Colonial America
Revolutionary War Events
Articles of Confederation Weaknesses
100

This 1773 event, in which American colonists disguised as Native Americans dumped British tea into Boston Harbor, was a protest against the Tea Act.

What is the Boston Tea Party?

100

What events led to the first shots being fired at Lexington and Concord?

What is British Policies? (Intolerable Act / Boston Tea Party)

100

Congress couldn’t raise funds, regulate funds, or conduct foreign policy without the voluntary agreement from who?

What is States?

200

This 1764 act was passed by the British Parliament to raise revenue from the American colonies by taxing sugar and molasses imported into the colonies.

What is the Sugar Act?

200

Why is the Battle of Saratoga considered a turning point in the Revolutionary War?

What is because it was marked as the first major American victory and convinced France to ally with the U.S?

200

What two types of branches did the Articles of Confederation lack?

What is the Judicial and Executive branches?

300

In 1770, this confrontation between British soldiers and American colonists resulted in the deaths of five colonists and further fueled anti-British sentiment.

What is the Boston Massacre?

300

When was the battle of Bunker Hill? (1775 / 1777 / 1781 / 1865)

What is 1775?

300

 In 1781, what weakness of the Articles of the Confederation was changed in the Constitution?

What is the Federal Government was given the power to tax?