Famous Figures
This "midnight rider" warned that the British were coming before the battles of Lexington and Concord.
Who is Paul Revere?
The first battle of the American Revolution, fought in April 1775.
What is the Battle of Lexington and Concord?
First direct tax levied on America by England concerning paper products.
What is the Stamp Act?
This part of the Constitution outlines freedoms such as speech, religion, and press.
What is the First Amendment (or the Bill of rights)?
This seamstress is credited with stitching the first American flag.
Who is Betsy Ross?
The slogan "No taxation without representation" expressed the colonists' protest against this empire's rule.
What is Great Britain?
This African American patriot was the first man killed in the Boston Massacre.
Who is Crispus Attucks?
This battle, fought mostly on Breed's Hill, showed the colonists could stand up to the British army.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
Passed in 1764, this law placed a tax on imported molasses in an effort to stop smuggling.
What is the Sugar Act?
The U.S. Constitution was ratified in this year.
What is 1788?
The Mason-Dixon Line came to symbolize the division between these two regions of the United States.
What are the North and South?
The phrase "the shot heard 'round the world" was coined by this American poet and writer.
Who is Ralph Waldo Emerson?
The king of Great Britain during the American Revolution.
Who is King George III?
The last major battle of the American Revolution, where British General Cornwallis surrendered.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
These laws from the 1600s forced colonists to use British ships and trade mainly with England.
What are the Navigation Acts?
This 1776 pamphlet by Thomas Paine encouraged Americans to seek independence from Britain.
What is Common Sense?
The battles of Lexington and Concord marked this major beginning of the American Revolution.
What is the first battle of the Revolutionary War?
"I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country" were the final words of this American patriot before his execution.
Who is Nathan Hale?
This Puritan minister was banished from Massachusetts and later founded Rhode Island.
Who is Roger Williams?
This 1777 battle, led in part by Benedict Arnold, was a turning point that convinced France to help the Americans.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
This 1774 series of harsh laws punished Boston for the Tea Party by closing the harbor and limiting town meetings.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
The political party formed in the early 1800s that supported protective tariffs and a strong legislature.
Who were the Whigs?
The city once known as New Amsterdam later became this major American metropolis.
What is New York City?
At the battle of Bunker Hill, this commander told his troops, "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes."
Who is William Prescott?
The first U.S. president who faced the Whiskey Rebellion during his time in office.
Who is George Washington?
Fought in South Carolina in 1781, this battle showed the effectiveness of American guerrilla tactics in the South.
What is the Battle of Cowpens?
Britain told colonists they couldn't settle west of the Appalachian Mountains in this 1763 law meant to "keep the peace".
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
The 1787 meeting where the U.S. Constitution was written took place in this city.
What is Philadelphia?
This confederation united several Native American tribes in what now upstate New York.
What is the Iroquois League?
"These are the times that try men's souls" comes from this revolutionary pamphleteer's: The American Crisis.
Who is Thomas Paine?