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100
This act said the colonists had to pay for British troops to live with them.
What is the Quartering Act?
100
The first fight of the Revolutionary War was fought in the two towns off Lexington and ______________.
What is Concord?
100
The one colony that DID NOT attend the First Continental Congress.
What is Georgia?
100
The author of Common Sense.
Who is Thomas Paine?
100
price you pay that is extra
What is tax or duty?
200
This act said the colonists had to pay taxes on tea.
What is the Tea Act?
200
This was a battle won by the British near Boston; it was one of the first battles of the Revolutionary War.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
200
The colony that was punished for the Boston Tea Party.
What is Massachusetts?
200
A Neutralist who became a military leader for the Revolutionary Army; he was the first president of the U.S.A.
Who is George Washington?
200
to not buy something
What is a boycott?
300
The _____________________ taxed British imports such as tea, glass, and cloth.
What are the Townshend Acts?
300
General Washington and his troops sailed across this river for the surprise attack known as the Battle of Trenton.
What is the Delaware River?
300
Patrick Henry, known as the man who said "Give me liberty, or give me death!" was from this southern colony.
What is Virginia?
300
He defended the British soldiers after the Boston Massacre; the brother of a well-known Patriot; he was the second president of the U.S.A.
Who is John Adams?
300
complain about what the government does that you disagree with
What is protest?
400
This act forced colonists to pay a tax on all newspapers, books, and letters.
What is the Stamp Act?
400
This country agreed to help America fight against the British.
What is France?
400
Philadelphia, where the Declaration of Independence was written, is in this colony.
What is Pennsylvania?
400
The man who wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
400
to take back or cancel a law
What is repeal?
500
These acts united the colonists against the British government.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
500
The Battle of ________ was one of the last big battles of the Revolutionary War.
What is Yorktown?
500
The Battle of Trenton took place in this colony.
What is New Jersey?
500
A famous American inventor who also negotiated the Treaty of Paris and helped write the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
500
to make someone decide to do something.
What is persuade?