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100
Who was the commander of the Continental Army?
George Washington
100
What is the British law that required a tax on almost all printed material?
The Stamp Act
100
Where did the Continental Army spend a brutal winter?
Valley Forge
100
To block off an area by troops or war ships
Blockade
100
Which event was used by the Sons of Liberty as propaganda to increase negative opinion toward Britain?
Boston Massacre
200
Who represented the colonies in France, and convinced them to make an alliance with the Patriots?
Who is Ben Franklin?
200
What is an act of defiance that was celebrated by most colonists, and was later punished by the king?
Boston Tea Party
200
Which battle marked the end of the Revolutionary War?
Yorktown
200
A privately owned merchant ship with weapons
Privateer
200
Who was the ruler of Great Britain during the Revolution?
George III
300
Who wrote Common Sense?
Thomas Paine
300
Which British law taxed imported goods?
Townshend Acts
300
The battle was fought on Christmas night 1776, in which Washington caught the Hessians off guard.
Trenton
300
Rag figures made to represent unpopular people.
Effigies
300
Which British law closed Boston Harbor and ended town meetings?
Coercive Acts
400
Who said, "I regret that I have but one life to give for my country"?
Nathan Hale
400
Which law gave an advantage to the East India Company?
Tea Act
400
Which battle convinced France to make an alliance with the Patriots?
Saratoga
400
Hit-and-run fighting technique
Guerilla warfare
400
Who were paid mercenaries hired by Britain?
Hessians
500
Who is the founder of the U.S. Navy?
John Paul Jones
500
The agreement between America and Britain that resolved the Revolutionary War
Treaty of Paris
500
The battle that strengthened the American position in the west.
Vincennes
500
Allowed officers to search homes for smuggled goods
Writs of Assistance
500
Where did the British hope to divide the colonies in half?
The Hudson River