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Acts, Taxes & Laws
People
Battles
Events & Documents
Potpourri
100
Laws taxing all paper goods & printed materials in the colonies
Stamp Act
100
Leader of the Continental Army
George Washington
100
The "shot heard 'round the world" was fired here
Lexington
100
Writer of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
100
Leader of the Sons of Liberty
Sam Adams
200
Declaratory Acts
Laws stating British authority in the colonies is the same as in Britain.
200
Helped capture Fort Ticonderoga for the Patriots; turned traitor
Benedict Arnold
200
First major battle of the war; Patriots lost, but showed they could fight the British
Bunker Hill
200
Last attempt at peace by the colonists
Olive Branch Petition
200
Swamp Fox; Known for this type of warfare tactic
Francis Marion; Guerrilla warfare
300
Law taxing sugar & molasses in the colonies
Sugar Act
300
Most famous British general; surrendered at Yorktown
Cornwallis
300
Last major battle of the war
Yorktown
300
British Redcoats were provoked into firing into a crowd, killing five
Boston Massacre
300
Two foreigners that helped Washington's Army
Marquis de Lafayette; Baron Friedrich von Steuben
400
Laws made to punish the colonists
Intolerable (Coercive) Acts
400
Mercenaries that fought for the British
Hessians
400
Turning point in the American Revolution; persuaded the French to join the Americans
Saratoga
400
Treaty ending the war and the year
Treaty of Paris (1783)
400
Explain "No taxation without representation!"
Colonists didn't like being taxed without having a say in the laws, etc
500
Colonists could only trade with Britain
Navigation Acts
500
Sunk "The Serapis"; most famous sailor of the American navy
John Paul Jones
500
After the battle, this fort was taken over by George Rogers Clark
Fort Vincennes
500
Colonists dressed as Indians and poured tea into the Boston Harbor
Boston Tea Party
500
Refusal to buy goods, etc
Boycott