He was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence.
John Hancock
100
The event when colonists dumped goods into a harbor to rebel against British taxes.
The Boston Tea Party
100
A British law that placed a tax on printed materials.
The Stamp Act
100
This is the year the American Revolution started.
1775
100
This is the name of Britain's law making assembly.
Parliament
200
He was the commander of the Continental Army and the first president of the United States of America.
George Washington
200
Name one piece of Bristish legislation that angered the colonists.
The Stamp Act, The Tea Act, The Quartering Act, The Sugar Act, etc.
200
When colonist dumped tea into a harbor to rebel against British taxation.
The Boston Tea Party
200
In 1775 this man rode his horse to announce, "the British are coming."
Paul Revere
200
This is the name of a tax on imported goods.
A tariff
300
He was the King of Great Britain during the American Revolution.
King George III
300
The name of the five acts passed by Britain to punish the colonies for the Boston Tea Party.
The Intorlerable Acts
300
This document formally announced the colonies break from Britain.
The Declaration of Independence
300
The Declaration of Independence was approved on this date.
July 4, 1776
300
This is the term used to describe the colonists refusal to buy goods.
a boycott
400
He founded the Sons of Liberty.
Sam Adams
400
The Parliament insisted on its right to tax colonists; the Americans claimed their rights as Englishmen to "____________________________".
No Taxation without Representation
400
An event in 1770 in which British soldiers shot five colonists.
The Boston Massacre
400
This is the name of the last battle of the American Revolution occuring in 1781 between the colonist and British troops.
The Battle of Yorktown
400
American colonists who remained loyal to the Kingdom of Great Britain (and the British monarchy) during the American Revolutionary War.
Loyalists
500
His pamphlet Common Sense was a bestseller in the colonies that convinced thousands to rebel against British rule. Declared an outlaw in England.
Thomas Paine
500
Name the first battle of the American Revolution.
The Battle of Lexington
500
A meeting between delegates from the colonies in Philadelphia, PA shortly after the beginning of the War which led to the formation of the Continental (American) Army and appointment of George Washington as Commander-in-Chief.
the Second Continental Congress
500
The Boston Tea Party occurred on this date.
December 16, 1773
500
Leader of the Iroquois tribes who called for an alliance with Britain against the American colonies because he felt the British would protect his people from "land hungry" colonists.