Events
Battles
Declaration of Independence
Reasons
Hodge Podge
100
The intended purpose for this image leading up to the American Revolution.What is an example of anti-British propaganda tool?
100
Location of Saratoga.
What is New York?
100
This influential pamphlet pointed out ways that the king had mistreated the American Colonies.
What is Common Sense
100
British act that directly affected the people living in the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
100
His famous quote "Give me liberty, or give me death" helped to whip up fervor for the revolutionary cause.
Who is Patrick Henry?
200
The image depicts the colonists protesting this British action.What is the tax on tea? (Boston Tea Party)
200
First battle of the war?
What is Lexington & Concord?
200
Declaration of Independence stated that governments should have their "consent"
Who are the citizens? (Consent of the governed)
200
Combatants in the French and Indian War
Who are the British (with colonial and Indian allies) and the French (with Indian allies)
200
The Boston Tea Party led directly to the British instituting these.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
300
Another name for the French and Indian War.
What is The Seven Years' War?
300
Reason that Saratoga was the turning point of the War.
What is convincing the French to help the colonists?
300
Enlightenment scholar that influenced the following quote from the Declaration of Independence:
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
Who is John Locke?
300
Economic system used by the British clearly demonstrated in the 17th century Navigation Acts
What is Mercantilism?
300
George Washington's role during the revolution.
What is commander of the Continental Army?
400
Ben Franklin convinces France to become an ally after this battle.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
400
This forced British General Cornwallis to surrender at the Battle of Yorktown.
What is the French Navy (Naval Blockade)
400
Edited the Declaration of Independence, Ambassador to France during the war.
Who is Ben Franklin?
400
One of the Intolerable Acts - it forced the colonists to house and feed British troops.
What is the Quartering Act?
400
Sought to reform British policy without achieving independence from Great Britain
Who are loyalists? (Tories)
500
War that was considered the first step on the road to the American Revolution
What is the French and Indian War?
500
Battle that took place in Massachusetts.
What is the Battle of Lexington & Concord?
500
Conflicted with Jefferson's claim in the Declaration of Independence that "All men are created equal"
What is the institution of slavery?
500
Cause of increased tensions between the British and the colonies after the French and Indian War
What are tax increases? (to pay for the expenses of war)
500
The political cartoon urged the colonists to do this.What is work together to defeat the British? (Join the Revolution)