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This act passed a law that made colonists pay tax on anything printed on paper. The tax was put into place to have the colonists pay Britain back for their help during the French and Indian War.
What is the Stamp Act?
100
This war occurred because the French and British wanted to control the Ohio River Valley.
What is the French and Indian War?
100
This event happened when a group of angry colonists began attacking British soldiers with snowballs. It resulted in 5 colonists dead.
What is the Boston Massacre?
100
The colonists were so upset about the tax on tea that they several Sons of Liberty dressed up like Mohawk Native Americans and dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
100
This word means freedom from being ruled by someone else.
What is "independence"?
200

Rights that everyone should have like life and liberty.

What are "natural rights"?

200
One that wanted to be free from British rule.
What is a "patriot"?
200
These were the people that supported Britain and King George.
What are "loyalists"?
200

Something used by Patriot spies to pass secret messages. 

What is "invisible ink"?

200

The place they kept Patriot POWs, many of whom died.

What are "prison ships"?

300
This battle was the first battle of the American Revolutionary War. It is sometimes called "The shot heard 'round the world".
What is the battle of Lexington and Concord?
300

The virus they inoculated against at Valley Forge.

What is "smallpox"? 

300

The nickname for British soldiers because of their red clothes.

Who are "redcoats"?

300
His was the one that warned that the Redcoats (British army) was coming during the Battle of Lexington and Concord.
Who is Paul Revere?
300
This document was written to King George III stating that the colonies wanted their independence and that they should have rights.
What is the Declaration of independence?
400

Soldiers from the colonies who were ready to fight very quickly.

Who are "minutemen"?

400

An escaped slave who might have been the first to die in the Boston Massacre.

Who is "Crispus Attucks"?

400

The colonial of the American riflemen.

Who is "Daniel Morgan"?

400

A group formed to oppose British policies and protect colonial rights through protest and direct action.

Who are the "Sons of Liberty"?

400
He wrote a pamphlet (or small book) called "Common Sense" to get the colonists to see why they needed to be free of Britain's rule.
Who is Thomas Paine?
500

Who did Washington and his troops attack after crossing the Delaware?

Who are "the Hessians"?

500
This is where the colonial army spent a long, cold winter fighting off disease and hunger. Washington, however, helped the troops to keep going.
What is Valley Forge?
500
This was the last official battle of the American Revolution. This British surrendered and the colonists won the war for their independence.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
500
He was the leader of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. The colonies loved his leadership so much that they made him the first official President of the colonies.
Who is George Washington?
500

These women were responsible for helping out the men and making clothing for them as they protested goods and taxes charged by the British.

Who were THE DAUGHTERS of Liberty?