THIS ACT LEVVIED A HEAVY DUTY UPON IMPORTS FROM THE WEST INDIES AND NEGATIVELY IMPACTED TRIANGULAR TRADE (RUM SALES IN PARTICULAR). IT BOTH ANGERED COLONISTS AND RESULTED IN A SPIKE IN SMUGGLING.
What is THE SUGAR ACT (1764)
100
HE WAS A NOTED BUSINESS AND POLITICAL LEADER, AS WELL AS A VERY SUCCESSFUL SMUGGLER -- LATER HE USED HIS AMPLE RESOURCES TO HELP FUND THE SONS OF LIBERTY AND HE SERVED AS A CONTINENTAL CONGRESS PRESIDENT -- ULTIMATELY HE WAS THE FIRST SIGNER OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
WHO WAS JOHN HANCOCK
100
HE WAS THE BRITISH KING DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY ERA.
WHO WAS KING GEORGE III.
100
THIS IS WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION BEGAN -- "THE SHOT HEARD 'ROUND THE WORLD!"
WHAT IS BATTLE OF LEXINGTON
100
THIS BRIT PRODUCED THE PAMPHLET "COMMON SENSE" IN 1776 THAT QUICKLY WHIPPED THROUGH THE COLONIES FUELING THE FLAMES OF REVOLUTION.
WHO WAS THOMAS PAINE
200
THE KING OF ENGLAND DEMANDED THIS ACT WHEN HE ORDERED HIS TROOPS TO AMERICA TO DEAL WITH UNRULY BOSTONIANS. IT WAS A SOURCE OF MUCH COLONIAL RANCOR AND PROTEST.
What is THE QUARTERING ACT (1765)
200
HE WAS THE FIRST KNOWN CASUALTY OF THE "BOSTON MASSACRE (1770).
WHO WAS CRISPUS ATTUCKS
200
THIS PRIME MINISTER WAS AT THE HELM WHEN THE SUGAR, QUARTERING AND STAMP ACTS WERE PASSED.
WHO WAS GEORGE GRENVILLE
200
THESE TWO MEN BELLOWED THE WARNING THAT "THE BRITISH ARE COMING" PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF THE REVOLUTION.
WHO WERE PAUL REVERE AND WILLIAM DAWES
200
THIS OFFICIALLY ENDED THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION IN 1783.
WHAT WAS THE TREATY OF PARIS
300
GEORGE GRENVILLE PASSED THIS ACT TO HELP PAY OFF THE SEVEN YEAR'S WAY BY ASSESSING TAXES ON LEGAL DOCUMENTS USED BY THE COLONISTS.
What is THE STAMP ACT (1765)
300
THIS SONS OF LIBERTY LEADER PROPOSED AND HEADED A COMMITTEE OF CORRESPONDENCE TO KEEP TOWNS AND VILLAGE IN AND AROUND BOSTON INFORMED OF EVENTS.
WHO WAS SAM ADAMS
300
KNOWN AS THE "FATHER OF MODERN ECONOMICS," THIS SCOT ASSAULTED THE EXISTENCE AND IMPOSITION OF BRITISH MERCANTILISM ON THE COLONIES.
WHO WAS ADAM SMITH
300
KING GEORGE III HIRED THESE "MERCENARIES" TO HELP CRUSH THE COLONIAL REBELS AFTER HE DECLARED THAT THERE WAS AN OFFICIAL REBELLION IN THE NEW WORLD.
WHO WERE THE HESSIANS
300
THESE FARMERS, DOCK WORKERS, SMITHS AND OTHER COMMON LABORERS FORM THE COLONIAL MILITIA -- THEY WERE KNOWN AS:
WHO WERE THE MINUTE MEN
400
FOLLOWING BOORISH AND VIOLENT PROTESTS IN THE COLONIES (THINK BOSTON), THE BRITISH PASSED WHAT THEY CALLED THE REPRESSIVE ACTS -- AMONG THESE ACTS WAS THE BOSTON PORT ACT WHICH CLOSED THE BOSTON HARBOR UNTIL DAMAGES WERE PAID.
What are THE INTOLERABLE ACTS (1774)
400
THIS VIRGINIA MODERATE WAS NAMED COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF (MUCH TO JOHN HANCOCK'S CHAGRIN) BY THE CONTINETAL CONGRESS.
WHO WAS GEORGE WASHINGTON
400
KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE COLONIES AND ENGLAND AS "CHAMPAGNE CHARLEY," HE PASSED THE CONTROVERSIAL TEA ACT IN 1767.
WHO WAS LORD TOWNSHEND
400
GENERAL RICHARD MONTGOMERY AND THIS MAN (WHOSE NAME IS SYNONYMOUS WITH BEING A TRAITOR) LED THE ILL-FATED ASSAULT OF CANADA DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY ERA.
WHO WAS BENEDICT ARNOLD
400
THIS FRENCH LEADER BROUGHT HIS FRENCH FORCES TO THE WAR (LANDING AT NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND) AFTER A FRANCO-AMERICAN AGREEMENT WAS FORMED.
WHO WAS ROCHAMBEAU
500
PASSED FOLLOWING A MEETING BETWEEN BEN FRANKLIN AND PARLIAMENT, THESE ACTS TAXED IMPORTS SUCH AS GLASS, PAPER AND TEA. PARTICULARLY OFFENSIVE WAS THE TEA TAX AS TEA WAS THE COLONIAL STARBUCKS.
What are THE TOWNSHEND ACTS (1767)
500
THIS FRENCH CITIZEN PROVIDED MILITARY LEADERSHIP AND $200,000 OF HIS OWN WEALTH IN AID TO THE AMERICAN CAUSE.
WHO WAS THE MARQUIS OF LAFAYETTE (GILBERT DU MOTIER)
500
THIS BRITISH GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS HAD HIS HOME BURNED BY AN ANGRY STAMP ACT MOB ("LIBERTY, PROPERTY, AND NO STAMPS").
WHO WAS THOMAS HUTCHINSON
500
AFTER BRITISH GENERAL HOWE HAD LANDED HIS TROOPS IN NEW YORK, THIS BRITISH GENERAL FAILED IN HIS ATTEMPT TO HELP SEVER OFF NEW ENGLAND FROM THE REST OF THE COLONIES WHEN HE WAS UNABLE TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE HUDSON IN 1777-78.
WHO WAS GENERAL BURGOYNE
500
ALL FOUR OF THE TORREY PINES ADMINISTRATORS WERE BORN DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION -- CAN YOU NAME THEM?
WHO ARE MR. JAFFE, MR. COPPO, MS. COUVILLON AND MR. THORNTON