This person challenged the colonists to rebel against Great Britain by writing letters, articles, and flyers. He made speeches and attended debates.
Who is Samuel Adams
100
The first battle of the Revolution
What is the Battle of Lexington and Concord
100
This famous fight was started with the throw of one snowball, and resulted in 5 deaths and several injuries.
What is the Boston Massacre
100
This law required colonists to buy a special stamp for every paper product they bought
What is the Stamp Act
100
Boycott
What is people acting together refusing to use or buy something
200
Leader of the Patriot army
Who is George Washington
200
Washington's troops made a surprise attack at this fort, obtaining control of 59 cannons which they carried to Boston
What is Fort Ticonderoga
200
This act of rebellion by the Sons of Liberty prompted Parliament to send British troops to occupy Boston and pass the Intolerable Acts
What is the Boston Tea Party
200
Placed a tax on all goods imported to the colonies from Great Britain
What is the Townshend Acts
200
Another word for tax
What is tariff
300
Writer of poems and plays promoting opposition to the British. She said "We'll quit the useless vanities of life."
Who is Mercy Otis Warren
300
After this battle, the French agreed to ally with the Patriots. They supplied ships, troops, and money to help the colonists.
What is the Battle of Saratoga
300
At this meeting in 1774, representatives agreed to stop all trade with Great Britain and setup volunteer armies who would be ready for battle in a minute.
What is the First Continental Congress
300
Three reasons Great Britain decided to repeal the Stamp Act
What is boycotts, protests, effigies, or threatening stamp agents
300
Part of the Intolerable Acts, this word describes how colonists were forced to give food or shelter to British troops
What is quarter
400
This group of women protested the British taxes by weaving their own cloth and making their own tea.
What is the Daughters of Liberty
400
Washington's troops barely survived a harsh winter at this location, where the soldiers received training from German officer Friedrich von Steuben
What is Valley Forge
400
This famous event in April 1775 marked the beginning of the Revolutionary War
What is Paul Revere's Ride
400
In 1770, Parliament repealed all taxes, except a tax on this British product
What is tea
400
a formal agreement of friendship between countries
What is alliance
500
This man wrote Common Sense, a pamphlet persuading the colonists to declare independence from Great Britain
Who is Thomas Paine
500
This final battle of the revolution was won with a strategy of attacking British soldiers, then retreating and hiding in the woods. The British were tired out and were eventually trapped by the Patriot army.
What is The Battle of Yorktown
500
This meeting in Philadelphia resulted in both the creation of the Continental Army and the Olive Branch Petition
What is the Second Continental Congress
500
This was the reason Great Britain needed to tax the colonists