boston committee of correspondence, and spread information about problems with Britain.
Who is Samuel Adams?
200
This Revolutionary War battle, taking place near Boston, was a pyrrhic victory for the British.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
300
This British General gained secret information about the colonists' collection of arms in towns near Boston.
Who is Sir Thomas Gage?
300
He was, arguably, Washington's "right-hand man" in aiding the training and strategy for the Continental Army.
Who is Marquis de Lafayette?
300
These two took a famous ride, with one of them yelling "The regulars are out!"
Who are William Dawes and Paul Revere?
300
This person infamously wrote letters during the Revolutionary War condemning the treatment of women at the time.
Who is Abigail Adams?
300
This battle ended the American War for Independence.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
400
He wrote "Common Sense," a pamphlet that was very popular for its verve in calling for the colonists' complete separation from England as a "cause for all mankind."
Who is Thomas Paine?
400
This was a new tax on glass, paper, lead, and tea - it was removed as a result of a colonist vs. British scuffle, but the tea tax remained.
What are the Townshend Acts?
400
These three religious denominations came about as a result of the Great Awakening.
Who are Baptists, Methodists, and Presbyterians?
400
This company was able to sell tea to the colonies without having to pay taxes the merchants paid under the Tea Act.
What is the British East India Company?
400
This is the main reason why the colonists were able to win the War for Independence.
What is the determination and spirit of the American people?
500
The first major American victory in the Revolutionary War saw this General defeat the gambling Johnny Burgoyne.
Who is General Horatio Gates?
500
This legendary writer famously wrote the phrase "shot heard 'round the world," referring to the first shots fired of the American War for Independence.
Who is Ralph Waldo Emerson?
500
This formal request to the King of England was the colonists' "last ditch" effort for peace with Britain.
What is the Olive Branch Petition?
500
This writer had the greatest personal influence on the author of the Declaration of Independence. He wrote of natural rights to life, liberty, and property.
Who is John Locke?
500
This was the location of George Washington's Continental Army in the brutal winter of 1777.