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Taxation Without Representation
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What act placed a direct tax on printed materials like newspapers, legal documents, and playing cards, sparking widespread colonial protest.

What is the Stamp Act?

100

This type of economic protest involved colonists refusing to buy British goods.

What is a boycott?

100

He was appointed as the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army. 

Who is George Washington?

100

Often called "the shot heard 'round the world," these were the first military engagements of the Revolutionary War, fought on April 19, 1775.

What are the Battles of Lexington and Concord?

100

Adopted on July 4, 1776, this document formally declared the colonies' separation from Great Britain.

What is the Declaration of Independence?

200

What act granted a monopoly on tea sales in the colonies to the British East India Company, effectively cutting out colonial merchants.

What is the Tea Act?

200

In December 1773, colonists disguised as Native Americans boarded British ships and dumped tea into Boston Harbor in this defiant act.

What is the Boston Tea Party?

200

As a leading diplomat and inventor, he secured crucial French support for the American cause during the war. 

Who is Benjamin Franklin?

200

Despite a colonial defeat, this June 1775 battle near Boston demonstrated that the colonial militia could stand up to the British army.

What is the Battle of Bunker Hill (or Breed's Hill)?

200

The Declaration of Independence asserts that all men are endowed with certain unalienable rights, including "Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of..."

What is Happiness?

300

Though not a tax, this act of 1765 required colonists to provide housing, food, and provisions for British soldiers.

What is the Quartering Act?

300

On March 5, 1770, five colonists were killed by British soldiers in this famous street confrontation.

What is the Boston Massacre?

300

He was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence. 


Who is Thomas Jefferson?

300

During the harsh winter of 1777-1778, the Continental Army endured immense suffering and hardship at this encampment in Pennsylvania.

What is Valley Forge?

300

This body served as the governing body for the American colonies during the Revolutionary War, first convening in 1774.

What is the Continental Congress?

400

What acts taxed goods imported into the colonies such as glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea.

What are the Townshend Acts?

400

This clandestine organization, often led by Samuel Adams, organized protests and boycotts against British policies.

Who are the Sons of Liberty?

400

He famously misquoted saying that not 'the British are coming!' in his midnight ride.

Who is Paul Revere?

400

This crucial American victory in October 1777 convinced France to formally ally with the United States.

What is the Battle of Saratoga?

400

After declaring independence, the newly formed United States operated under this first written constitution, adopted in 1781, which proved to be weak.

What are the Articles of Confederation?

500

This series of punitive laws was enacted by the British Parliament in 1774 as punishment for the Boston Tea Party, aiming to punish Massachusetts and reassert British control.

What are the Intolerable Acts?

500

This intercolonial gathering, held in New York City in 1765, was the first time a majority of the colonies united to protest British taxation.

What is the Stamp Act Congress?

500

This Massachusetts lawyer and future president defended the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre, believing everyone deserved a fair trial. 

Who is John Adams?

500

This final major battle of the Revolutionary War in October 1781, where a combined American and French force trapped Cornwallis's army, led to British surrender.

What is the Battle of Yorktown?

500

This influential pamphlet, published by Thomas Paine in early 1776, strongly argued for American independence from British rule.

What is Common Sense?