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Author of Common Sense

Thomas Paine

100

First battles of the Revolutionary War

Lexington and Concord

100

Boston Tea Party

Colonists in Boston rebel, dumping 18,000 pounds of East India Company tea in Boston Harbor (December 16, 1773)

100
Tea Act

Cut colonial merchants out of the tea trade

100

Stamp Act

1765

200

Main author of the Declaration of Independence

Thomas Jefferson

200

This battle helped boost French trust in the American army and convinced France and Spain to join the war and supply the Americans.

Battle of Saratoga

200

What was the Committees of Correspondence?

-Set up by the assemblies of Mass. and Virginia to communicate with other colonies about threats to Americans liberties and the plan to trial Americans in England

200

Stamp Act

Required colonists to purchase special paper for legal documents

200

Townshend Act

1767

300
Who was chosen by the Second Continental Congress to lead the Continental Army?

George Washington

300
Last major battle of the Revolutionary War.

The Battle of Yorktown

300
What did the Treaty of Paris do?

-Confirmed U.S. independence 

-Set the boundaries of the new nation

300

Quartering Act

Authorized British commanders to house soldiers in vacant homes

300

Boston Massacre

1770

400

British King that pushed Parliament to pass the Intolerable Acts

King George III

400

What happened at the Battle of Bunker Hill

-Deadliest battle of the war

-British troops marched up Breed's hill with no cover and the colonists shot down at the British

-British attacked 3 times before succeeding when the colonists ran low on ammunition

400

What was the goal of the First Continental Congress?

Declare colonial rights

400

Quebec Act

Limited the colonist's chances to settle on the western frontier
400
Tea Act

1773

500

British General who ordered troops to march to Concord, Massachusetts and seize colonial weapons. Governor of Massachusetts; Commander in Chief of British forces in North America. Placed Boston under martial law.

General Thomas Gage

500

Why was the Battle of Trenton significant?

It provided a victory that kept Washington's troops from going home and remain with the army

500

What did the Second Colonial Congress accomplish when it met in May of 1775?

It petitioned King George III again and created the Continental Army; authorized the printing of paper money to pay the troops; Organized a committee to deal with foreign nations

500

Townshend Acts

Levied duties on imported materials as they entered colonies from Britain

500

Intolerable Act

Battles of Lexington and Concord

1774

1775