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Notable Figures
Revolutionary Vocabulary
NJ Divides
Growing Tension
Fight for Independence
100
A Virginia landowner who was selected by members of the Second Continental Congress to lead the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
100
Huge farms that produced profitable crops such as tobacco by using laborers who were mostly slaves.
What is a plantation?
100
The proprietors of NJ after the Duke of York gave them the colony.
Who are Lord John Berkely and Sir George Carteret?
100
Colonists were upset because they did not have this in Parliament so they had no voice.
What is representation?
100
On Christmas night 1776, Washington lead his troops across the Delaware River to surprise the British troops.
What is the Battle of Trenton?
200
The main author of the draft that became the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
200
A. People who supported the British government. B. People who wanted independence from the British government.
A. What are Loyalists? B. What are Patriots?
200
The person who reunited NJ and turned it into a royal colony.
Who is Queen Anne?
200
The Second Continental Congress approved this document that listed colonists' rights as citizens and stated their reasons for wanting freedom.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
200
Fighting broke out between British soldiers and the colonial militia after "the shot heard around the world."
What is the Battle of Lexington?
300
A respected businessman from Pennsylvania who was sent to speak to Parliament on behalf of the colonists.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
300
A person who did not think people should be forced to work for free and wanted to end slavery.
What is an abolitionist?
300
Many Puritans lived in this part of NJ, which contained many plantations.
What is East Jersey?
300
For paper goods, this is an example of the many taxes imposed on the colonists by the British.
What is the Stamp Act?
300
Washington's troops surrounded the British, yet both sides suffered serious losses and neither won.
What is the Battle of Monmouth Court House?
400
An outspoken Patriot who wrote patriotic poetry and helped raise money for General Washington's troops.
Who is Annis Boudinot Stockton?
400
Volunteer armies used by colonists.
What are militias?
400
The capitals of A. West Jersey and B. Easy Jersey.
What are A. Burlington and B. Perth Amboy?
400
When British soldiers fired on a group of protesting colonists, killing five.
What is the Boston Massacre?
400
One week after the Battle of Trenton, colonists were again victorious, giving hope that they could win the war.
What is the Battle of Princeton?
500
Became governor of NJ after Patriots overthrew NJ's British government.
Who is William Livingston?
500
A line that divides one area of land from another.
What is a boundary?
500
This group purchased land from Berkeley where they created small villages centered on family, farming, and religion.
Who are Quakers?
500
A meeting of colonial leaders in Philadelphia that lead to representatives calling for colonists to boycott British goods.
What is the First Continental Congress?
500
Washington's army joined French forces leading the British to surrender.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?