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Vocabulary
Battles
People
Acts of Parliament
Response of the Colonies
100
Redcoat
What is a British soldier?
100
Yorktown
What is the place where Cornwallis surrendered?
100
George Washington
Who was the commander of the Continental Army?
100
Stamp Act
What is the tax on printed material?
100
5 People were killed and it ignited tensions in the colonies?
What is the Boston Massacre?
200
Privateer
What is an armed ship commissioned by the government for use in war to capture merchant ships?
200
Lexington
What is the first battle of the American Revolution?
200
Patrick Henry
Who said "My only regret is that I have but one life to lose for my country?"
200
Quartering Act
What is the act that allowed British troops to require food and housing from the colonists?
200
This group of people was established to respond to the acts of Parliament.
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
300
Loyalists
What are colonists who supported or stayed loyal to England?
300
Valley Forge
What is the place that patriot forces endured a winter of terrible suffering?
300
Thomas Paine
Who said "These are the times that try men's souls?"
300
Sugar Act
What is the tax on molasses and sugar?
300
A group of leaders from 12 colonies that met in Philadelphia to discuss problems with Great Britain.
What is the Continental Congress?
400
Boycott
What is a refusal to buy goods.
400
8
What is the number of years the Revolutionary War lasted?
400
John Hancock
Who was the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence?
400
The Navigation Act
What is the law that restricted colonists from shipping goods on any vessel except British ships?
400
The document written by Thomas Jefferson that was sent to King George to air the grievances of the colonies.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
500
Continental Army
What is Virginia patriots who were called on to fight in the war?
500
Bunker Hill
What is the battle that was fought in the wrong place?
500
Benedict Arnold
Whose name has come to mean traitor?
500
"I have not yet begun to fight."
Who is John Paul Jones?
500
The Treaty of Alliance was a treaty with this country that helped the colonists.
What is France?