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People of the Revolution
Important Locations
Important Elements
Famous Quotations
Ingredients of the Revolution
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Man who began the ride to warn the colonist that the British were coming.
Who is Paul Revere?
100
City where the famous "massacre" occurred.
Where is Boston?
100
Document that explains why the colonies had to separate from England.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
100
"Give me liberty or give me death"
What did Patrick Henry say?
100
Slogan about taxes that influenced many colonists to rebel against Great Britain
What is "No taxation without representation!"?
200
King of England during the Revolution.
Whos is King George?
200
City where the first and second Continental Congress met.
Where is Philadelphia?
200
Pamphlet written by Thomas paine that influenced many people to favor the split with England.
What is "Common Sense"?
200
"Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes."
Who is Israel Putnam?
200
War that the British paid for by raising the colonists' taxes
What is the French and Indian War?
300
Slang term for the British soldiers.
What is a redcoat or lobsterback?
300
Chain of mountains beyond which English colonists could not settle.
What is the Appalachian Mountains?
300
What Patriots often covered Loyalist with.
What is tar and feathers?
300
"When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them to another..."
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
300
Form of government in which people elect other people to make laws for them
What is representative government or a republic?
400
Name given to colonial soldiers who could be ready to fight quickly.
What is the minutemen?
400
Places where colonial troops first fired on British troops.
Where is lexington & Concord?
400
Petition sent to the King to stop the war.
What is the Olive Branch Petition?
400
"We must all hang together or most assuredly we shall all hang separately."
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
400
Punishment used by colonists against supporters of England
What is tar and feathering?
500
Man chosen to lead the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
500
Body of water crossed by Washington and his troops to attack the British at Trenton.
What is the Delaware River?
500
John Paul Jones's ship
What is the "Bonhomme Richard"?
500
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.."
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
500
Trading company that brought tea to the colonies
What is the British East India Trading Company?