This act required a stamp to be placed on all legal documents
What is the Stamp Act?
200
This battle was fought in June of 1775. It showed the British that the colonists could actually compete with Britain.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
200
German soldiers hired by Britain to fight for them in the war.
What are Hessians?
200
This movement consisted of back country farmers from North Carolina that took up arms against colonial officials.
What is The Regulator Movement?
200
Small army, poorly trained, poorly disciplined, shortage of supplies
What are weaknesses of the colonial army?
300
When this act was passed, a number of colonists thought that it was a way for the British to spy on them.
What is the Quartering Act?
300
This battle included George Washington and his men crossing the Delaware River on Christmas Day, 1776. It was a sneak attack on the Hessians and resulted in an American victory.
What is the Battle of Trenton?
300
This was a system of communication the colonists set up to send and receive messages throughout the colonies without the British catching on to them.
What is the Committee of Correspondence?
300
This event occurred when colonists begin to harass British soldiers and they opened fire. Five colonists were killed.
What is the Boston Massacre?
300
This man was hired by General Washington to train the colonial soldiers.
Who is Marquis de Lafayette?
400
This act was what the British used to punish colonists after the Boston Tea Party.
What is the Coercive/Intolerable Act?
400
This battle marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign, giving the Americans a victory of the British.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
400
55 delegates from 12 different colonies. They gathered together to send the Declaration of Rights and Grievances to the British King.
What is the First Continental Congress?
400
This petition was sent to King George from the colonists in attempts to avoid a war with Britain. King George responded by passing the Prohibitory Acts.
What is the Olive Branch Petition?
400
This group created the Articles of Confederation.
What is the First National Government?
500
In 1764, James Otis published a pamphlet protesting against this act.
What is the Sugar Act?
500
This battle is the conclusion of the war when General Cornwallis and the British surrender.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
500
This congress met three weeks after the Battle of Lexington and Concord. They created the Continental Army and appointed George Washington as the leader.
What is the Second Continental Congress?
500
This document was primarily written by Thomas Jefferson and was signed by the second continental congress.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
500
This organization of colonists was created to protect the rights of colonists and fight taxation by the British Government. They dumped tea into the Boston Harbor.