What Act required colonists to purchase special stamped paper for every legal document, license, newspaper, pamphlet, and almanac?
What is the Stamp Act?
100
Who was a founder of the Sons of Liberty and later one of the United State's founding fathers?
Who is Samuel Adams?
100
What is rule imposed by military forces?
What is Martial Law?
100
Which came first, Lexington or Concord?
What is Lexington?
100
A strength of the United States army.
What is:
- familiarity of home ground.
- leadership of George Washington and other officers.
- inspiring cause of the independence of the United States.
200
Which acts were direct taxes on imported materials like glass, lead, paint, and paper?
What are the Townshend Acts?
200
Who was the British King infuriated by the organized destruction of British property in the Boston Tea Party and that later pressed parliament to pass the Intolerable Acts?
What is King George III?
200
Who were civilian soldiers who were ready to fight at a moments notice?
Who are the minutemen?
200
Where five colonists were killed while in an angry mob?
What is the Boston Massacre?
200
Two weaknesses of the British army.
What is:
- large distance separating Britain from battlefields.
- troops unfamiliar with terrain.
- weak military leaders.
- sympathy of certain British politicians for the American cause.
300
Which acts were enacted by Parliament in 1774 to punish Massachusetts colonists for the Boston Tea Party?
What are the Intolerable Acts?
300
Which Virginia Lawyer is known for his broad knowledge, skillfully crafted prose, and for writing the draft of the Declaration of Independence?
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
300
What is the cause of rising prices?
What is inflation?
300
Which important pamphlet was written by Thomas Paine?
What is Common Sense?
300
The French agreed to help the Patriots openly after this battle.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
400
Which document contained a list of grievances against the King?
What is the Declaration of Independence?
400
Who was an ambitious British general who sailed south with General Henry Clinton along with 8,500 men and capture Charles Town, South Carolina?
Who is General Charles Cornwallis?
400
What is selling scarce goods for a profit?
What is profiteering?
400
The location where the Battle of Bunker Hill occured.
What is Breed's Hill?
400
The location where British soldiers were when American soldiers were at Valley Forge.
What is Philadelphia.
500
Which document confirmed U.S. independence and set boundaries of the new nation?
What is the Treaty of Paris?
500
What famous patriot said, "I am determined to defend my rights and maintain my freedom or sell my life in the attempt"?
Who is Nathanael Greene?
500
Where 2,000 of 10,000 soldiers died while under Washington.
What is Valley Forge?
500
The turning point of the Civil War.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
500
The year the British surrender of Yorktown occurred.