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Vocabulary
100
The colonists wrote this document to explain they wanted to be free from Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
100
The leader of the Continental Army.
Who is General George Washington?
100
The war that lead to the British raising taxes on the colonists.
What is the French and Indian War?
100
The Boston Tea Party or The Edenton Tea Party.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
100
Colonists who wanted independence from Britain.
Who are Patriots?
200

The document written to describe the plan for the new government of the United States of America.

What is the U.S. Constitution?

200
The leader of the British Army.
Who is General Charles Cornwallis?
200
The meeting where colonial women protested the tea tax.
What is the Edenton Tea Party?
200

The Battle at Lexington or The Boston Tea Party.

What is the Boston Tea Party?

200
Colonists who wanted to stay under control of the British government.
Who are Loyalists?
300
An official statement.
What is a declaration?
300
The leader of the Edenton Tea Party.
Who is Penelope Barker?
300

The locations of the battles where the first shots of the American Revolution were fired.

What is the Battle at Lexington and Concord?

300
The American Revolution or the French and Indian War.
What is the French and Indian War?
300

The legislative body of England responsible for making laws.  

What is Parliament?

400

A document written on April 12, 1776 in North Carolina officially calling for independence from Britain.

What is the Halifax Resolves?

400
The general who led the Patriots at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse.
Who is General Nathanael Greene?
400
The men who helped the Patriots win at the Battle of Kings Mountain.
Who are the Overmountain Men?
400

The Halifax Resolves or the U.S. Constitution.

What is the Halifax Resolves?

400

A group of citizen soldiers.

What is a militia?

500

A document written on May 20, 1775, supposedly destroyed in a fire, stating that North Carolina colonists wanted independence.

What is the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence?

500

One of the three North Carolina signers of the Declaration of Independence.

Who are Hewes, Penn, or Hooper?

500
The location of the British surrender to General Washington.
What is Yorktown, VA?
500
The Battle at Yorktown or the Battle at Guilford Courthouse.
What is the Battle at Guilford Courthouse?
500

A building where the state legislature meets. 

What is a capitol?