Phrase about laws being passed on colonists back in Britain
What is "no taxation without representation?"
100
The shot heard around the world
What is Lexington
100
Wrote the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson
100
1774
What is the year that the First Continental Congress met
100
Taxes on papered goods that had a stamp on them
What is the Stamp Act
200
Also known as the Intolerable Acts
What are the Coercive Acts
200
The first skirmish between the colonists and the British that the Colonists won
What is Concord
200
Leader of the Continental Army
Who is George Washington
200
Sent over to Britain to avoid future problems in 1774
What is the Declaration of Rights
200
Tax on molasses and sugar
What is the Sugar Act
300
Several colonists killed and no one knows exactly what started it.
What is the Boston Massacre
300
Colonial victory over Hessians
What is the Battle of Trenton
300
Leader of Great Britain
Who is King George III
300
Created by the 2nd Continental Congress to defend the colonies
What is the Continental Army
300
Led to the Boston ______ Party
What is the Tea Act
400
Colonists boarded British ships and threw a commodity overboard
What is the Boston Tea Party
400
The last major battle of the Revolution
What is the Battle of Yorktown
400
Leader of the Continental congress and first signature on the Declaration of Independence
Who is John Hancock
400
This colony was not represented at both Continental Congresses
What is Georgia
400
Tax on lead, paint, glass and more
What is the Townshend Acts
500
Boston Harbor closed, charter cancelled, royal officers sent to Britain for trial, Quartering Act, Quebec Act and Thomas Gage becomes governor are all a part of these
What are the Intolerable Acts/Coercive Acts
500
Morale soared for the colonists after this turning point battle
What is the Battle of Saratoga
500
They rode to inform the colonist of the British
Who are Paul Revere and William Dawes
500
Three unalienable rights in the Declaration of Rights and Independence
What are life, liberty and (property) pursuit of happiness