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Hodgepodge
100

Required colonists to house British soldiers in barracks

The Quartering Act

100

Break up letter to King George outlining grievances of the colonies and declaring them the United States of America

The Declaration of Independence 

100

Who wrote the pamphlet "Common Sense"?

Thomas Paine

100

Which event allowed Britain to gain control of most of North America but they increased taxes to pay for war debts.

The French and Indian War or The Seven Years War (which lasted 9 years)  

100

This prohibited colonist from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains (include the year)

Proclamation Line of 1763

200

Name act that required a stamp on all printed material and the year it was passed. 

The Stamp Act of 1765

200

Name the 3 parts of the Declaration of Independence

Preamble, Body, Ending 

200

He started the Son's of Liberty

Samuel Adams 

200
A confrontation between British soldiers that ended up killing 5 colonists in Boston 

The Boston Massacre 

200
Orders that permitted British to search colonists property 

Writs of Assistance 

300

Which tax was reduced in hopes colonists would stop smuggling? 

Sugar Tax

300

Who is the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?

Thomas Jefferson 

300
Who shouted "The British are coming, the British are coming"? 

Paul Revere 

300

An event where colonists dressed as Native Americans and dumped British tea into the Boston Harbor

Boston Tea Party

300

This act gave Parliament full power to make laws and impose taxes on the colonists

The Declaratory Act

400

Name the act and the year that granted the British East India Company to ship tea directly to the colonies and sell it. 

The Tea Act of 1773

400

The date the Declaration of Independence was approved

July 4, 1776

400

Women who encouraged the boycott of British goods and promoted wearing of homemade goods.  

Daughters of Liberty 

400

The first battle of the American Revolutionary War - "Shots heard around the world."

Battles of Lexington and Concord

400

This act taxed imported goods and asserted British control over Colonial trade

The Townsend Act

500

Government fee on purchases 

Taxes

500

The date the Declaration of Independence was actually signed?

August 2, 1776

500

Who was the King of Britain that did not read the Olive Branch Petition?

King George III

500

Created to repeal Intolerable acts, plan boycotts, and build militias. And, what year was it created?

The First Continental Congress in 1774
500

This act created punitive measures including closing of Boston Harbor and banning of town meetings

the Intolerable Acts