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Declaration of Independence
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100
This protester formed a group that dumped tea into the Boston Harbor in protest of the British taxes
Samuel Adams
100
The French built this fort to prove that the land that the British colonists was trying to take belonged to them
Fort Duquesne
100
When was the Declaration of Independence created
May 1775
100
Explained the decision of the Continental Congress in a statement that would become known as the _________ ___ _______________
Declaration of Independence
200
Many protesters were shot in this city
Boston
200
In the middle of the 1700s, the French began fighting with these people for territory around the Appalachian Mountains
British
200
The Declaration of Independence came about at a meeting called the __________ ______________
Continental Congress
200
Town where the Continental Congress met in 1775
Philadelphia
200
Fort Ticonderoga was located on Lake _____________
Champlain
300
The English people did not want to pay this tax on all of their paper goods
Stamp Act
300
The Albany Congress was a meeting between the leaders of the 8 colonies and the _________ _________ to discuss their defense against the French
Iroquois Confederacy
300
In 1754, the British government sent ________ _________ to capture Fort Duquesne
George Washington
300
People loyal to Great Britain were called ________
Loyalists
300
The Battle at Lexington eventually led to the American ____________
Revolution
400
The ___________ that were loyal to Britain fled to this Northern country in order to escape attack
Canada
400
The laws and people that rule a country are called a ________
Government
400
Ethan Allen took over Fort __________ on May 10, 1775
Ticonderoga
400
A volunteer group of soldiers is called a __________
militia
400
The _________ Tea Party took place in December 1773
Boston
500
Great Britain created taxes in order to help get back money that they had spent funding the _________ and _________ war.
French and Indian
500
The Patriots were loyal to ________________
England
500
This man wrote many important political documents during the Continental Congress meeting. (Hint: He was from New York)
John Jay
500
The colonists who dumped the tea into the Boston Harbor were dresses up as _____________
Indians
500
This holiday celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence is marked by huge firework displays today
Fourth of July