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100

I was the President of the the 2nd Continental Congress.

John Hancock

100
This act placed a tax on tea.
The Tea Act.
100

The first shots fired was....

The Battle of Lexington..."The shot heard around the world"

100
This was issued by King George after the French & Indian War. It set aside all land in the Ohio River Valley for Native Americans.
Proclamation of 1763
100

This European country helped the Americans win their independence from England.

France

200

I was a leader of the Sons of Liberty?

Samuel Adams

200
This act placed a tax on imported lead, glass, paper, paint and tea.
The Townshend Act
200
This war was fought between the British, colonists, French and Native Americans.
The French and Indian War
200
The French and British fought over the _____________in the French and Indian War?
Ohio River Valley.
200

The British soldiers were called...

Lobsterbacks, Regulars, Redcoats or Grenadiers

300

I warned the people of Lexington that the British soldiers were coming?

Paul Revere, William Dawes, or Dr. Samuel Prescot

300
This act required colonists to house and feed British soldiers.
The Quartering Act
300

This is where munitions were supposedly being stored by the colonists...

Concord, MA

300
Colonists fought in the Revolutionary War to________
gain their independence or freedom from Britain.
300

This was a name use by the British ment to insult the colonists.

Yankee Doodle

400

I brought cannons to General Washington in Boston, from Ft. Ticonderoga.

Henry Knox

400

This act required colonists to pay taxes on sugar, coffee, and molasses (indigo and whale fins too).

Sugar Act

400
During this event, colonists dressed as Native Americans to board British ships and dumped tea into the Boston harbor.
Boston Tea Party
400
What was the main reason why colonists needed to pay taxes after the French and Indian War?
Britain wanted them to help pay off the war debt.
400

During the Revolutionary War, the American colonists were called...

Rebels, Patriots, Sons of Liberty, Minutemen

500
Who said, "Give me liberty, or give me death."
Patrick Henry
500
This act required colonists to buy stamps or seals for most paper goods, playing cards, pamphlets, calendars, documents, etc.
The Stamp Act
500
During this event, colonists protested the collection of taxes and threw snowballs at British guards. Five colonists were killed and many others were wounded in this event.
Boston Massacre
500

This was a strategy used by the colonists/Continental Army in which they did surprise attacks from behind stonewalls and trees.

Guerilla Warfare.

500
This act that closed the Boston harbor after the Boston Tea Party.
The Intolerable Acts