The British and the French went to war in 1754 to stake claim over this land.
What is the Ohio River Valley?
100
After the French and Indian war Great Britain claimed this.
What is France's land in North America?
100
The war that caused Great Britain to raise taxes on the colonishts.
What is the French and Indian War?
100
An elected member of an assembly.
What is a delegate?
100
A refusal to do business with a group, person, or country.
What is to boycott?
200
The victory at Fort Ticonderoga was special because the fort was captured this way.
What is without firing a shot?
200
The Battle of Bunker Hill showed the colonists could do this.
What is put up a good fight?
200
A law passed by the British Parliment in 1765 requiring colonists to pay a tax on newspaper, pamphlets, legal documents, and even playing cards.
What is the Stamp Act?
200
This man alerted the colonists that, "The British are coming".
Who is Paul Revere?
200
This man wrote the Declaration of Independence. The final draft of the document was signed on July 4, 1776 by the delegates of the second Continental Congress.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
300
Commander of the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
300
Colonists who wanted to remain part of Britain.
Who are Loyalists?
300
German soldiers paid to fight during the war.
Who are mercenaries?
300
Merchants and farmers were _________ when they kept goods and charged high prices for them.
What is profiteering?
300
This battle is important because it was the last battle of the American Revolution.
What was the Battle of Yorktown?
400
The French and American Governments signed this agreement to work together to fight for independence for Great Britain.
What is the Treaty of Alliance?
400
Well trained soldiers who defended the American Colonies against the British at a minute's notice.
What are minutemen?
400
First African American to die for the cause of liberty when he was shot during the Boston Massacre.
Who is Crispus Attucks?
400
Loyalist leaving, Native Americans losing land, and the continuation of slavery are all this.
What are results of the American Revolution?
400
The American Revolution was fought between these two countries from 1775 to 1783 and led to the founding of the United States of America.
What was the American Revolution?
500
This event included 5 colonists being killed by British soldiers that were sent to monitor the colonists.
What is the Boston Massacre?
500
Colonists dressed up as Indians and boarded ships in Boston Harbor. These men dumped over 300 chests of tea into the Boston Bay. The event is known as this.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
500
The colonists were punished by Great Britain after the Boston Tea Party with the ____________ Acts. Closing of Boston Harbor, banning town meetings, and more British soldiers were all included in these acts.
What are the Intolerabel Acts?
500
The first person to sign the Declaration of Independence. He wrote his name large enough for the king to read it without his glasses.
Who is John Hancock?
500
American soldiers that fought for independence from Great Britain.