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In 1776, the 13 colonies took this action against Britain.
What is "declare independence"?
100
List the unalienable rights in the Declaration of Independence.
What is "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness"?
100
Why was the Battle of Saratoga (New York) considered such an important battle of the American Revolution?
What is "considered the turning point as it caused France to officially become our ally"?
100
During this time, the young colonial army under the command of Washington faced one of it severest tests as they suffered through starvation and frostbite. This describes what event?
What is the "winter at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania"?
100
The fact that the colonies had to provide raw materials to Britain and then had to be a market for British goods caused this to be a grievance of the colonists. What economic policy is being described?
What is "mercantilism"?
200
"For imposing taxes without our consent..."-The Declaration of Independence. What caused the colonists to include this in the Declaration?
What is "taxation without representation" such as the Stamp Act.
200
What is significant about the Battle of Lexington at the beginning of the Revolutionary War?
What is "the first shots of the Revolutionary War" sometimes called the "shots heard round the world".
200
The colonists protested British policy through boycotting, which was not breaking the law. However, many of the protests and demonstrations, such as tar and feathering, the Boston Tea Party, and threatening the tax collectors were examples of _____ disobedience.
What is "civil"?
200
Patriots supported the Declaration of Independence while _____ would have opposed it.
Who are "Loyalists"?
200
He lived most of his life in Philadelphia, he was an inventor and scientist, he published Poor Richard's Almanac, and persuaded France to be our ally against Britain.
Who is "Benjamin Franklin"?
300
This event caused Britain's Parliament to begin taxing the colonies.
What is the "French & Indian War"? (caused debt for Britain)
300
Give two reasons the colonists staged the Boston Tea Party.
What is "(1) it made the British East India Company the only tea the colonists could buy from and (2) it was another tax, even though the tax decreased in amount.
300
She helped the Patriot cause by writing propaganda.
Who is "Mercy Otis Warren"?
300
Place in chronological order: (I)Townsend Acts (II) Intolerable Acts (III) Boston Tea Party (IV) Stamp Act
What is "IV, I, III, II"?
300
A secret organization that worked against Britain and supported opposition by the colonists against Britain. One of its founders was Samuel Adams.
Who are the "Sons of Liberty"?
400
"I have not yet begun to fight" was a quote by this Revolutionary hero who is considered part of our first navy.
Who is "John Paul Jones"?
400
The most important accomplishment of the Second Continental Congress was _____.
What is "writing the Declaration of Independence"?
400
A famous engraving was made by silversmith Paul Revere of this famous event.
What is the "Boston Massacre"?
400
Thomas Jefferson is to the Declaration of Independence as _____ is to the pamphlet Common Sense.
Who is "Thomas Paine"
400
It was one of the ways the Daughters of Liberty worked to go against Britain when boycotting the British textile industry.
What is "making their own cloth"?
500
Following the French & Indian War, this decision by Parliament would not allow the colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains creating tension between the colonists and Britain.
What is "The Proclamation of 1763"?
500
The Treaty of Paris (1783), ending the Revolutionary War, gave the United States _____ from Great Britain. Also, its new boundaries were north to _____ and west to the _____.
What is "independence, Canada, Mississippi River"?
500
Thomas Jefferson addressed grievances in the Declaration of Independence such as: ____ without representation, _____ of troops in colonial homes, and _____ without warrants. This was a result of the Stamp Act and the _____ Acts.
What is "taxation, quartering, search, Intolerable Acts".
500
TRUE/FALSE: Wentworth Cheswell, James Armistead, and Bernardo de Galvez were all significant ethnic individuals in the American Revolution.
What is "TRUE"?
500
Final battle of the American Revolutionary War where British General Cornwallis surrendered to the Americans and the French.
What is "Yorktown, Virginia"?