a person from one country who comes into another country to live there
What is an immigrant?
100
their purpose was to spread news about British actions throughout the colonies
What are Committees of Correspondence?
100
some people who resisted the Stamp Act by boycotting British goods
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
100
Debora
Who was the woman who dressed as a male and joined the colonial army?
100
Thomas Paine
Who wrote Common Sense?
200
an African American man killed in the Boston Massacre
Who was Crispus Attucks?
200
a group of representatives who gather to make laws
What is an assembly?
200
Colonel George Washington led the remaining British troops to safety after General Braddock
What is the Battle at Fort Duquesne?
200
Loyalists
What is the name of those people who were supporters of the British redcoats?
200
Nathan Hale
Who said, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country"?
300
the newly settled area on the edge of the unsettled area or wilderness
What is the frontier?
300
the government could not take away a person's house or land or ship or other property unless it was proven that the government really needed the property for an important reason and a judge agreed to it
What was the right that Englishmen had that prevented soldiers from taking property from them?
300
the Delaware River
What is the name of the river that George Washington crossed with the colonial army and led a surprise attack?
300
the wife of a man who died operating a canon for the colonists and she continued in his place
Who was Molly Pitcher?
300
Patrick Henry
Who said, "I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!"
400
African Americans that lived on plantations and worked for food
What is a slave?
400
government officers could not just show up and search your home or business unless they proved to a judge why they believed you were hiding something and he gave them permission
What is the law that protected illegal searches?
400
the Battle of Yorktown
Where did the British make the biggest mistake by having their backs to the river in hopes of the British fleet coming to their aide?
400
Thomas Jefferson
Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?
400
the Boston Tea Party
What was the name of the rebellion that ended with 342 chests in the cold waters of a harbor?