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The war that the colonists fought to gain more land.
What is the French and Indian War
100
This U.S. legislature was made up of this:
What is a congress which included: Senate - 2 per state and a House - based on population
100
He helped to write the constitution for the state and county.
Who was John Dickinson
100
Money, people have to pay to the government.
What is a tax
100
Colonists dumped tea into the harbor.
What is The Boston Tea Party
200
Wilmington
What was the capital of Delaware until it moved to Dover
200
This is why Delaware is called "The First State"
Because Delaware was the first state to ratify the Constitution
200
Rode all night to make it for the vote for independence.
Who was Caesar Rodney
200
A person or a country who tries to be better or stronger.
What is a rival
200
Delaware leaders voted to separate from England.
What is Separation Day
300
The British stormed and invaded this city
What is Wilmington
300
When the news of the Decoration of Independence reached Dover what did the people do?
They burned a painting of King George III
300
The first President of the United States
Who was George Washington
300
Against the law.
What is illegal
300
A document that explained that because the colonists had been treated unfairly, they were cutting all ties with England.
What is The Declaration of Independence
400
Letters, newspapers, and playing cards
What is are items taxed as part of the Stamp Act
400
Thomas McKean, George Read, and Caesar Rodney
Who are the 3 men sent from Delaware to be in the Continental Congress
400
He wrote Poor Richard's Almanac
Who was Benjamin Franklin
400
To work against.
What is oppose
400
This took place between 1765 and 1783 during which colonists in the Thirteen American Colonies rejected the British rule.
What is the American Revolution
500
Glass, paper, paint, and tea
What are items that were taxed after the Stamp Act
500
"No taxation without representation" - what did this mean?
Colonists wanted a seat in the English goverment that rules over them.
500
She helped an American soldier escape Wilmington by pretending he was a sick relative and dressing him up in a night shirt.
Who was Nancy Hanson
500
When people try to overthrow their government and replace it with a new government.
What is revolution
500
This took place on December 16th, 1773. It was a protest by the American Colonists against the British in regards to the tea taxes that had been imposed on them. This protest involved throwing chests of tea from three British trade ships into the Boston Harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party