What is the name of the first black person to dies for the cause of American freedom?
100
revolution
What is a battle that people fight to replace one government with another
100
Patriot
What is a person who wanted the 13 colonies to be independent from England
100
Boston Massacre
What is the event that happened on March 5, 1770 where the British and the colonists met in front of the Customs House
100
life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
What are the inalienable rights, or rights that nobody can take away from you, listed in the United States Constitution?
200
Samuel Adams
What is the name of the Patriot who was a great speaker and writer against the British?
200
independence
What is freedom from another's control
200
tyranny
What is a state ruled by a tyrant, or absolute ruler
200
Boston Tea Party
What is when colonists jumped aboard a ship and threw tea overboard in protest because they were angry about the tax on tea
200
Abigail Adams
What is the name of the wife of John Adams, who spoke up for the rights of women and African Americans
300
Paul Revere
What is the name of the person who rode his horse to Lexington to warn "The British are coming!"
300
tax
What is money people pay to the government
300
loyalist
What is a person who wanted the 13 colonies to remain loyal to England
300
The Battle of Concord
What is the name of the battle where the British were caught off guard and confused because they colonists were fighting in a way the British were not used to
300
"no taxation without representation"
What was the famous phrase, or sentence, said by James Otis?
400
Thomas Jefferson
What is the name of the person who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
400
boycott
What is an act in which people stop buying something in order to make a point
400
representatives
What is a person who is elected to speak, act, or vote for other people
400
The Battle of Bunker Hill
What is the name of battle that proved to the British that the colonists could stand up and fight for themselves
400
Stamp Act
What is the name of the tax where colonists had to pay to put special "things" on important papers?
500
John Adams
What is the name of the first person to suggest the colonies should start their own country?
500
minuteman
What is a colonist who could be ready in a few minutes to fight the British
500
congress
What is a group of representatives who meet to work out a problem
500
The Battle of Lexington
What is the name of the battle that happened on April 19, 1775 where the Red coats and the Patriots met on a battle green and where we heard the "shot heard 'round the world?'