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Vocabulary
100
This word means "money paid to the government."
What is a tax?
100
Washington sent Henry Knox to Fort Ticonderoga to steal the British _______________.
What are cannons?
100
This was the ruler of Great Britain during the Revolutionary War.
Who is George III?
100
This is the country that owned the 13 colonies.
What is GREAT BRITAIN?
100
A __________________ is land owned by another country.
What is a COLONY?
200
This was a tax placed on important papers and even playing cards!
What is the STAMP ACT / STAMP TAX?
200
In this event, men went on board British ships and threw chests of tea overboard.
What is The Boston Tea Party?
200
This was the leader of the Continental Army.
Who was George Washington?
200
This is where the "Shot heard round the world" happened.
What is LEXINGTON and CONCORD?
200
Which of the following words means "pride"? a) Triumph b) Dignity c) loom
What is DIGNITY?
300
This was the war that cost Britain a lot of money.
What is the French and Indian War?
300
The Treaty of _____________ was the document that was written to end the Revolutionary War.
What is Paris?
300
This person wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
300
This is the river that George Washington crossed in a surprise attack on the British.
What is the Delaware River?
300
The ____________________ were ready to fight at a moment's notice.
What are the MINUTEMEN?
400
This is the event that started with snowballs and ended with gunfire. Five colonists were killed.
What is the Boston Massacre?
400
This was one of the three rights listed in the Declaration of Independence?
What LIFE or LIBERTY or PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS?
400
This person rode through the countryside warning the colonists that the British were coming.
Who is Paul Revere?
400
This is the place where Washington and his men camped out in extremely cold weather. Many men got sick or died.
What is Valley Forge?
400
This is what you called a colonist who wanted to stay faithful to Britain and the King.
What is a Loyalist?
500
This is the name of the meeting in which 56 delegates met in Philadelphia to discuss the troubles in Massachusetts.
What is The First Continental Congress?
500
This is the battle that ended the war.
What is the battle of Yorktown?
500
This was the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence.
Who is John Hancock?
500
This is the hill where the colonists built a fort. They ran out of bullets and the British won the battle.
What is Breed's Hill?
500
This word means "a sudden change in government, without an election."
What is REVOLUTION?