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Declaration of Independence
100
He was chosen to lead the continental army.
Who is George Washington.
100
This war (BEFORE THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION) was very expensive, and King George decided the Americans should pay for it with taxes.
What is the French and Indian War
100
Which two countries fought during the American Revolution?
What are England and America (The 13 Colonies)
100

Someone who wants their own freedom and their own country. Opposite of a loyalist.

What is a patriot.

100

He was chosen to write the Declaration of Independence.

Who is Thomas Jefferson?

200

He wrote the book 'Common Sense.'

Who is Thomas Paine?

200

This was a tax on all printed goods, including stamps, in America

What is the Stamp Act

200
Who became our first American President?
Who is George Washington.
200
Someone who supported King George III
What is a loyalist.
200

These are the 3 natural rights that everyone has.

What is life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness.

300
What group dumped tea over the harbor during the Boston Tea Party?

Who are the Sons of Liberty, led by Samuel Adams

300
This was the law that required colonists to allow British soldiers into their homes to eat and sleep.
What is the Quartering Act.
300
Who won the American Revolution?
Who is America.
300
The document that stated America is their own free country.
What is the Declaration of Independence.
300

Thomas Jefferson believed that this was the purpose of the government.

What is to guard and protect peoples' freedoms and rights.
400

He went to France to ask them for help. He also created the U.S. Postal Service and was part of the Continental Congress. He also made the "Join or Die" art piece during the French and Indian War.

Who is Benjamin Franklin.

400
This was the event in which many Patriots boarded a British ship and destroyed all of the product on board.
What is the Boston Tea Party
400
Which two countries offered help to America at the END of the war?
What are Spain and France.
400
This pamphlet, written by Thomas Paine stated that Americans need to stop fooling around and fight back against England!
What is Common Sense.
400
This is what members of Congress removed from Jefferson's draft of the Independence. 

What is removed Jefferson's grievances with slavery and the slave trade.

500

PT1. He was the first person to SIGN the Declaration of Independence.

PT2. He was the first person to DRAFT the Declaration of Independence.

Who is John Hancock.

Who is Thomas Jefferson.

500
This was the event when British soldiers fired into the crowd, killing innocent civilians, including Crispus Attucks.
What is the Boston Massacre
500
What was the name of the treaty that ended the American Revolution?
What is the Treaty of Paris.
500

What were the Townshend Acts?

Imposed taxes on goods imported into the American colonies, including tea, glass, paint, and paper, and led to increased colonial protests and boycotts

500

As a free state, what did the declaration say that states should be able to do?

What is levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, and establish commerce.