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Important Events
Causes
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100
The Commander in Chief of the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington.
100
The First Continental Congress met here.
Where is Philadelphia.
100
The colonists dressed up and threw tea into the Boston Harbor.
What is The Boston Tea Party.
100
The British King passed this because the colonists were smuggling tea in from other places.
What is the Tea Act.
100
These were formed to spread news of the wrongdoings of the British King.
What are The Committees of Correspondence.
200
Wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson.
200
Where the Continental Army settled in for a long, harsh winter. Many soldiers died of disease.
Where is Valley Forge.
200
Order given by the King of Britain saying that the colonists must provide lodging and food for British soldiers.
What is the Quartering Act.
200
Because of the victory in this battle, France decided to join the fight with the colonists.
What is The Battle of Saratoga.
200
Act enacted by Britain after the Boston Tea Party to punish colonists.
What are the Intolerable (Coercive) Acts.
300
The two sides of the war.
Who are the Patriots/colonists/Continental Army and the British/Loyalists
300
The treaty that ended the Revolutionary War was signed here.
Where is Paris, France.
300
The date when the Declaration of Independence was signed. (Month, Day, and Year)
What is July 4th, 1776
300
Britain increased the number of British soldiers in the colonies. Colonists become angry, causing this to ensue...
What is the Boston Massacre.
300
The French and Indian War was fought because Britain wanted land to do this with.
What is farm/raise cash crops.
400
Wrote the pamplet "Common Sense" for the colonists.
Who is Thomas Paine
400
The location of the final battle, where Britain surrendered.
Where is Yorktown.
400
Order given by Britain that said colonists were unable to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763.
400
The main cause of the American Revolution
What are taxes
400
The French and Indian War was fought because France wanted land to do this with.
What is increase fur trade.
500
Helped the Continental Army by training how to use weapons properly and march in formation.
Who is Friedrich Baron von Steuben.
500
The French and Indian War was fought for possession of this land area.
What is the Ohio River Valley.
500
The reasons that the Second Continental Congress met (must give all three responses correctly).
What is 1) To organize the colonies, 2) To decide whether or not to declare independence from Britain, and 3) To decided who should lead the Continental Army.
500
America won the Revolutionary War, and then faced these challenges.
What are the type of government they wanted and what to do about the slaves.
500
After the French and Indian War, Britain decided to decrease their debt by doing this.
What is taxing the American colonies.