This act put forth by the British forced the colonists to pay taxes on all printed materials.
What is the Stamp Act?
100
This man wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
100
The Battle of Bunker Hill actually took place here.
What is Breed's Hill?
100
This group was organized by Samuel Adams and led protests against the new taxes.
What is the Sons of Liberty?
100
A person who turned against his/her own country was called this.
What is a traitor?
200
This event involved the Patriots raiding a British ship and tossing all the tea overboard.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
200
This man was the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence.
Who is John Hancock?
200
This was the place where the "shot heard 'round the world" was fired.
What is Lexington?
200
This was a group of men from each colony who met to decide to form an army and to choose a leader.
What is the Second Continental Congress?
200
These were rights that should not be taken away. They were life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
What are unalienable rights?
300
This law placed a tax on all goods imported from Britain.
What is the Townshend Act?
300
This man led the Green Mountain Boys to capture Fort Ticonderoga.
Who is Ethan Allen?
300
This city in New Jersey was where a surprise attack took place against the Hessians on Christmas Day.
What is Trenton?
300
These Patriot soldiers were said to be ready to fight very quickly.
What are minutemen?
300
This was a signed document which officially ended the American Revolution.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
400
Britain punished the colonists by forcing them to feed and house British soldiers, placing Thomas Gage in charge of Massachussets, and closing Boston's port. This was referred to as what?
What are the Intolerable Acts?
400
This woman was known to carry water to the soldiers during battle.
Who is Molly Pitcher?
400
The British were trapped here and surrendered to Washington's army. It was the last major battle of the American Revolution.
What is Yorktown?
400
This document was written and signed by Patriots stating that the colonists wanted to be an independent nation.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
400
These German soldiers were paid by Britain to fight.
What are Hessians?
500
Five people were killed in this event when British soldiers shot into a crowd of angry colonists.
What is the Boston Massacre?
500
He was a Patriot spy who was captured and hanged by the British. He said, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."
Who is Nathan Hale?
500
Washington's army set up camp here in the winter of 1777. Many soldiers died of cold, hunger, and disease here.
What is Valley Forge?
500
This was a letter written to King George III asking for war to be avoided, if more freedoms would be allowed. He refused to even read it.
What is the Olive Branch Petition?
500
This battle was known as the turning point of the war. Benedict Arnold was one of the key American leaders.