The American Revolution

Colonial America

100

This was a common hazard for people living in colonial cities. 

Fire

200

This religious "revival" was felt in all of the 13 colonies during the 1730s. 

The Great Awakening

300

In this colonial region, slavery became one of the driving forces of the economy. 

Southern colonies. 

400

This kind of common event brought many colonial people together, doing work and at the same time having fun.  

A "bee"

500

What percentage of colonial Americans did NOT live in cities before the Revolution? 

Nearly 90% (1 out of 10)

Prelude to the Revolution

100

This major colonial war was fought over which European empire would control the Ohio River Valley and Canada. 

French and Indian War

200

What was Britain's financial situation after 1763?

Britain was broke. 

300

This British law, signed in 1763, sought to stop American colonists moving west and entering Native American lands, especially those allied to Britain.

Proclamation Line. 

400

The British Parliament passed this law in 1765, placing a tax on all printed paper materials.

Stamp Act

500

This law, as a response to American aggression against taxes, sought to house British soldiers into people's homes. 

Quartering Act

Rights and Freedoms

100

Thomas Paine wrote this famous pamphlet in 1776.

Common Sense

200

In regards to the British king, Thomas Paine argued for what? 

Kings were unnecessary, and America should strive to be an independent republic. 

300

This "break-up" letter went into effect on July 4, 1776.

The Declaration of Independence. 

400

Many American colonists resented this about the British Parliament's imposition of taxes. 

Taxation without representation. 

500

This medieval English law, dating to 1215, established that the King needed an assembly called Parliament to raise any taxes. 

Magna Carta

Tension

100

This series of laws established military government, suspended colonial courts, garrisoned troops in homes, and closed the port of Boston. 

Intolerable Acts

200

This "party" was done as a response to the Tea Act. 

Boston Tea Party.

300

This group of "patriots" would routinely roughhouse British loyalists and stage protests against British rule. 

Sons of Liberty

400

This event occurred when American protestors, throwing rocks and snowballs at British soldiers, were shot at. 

Boston Massacre 

500

This individual secretly rode out to American colonists in the towns of Lexington and Concord to warn the British were coming to collect their guns. 

Paul Revere 

The War

100

These two small battles were the first of the American Revolution in 1775. 

Lexington and Concord. 

200

This battle, fought outside of Boston, had the British charging up a hill fortified by American colonial "Minutemen." 

Bunker Hill

300

The Continental Congress authorized the creation of this "united" army under the command of George Washington. 

Continental Army

400

This major European power militarily intervened to help the new United States. 

France

500

This 1781 battle was the last major action of the American Revolution, forcing the surrender of 7,000 British.

Yorktown.