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He was the King of England during the American Revolution.
Who is KING GEORGE III?
100
Document in which the American colonists explain their reasons for separating from Britain
What is the Declaration of Independence?
100
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
100
Document that stated no American colonist could move west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
100
Document officially ended the American Revolution?
What is the Treaty of Paris 1783?
100
Name of the war that put Britain into debt, which led to them raising taxes on the colonists?
What is the FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR.
200
This act passed a law that made colonists pay tax on anything printed on paper.
Stamp Act
200
The main Patriot group that protested the British governments PAL's
Sons of Liberty
200
The Patriot leader from Boston whose midnight rides warned of the British coming to Lexington and Concord.
Who is PAUL REVERE?
200
This first skirmish/violent conflict of the American Revolution took place when the British went looking for ammunition west of Boston.
The Battle of Lexington & Concord
200
This confrontation on March 5, 1770, began as a protest of colonists, but ended with British soldiers shooting and killing five people.
What is the BOSTON MASSACRE?
200
It is the name for someone in the colonies who supported the American Revolution.
What is a patriot?
300
What did the colonists call the 4 new laws that were imposed on them in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party?
What are the Intolerable Acts?
300
What the colonists called British soldiers
Redcoats or Lobster backs
300
Because Great Britain had no barracks in the 13 American colonies and they needed a place to house their troops they passed 2 of these, one in 1765 and another in 1774 after the Tea Party.
What is the Quartering Act?
300
The four powers that the USA now has as a free and independent state as stated in the last paragraph of the D of I?
What is the power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, and establish trade (commerce)?
300
This referred to someone in the colonies who supported England.
What is a Loyalist?
300
Major American victory in New York in 1777. It was a turning point in the war and helped us gain French support for the war.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
400
Commander of the Continental Army
Who is the Great George Washington?
400
This policy, which stated that colonies exist to enrich the empire through trade and taxation, was of the policies that the colonist most resented.
What is the Mercantilist Policy?
400
What month, day, and year was the Declaration of Independence adopted by congress?
July 4, 1776
400
Founding Father from Pennsylvania that came up with the Albany Plan of Union and was an ambassador to England at the start of the Revolution. He was also in France for the signing of the Treaty of Paris 1783.
Who is the one and only Ben Franklin?
400
Which country helped the colonists win the war?
What is France
400
In what city and colonywas the Declaration of Independence signed?
What is a Philadelphia, PA?
500
Battle that took place in Boston in 1777. It was the first organized battle and showed Americans were determined and willing to fight the British.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
500
A British General who re-captured Fort Ticonderoga on the way to Albany but surrendered his troops at the Battle of Saratoga.
Who is John Burgoyne?
500
What was the LAST major battle in the American Revolution
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
500
Name the 4 powers that the United States claimed in the final paragraph of the Declaration of Independence.
What are the powers to declare war, conclude peace, contract alliances, and to establish commerce (trade)?
500
The slogan of the American Revolution in which the colonists expressed their dissatisfaction with new British Taxes and the fact that they had no voice in Parliament.
NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION
500
British General who surrendered at Yorktown
Who is CHARLES CORNWALLIS?
600
Type of protest that in non-violent for example; boycotts, petitions, and speeches.
What is Civil Disobedience?
600
Nickname for American volunteer soldiers that fought in State militia's because they would be ready in a moments notice?
What is Minutemen?
600
At this meeting in 1775 delegates from all 13 colonies met and created the Continental Army led by George Washington. They also sent the "Olive Branch Petition" to King George III.
What is the 2nd Continental Congress?
600
This was the lawmaking body of England that the colonist had no representation in?
What is Parliament?
600
French Aristocrat and soldier who came to America and joined Washington's army. He helped lead American soldiers into many battles.
Who is the Marquis de Lafayette?
600
This convened in 1774 to protest the Intolerable Acts. They voted to boycott British goods, stop exports, and started to form militias.
What is the First Continental Congress?