These laws forced the colonies to only trade with British ships using British crews.
What are the Navigation Acts?
100
In this act of protest, colonists dumped over $1,000,000 worth of tea into a harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
100
This man led the colonial troops in the Revolutionary War and became the first President of the U.S.
Who is George Washington?
100
The first shots of the Revolutionary War took place in these two cities.
What is Lexington and Concord?
100
This is address of Intrinsic Schools.
What is 4540 W. Belmont?
200
This law placed a high tax on foreign molasses, angering colonists.
What is the Sugar Act?
200
This was the popular slogan that colonists used to protest British taxation without giving them a say in the lawmaking process.
What is "No Taxation without Representation"?
200
This man made a midnight ride though Massachusetts and warned the militia at Lexington and Concord that the Redcoats were coming
Who was Paul Revere?
200
This is the name for the tactics that the colonists largely used to defeat the British. They include using stealth, speed, and surprise.
What is guerilla warfare? Or guerilla war tactics?
200
This is the name of the deadly disease which General Washington tried to inoculate his troops against at Valley Forge.
What is small pox?
300
This law was the first direct tax in the colonies by Parliament and ordered that a tax be paid on all printed materials.
What is the Stamp Act?
300
Britain responded to the Boston Tea Party with laws so harsh that the colonists called them these.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
300
This man said he was not a Virginian, but an American!
Who was Patrick Henry?
300
This is the name for the technological innovation of spinning a bullet to make it more accurate.
What is rifling?
300
This man was President of the United States BEFORE Barack Obama.
Who is George W. Bush
400
This law lowered the cost of a product but placed a tax on it in an attempt to get the colonies to recognize Britain's right to tax them.
What is the Tea Act?
400
This was a meeting of colonial delegates from all of the colonies except Georgia. It met in Philadelphia in response to the Intolerable Acts.
What is the First Continental Congress?
400
This man wrote the Declaration of Independence and became the 3rd President of the U.S.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
400
During the Revolutionary War, This city was the site of one of the largest land invasions in history. It quickly fell to the British.
What is New York City?
400
This woman has won 7 grammy awards including 4 for the 2009 best selling album, "Fearless."
Who is Taylor Swift?
500
Many colonists were angry that newspaper editors could be arrested for criticising British authorities. This situation could be described as this.
What is lack of freedom of the press?
500
This British Captain vigorously defended the actions of British Troops during the Boston Massacre.
Who was Captain Thomas Prescott?
500
This man controlled the Postal Service (the mail) in the United States among many other important roles and is well known for encouraging the colonies to join together.
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
500
This 1782 fight was the last major battle of the Revolutionary War.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
500
In this Treaty, Spain and Portugal agreed to split up the New World between them.