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100
A tax on sugar.
What is the Sugar Act?
100
December 16, 1773, colonists dressed as Mohawk Indians and boarded a ship in what became known as the ....
What is the Boston Tea Party?
100
The commander of the colonial army.
Who is George Washington?
100
The first battles of the Revolutionary War.
What are Lexington and Concord.
100
Name two advantages the British army had.
Varies
200
Bill that required a tax on any papers purchased by colonists.
What is the Stamp Act?
200
Event where British soldiers opened fire on a mob of colonists.
What is the Boston Massacre?
200
He wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
200
Battle in Boston won by the British, but encouraged many Americans to keep fighting.
What is Bunker Hill?
200
Name two advantages the American army had.
Varies
300
War that put Great Britain in debt.
What is the French and Indian War?
300
Document signed on July 4, 1776.
What is The Declaration of Independence?
300
He warned Americans that British troops were marching to Lexington.
Who is Paul Revere?
300
The British surrendered and the Americans won the war here.
What is Yorktown?
300
What document did the Pilgrims write to help run their colony?
What is the Mayflower Compact?
400
After the French and Indian War, Britain issued the Proclamation of 1763, forbidding the Americans to settle west of these.
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
400
The Americans spent a very cold winter here.
What is Valley Forge?
400
German military officer who helped the American army get organized.
Who is Baron von Steuben?
400
Battle where Washington crossed the Delaware River and attacked Hessians after a Christmas party.
What is Trenton?
400
Who are generally believed to be the first Europeans to arrive in America.
What are Vikings?
500
Laws meant to punish colonists after the Boston Tea Party.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
500
German military officer who helped the American army get organized.
Who is Baron von Steuben?
500
He is often considered the first American to be killed in the Revolution.
Who is Crispus Attucks?
500
The battle that convinced the French to join the war.
What is Saratoga?
500
The treaty that ended the Revolutionary War?
What is the Treaty of Paris?