Show:
Vocabulary
Acts
Meetings
People
Battles
100
To refuse to buy items from a particular country
Boycott
100
A tax was placed on sugar, wine, and molasses with the passage of this act
Sugar Act
100
The American Revolution was fought between these two groups.
American Colonists and Britain
100
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
100
Who won the Battle at Bunker Hill?
Britain
200
Ideas or information designed and spread to influence opinion
Propaganda
200
This document prevented colonists from moving and settling west of the Appalachian Mountains after the French and Indian War.
Proclamation of 1763
200

In what meeting was the Declaration of Independence written?

Second Continental Congress

200
Who wrote the pamphlet, Common Sense, in favor of American independence?
Thomas Paine
200
What were the first battles of the Revolutionary War, started by "the shot heard 'round the world."
Battles of Lexington and Concord
300
A colonist who supported the war for independence
Patriot
300
This legal document allowed customs officers to enter any location to search for smuggled goods.
Writs of Assistance
300
A meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies who met to organize colonial resistance to challenge British control was known as this.
First Continental Congress
300

The name of the two brothers that led the British Army?

Howe Brothers

300
How did the French help the Americans win the Battle at Yorktown?
They used their navy to block the British and offered food and supplies to American troops
400
Which colonists did not consider unfair taxes a good reason for rebellion?
Loyalist
400
This was a tax on imported goods from Britain.
Townshend Acts
400
Where was the peace treaty signed by the British and the Americans?
Paris
400
Who was the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence?
John Hancock
400
How many British troops showed up to fight against the 80 armed minutemen in Lexington?
700
500
What style of war did George Washington take from the Native Americans?
Guerilla Warfare
500
A tax placed on all paper products followed the passage of this act.
Stamp Act
500

What did General George Washington often rely on to get him secret intelligence or information?

Spies
500

Name of the soldier that led the Continental Army to victory at Bemis Heights but then became a traitor

Benedict Arnold

500

What song did the Continental Army play as the British were retreating at Yorktown that was originally written to make fun of the colonists?

Yankee Doodle Dandy