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Sons of Liberty
Battles
Taxes
French and Indian War
Potpourri
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The first signer of Declaration of Independence, he helped found the Sons of Liberty
Who is John Hancock?
100
The opening battle of the Revolution, it was actually two fights and eventually won by the colonists.
What is Lexington and Concord?
100
The first of King George III's taxes to pay for the French and Indian War, it placed a tax on molasses.
What is the Sugar Act?
100
These people became allies of the French; partly because of their hatred of the English colonists theft of their lands.
What is the Native Americans?
100
Thsi nation had to give up all its land in North America after losing the French and Indian War.
What is France?
200
Along with John Hancock, this Son of Liberty was the target of the British march on Lexington.
Who is Samuel Adams?
200
The was the final major battle of the Revolution and resulted in Lord Cornwallis' surrender?
What is Yorktown?
200
This tax was placed virtually all goods the colonists used in their daily life.
What is the Townshend Act?
200
They became allies of the British fighting in the French and Indian War; they were promised land in the Ohio River Valley.
What is the colonists?
200
This German aristocrat helped train the troops at Valley Forge and is considered a hero of the revolution.
Who is Baron Von Steuben?
300
An inventor, a painter, an architect, this man's greatest accomplishment was writing - the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
300
This battle was fought in upstate New York and resulted in an American victory ending the British threat to New England.
What is Saratoga?
300
This tax on paper goods and dice created protests and boycotts on English made paper.
What is the Stamp Act?
300
Another name for the French and Indian War, it refers to the number of years the war was fought.
What is the Seven Years War?
300
Although the King and Parliament repealed the Stamp Act, the passed this Act claiming the right to tax the colonies as the felt necessary.
What is the Declaratory Act?
400
Famous for his midnight ride, history shows he never reached Concord.
Who is Paul Revere?
400
This battle was actually fought on Breed's Hill and was a costly British win.
What is Bunker Hill?
400
This tax on an important beverage item used daily by colonists resulted in boycotts of this item.
What is the Tea Act?
400
This nation was the winner of the French and Indian War.
What is Great Britain?
400
The grievances in the Declaration of Independence all start with this pronoun.
What is "He"?
500
His first command was wiped out by the French and Indians, but somehow he went on to be America's greatest general and first President.
Who is George Washington?
500
The winter here was not spent fighting but rather in training and trying not to freeze to death or starve.
What is Valley Forge?
500
A tax on tea resulted in this act of protest; it created the world's largest cup of tea.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
500
This was the most important outcome of the French and Indian War.
What is debt?
500
The official document which concluded the Revolutionary War?
What is the Treaty of Paris in 1783?