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This act by put forth by the British forced Colonists to pay taxes on all imported goods from Britain.
What was the Townshend Acts
100

First person to die for American Independence

Crispus Attucks

100
King George III closed off this water way as a means of punishment to the colonists.
What is Boston Harbor
100
These are small groups of men who were trained to go into battle.
What were: militias
100
Paying for the cost of this event was the first reason the British needed tax money from the Colonists.
What was the French Indian War.
200
This event involved Patriots raiding a British ship and throwing all the tea overboard...
What is The Boston Tea Party.
200

Wrote "Common Sense"

Thomas Paine

200

This valley was home to Native Americans. The French and British wanted to stake claim to it

Ohio River Valley

200
These colonists stayed true to their King.
What were the Loyalists.
200

Followed the end of the French and Indian War and forbade all settlers from settling to the west of the Appalachian mountains

Proclamation of 1763

300
Britain punished Boston because of this incident.
What is the Boston Tea Party.
300

This group of people were welcoming of all religions

Quakers
300
This ocean was sailed by those traveling back and forth between Great Britain and the Colonies.
What is The Atlantic Ocean.
300

A boy threw a snowball sparking this event

Boston Massacre

300

This act taxed sugar, molasses, coffee, wine, silk, and indigo; couldn't import foreign rum or wine

Sugar Act

400
This law placed a tax on printed materials in the colonies.
What is the Stamp Act.
400
This man actually wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Who was Thomas Jefferson.
400
This large, colonial city was overtaken by the British for a time, and all travel to and from was prohibited.
What was Boston, Massachusetts.
400

Also called the French and Indian War

Seven Years War

400

These Acts closed the port of Boston until the tea was paid for

Coercive (Intolerable Acts)

500
Colonists forced to house British soldiers... Massachusetts being taken over by Thomas Gage of Britain, the closing of Boston's port... All were referred to as this.
What is the Intolerable Acts.
500

She held meetings in her home to talk about gaining independence. 

Mercy Otis Warren

500
These are the names of the original 13 colonies:
What are Massachusetts (Maine was a part of Mass.), Virginia, New Jersey, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, New York, Rhode Island, Georgia, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Delaware.
500
This group organized by John Adams led protests against the new taxes.
What is the Sons of Liberty.
500

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