Causes of the Revolution

People

100

Warned the colonists that the British were coming at Lexington and Concord

Paul Revere

200

This man was put in charge of the Continental Army

George Washington

300

British King at the time of the American Revolution

King George III

400

Author of Common Sense and The Crisis

Thomas Paine 

500

This man was the first one killed at the Boston Massacre...known as a martyr

Crispus Attucks 

Taxes/Acts

100

This restricted American colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.

Proclamation of 1763

200

This forced American colonists to house and feed British soldiers.

Quartering Act 

300

This law imposed a tax on every legal document, newspaper, pamphlet, and deck of cards coming into the colonies.

Stamp Act

400

Stated that Parliament had the right to pass laws for the colonies in “all cases whatsoever.”

Declaratory Act 

500

This law gave the British navy greater power to search colonial ships. The law also required products such as tobacco, sugar, and timber to be shipped directly from the colonies to Britain. The law set taxes on cloth, sugar, coffee, and wine coming into the colonies.

Sugar Act 

Events

100

On a snowy March night in 1770, 5 colonists were killed by British soldiers. 

The Boston Massacre

200

The Sons of Liberty dressed up as Native Americans and dumped tea into Boston Harbor. 

Boston Tea Party 

300

The first fighting of the Revolutionary War.

Battle of Lexington and Concord 

400

This was created by the Second Continental Congress to help fight against the British.

The Continental Army

500

This battle proved that the American colonists were prepared to fight, and showed they could hold their own against the British 

Bunker Hill

Key Ideas/Concepts

100

What was the purpose of Common Sense?

Persuade the colonists to break from the British

200

"No taxation without______________"

Representation 

300

Give one specific reason why there was tension between the British and the colonists.

Answers will vary. 

400

What did the British raise/implement after the French and Indian War?

Taxes

500

This restricted colonial trade

Navigation Acts 

Miscellaneous

100

This document declared the colonists were breaking away from Britain

Declaration of Independence 

200

The author of the Declaration of Independence

Thomas Jefferson

300

The name of the colonial assembly that eventually declares to break away from Britain

Second Continental Congress

400

The last effort by the colonists to offer peace with the British 

Olive Branch Petition

500

This forced the colonists to purchase tea from the East India Trading Company; it also bypassed colonial merchants in regards to selling of goods.

Tea Act