Enlightenment
Washington
The British
Patriots or
Founding Fathers
Founding Fathers
Revolutionary Battles
100
The preamble to the Declaration is a reflection of Enlightenment thinkers... "life, ____, and the pursuit of happiness."
Liberty
100
Washington made a 1000 trek to deliver a message that would ultimately start what war?
The French and Indian or Seven Years War
100
Who was the King of England during the American Revolution?
King George III
100
Who first printed this political cartoon?
Benjamin Franklin 1747 (pg. 78)
100
This is where the shot heard around the world was fired. (Name the first battle of the Revolutionary War.)
Battle of Lexington and Concord-April 1775
200
The Enlightenment simply put is the Age of ______.
Reason
200
Washington was part of this gathering or group (the first for the colonies) that discussed what to do about the repressive taxes and laws that British was putting on the colonists.
The Continental Congress
200
Listen my children and you shall hear of the midnight ride of... this guy...who warned that the British were coming!
Paul Revere
200
Cousin of John Adams, this fiery patriot, was definitely for using violence to combat tyranny.
Sam Adams
200
This city felt the first battles of the war and were surrounded by the British for nearly a year.
Boston
300
Name one Enlightenment thinker who wrote about Social Contract.
Locke or Rousseau
300
What is the title of this famous painting?
Washington Crossing the Delaware
300
The 3rd amendment of the Bill of Rights protects against this happening again.
Quartering Soldiers or the Quartering Act
300
"Britain is our parent country," say some. Then the more shame on her conduct. Even brutes do not devour their young, nor savages make war upon their families. Name the author or title.
Thomas Paine Common Sense 1776 pg. 169
300
The military band played "The World Turned Upside Down" at this last battle of the war.
Battle of Yorktown
400
The balance of powers in government is the way to secure liberty for the people. Who believed that?
Charles Montesqieu
400
Washington was "outgunned, outmanned outnumbered, and outplanned" in this city and it remained in British control until the end of the war.
New York City
400
Name one British General who fought in the Revolutionary War.
Gage, Howe, Cornwallis, Clinton
400
This farmer in Pennsylvania, who was part of the Continental Congress, did not sign the Declaration of Independence.
John Dickinson pg. 115
400
Without the help of these two French men, the war would have had a different ending (most likely). Name one.
Marquis de Lafayette or King Louis XVI
500
Rousseau wrote a (somewhat scandalous) autobiography. How many volumes is it?
12 (Pg. 32)
500
Give the title or event of this document: There are 4 things which I humbly believe are essential to the well-being, I may even venture to say, to the existence, of the U.S. as an independent power: first an indissoluble union of the states under one federal head. Second a sacred regard to public justice. Third the adoption of a proper peace establishment. Fourth, the prevalence of that friendly disposition among the people of the U.S....
Letter to the States - Washington retiring as General 1783
500
Name the Prime Minister of England during the American Revolution.
Lord North (pg. 284)
500
Name the defense lawyer for the British soldiers of the Boston Massacre.
John Adams
500
This man, once a bookkeeper in Boston, stole cannons and artillery from Fort Ticonderoga. A famous fort in Kentucky is now named after him.
Henry Knox