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Causes/Events
British
Continental
Battles
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100
What law forbid colonist from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains?
What is Proclamation of 1763
100
Who were paid soldiers from the country of Germany?
What is Hessians
100
What group was promised freedom in exchange for their service?
What is slaves/African Americans
100
What was the first battle of the war?
What is Lexington
100
What is a colonist who wanted the American colonies to be independent of Britain called?
What is Patriot
200
The event protesting the tax on tea leaving 342 crates floating in the Boston Harbor
What is Boston Tea Party
200
Why did slaves fight on the side of the British?
What is promised freedom
200
What two countries joined the war late on behalf of the continentals?
What is France & Spain
200
Where were most of the battles fought?
What is along the east coast
200
What is a colonist who wanted to remain with Britain called?
What is Loyalist
300
The Sugar, Tea, and Townshend Acts were examples of what cause of the war?
What is taxes
300
What group was promised land free of colonial trespassers?
What is Native Americans
300
Other than troops and their navies what other contribution did France and Spain provide?
What is Money
300
What battle is believed to convince the french to join the war?
What is Saratoga
300
What are ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause called?
What is Propaganda
400
What event left five colonist killed in the city of Boston?
What is Boston Massacre
400
What nickname were British soldiers given because of the color of their uniform?
What is Redcoat or Lobsterbacks
400
Name a role women played in the war?
What is ran farms/businesses, spied, nurses, or soldiers
400
What battle unofficially ended the war with Cornwallis's surrender?
What is Yorktown
400
What term means to cancel an act or law?
What is repeal
500
What tactic did the colonist employ to get taxes repealed?
What is boycott
500
Who was the commander of the British Army?
What is Lord Charles Cornwallis
500
Who was the commander of the continental army?
What is George Washington
500
Who won the Revolutionary War?
What is Continentals
500
What term means to refuse to buy or use goods and services?
What is boycott