Causes
Important People
Terms
General Questions
100
What is the name of the money colonists did not want to pay to the King?
What are taxes?
100
British King during the Revolution
Who is King George III?
100
This is the term for Americans who sided with the British.
What is a loyalist?
100
The name of the event where colonists dumped tea into a harbor to protest the tax on tea.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
200
Quartering Act - What did it mean to quarter British soldiers?
What is housing?
200
The name of the American who said, "Give me liberty or give me death!"
Who is Patrick Henry?
200
The term for Americans who wanted independence from Britain?
What is a Patriot?
200
The name of the colonists' army
What is the Continental Army?
300
_________ Act - This law placed a tax on sugar and molasses
What is sugar?
300
Leader of the Continental Army (Americans)
Who is George Washington?
300
This is the name of an agreement between countries to end a war.
What is a treaty?
300
The name of the document that asserts our Independence from Great Britain
What is the Declaration of Independence?
400
__________ Act - This law required all legal and commercial documents to carry an official stamp showing that a tax had been paid.
What is a Stamp?
400
The name of the American who rode his horse (Midnight Ride) to warn Americans that the British were coming by lighting lanterns at night.
Who is Paul Revere?
400
A secret society that opposed British policies (HINT - Sons)
What is Sons of Liberty?
400
Finish the sentence - "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Created with certain unalienable rights, that amongst these are Life, ___________, and the Pursuit of Happiness..."
What is liberty?
500
Colonists were angry that they had no say in the laws that were placed upon them. "No taxation without ________________."
What is representation?
500
This man wrote the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
500
What kind of ruler did Americans believe King George was?
What is a tyrant?
500
What year did Congress adopt the document that proclaimed their independence?
When is 1776?