Terms
Events
Famous Battles
People
Odds & Ends
100
When a country's money and power are in danger, it can lead to THIS.
What is war?
100
This was the first major Patriot victory of the American Revolution.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
100
This was the first battle of the American Revolution.
What is Battles of Lexington and Concord?
100
People in the colonies who wanted independence from Great Britain were called this.
Who are Patriots?
100
The Boston Tea Party took place in Boston, Massachusetts. Was this a Southern, Middle, or Northern colony?
What is Northern colony?
200
This term means the rights that you are born with that no one should be able to take away.
What are "natural rights"?
200
Event where British soldiers fire into a crowd, killing five. They said they did it to protect themselves.
What is the Boston Massacre?
200
This is where the "shot heard 'round the world" was fired.
What is Battles of Lexington and Concord?
200
People in the American colonies who wanted to stay loyal to the King and be controlled by Great Britain.
Who are Loyalists?
200
These are the THREE regions that the original 13 colonies were divided into.
What are Northern, Middle, and Southern?
300
The policy that England started practicing that made the colonies follow rules and pay taxes that they had never paid before.
What is mercantilism?
300
This Virginia battle was the last major battle of the American Revolution.
What is Battle of Yorktown?
300
The phrase always associated with the Battles of Lexington and Concord.
What is "the shot heard 'round the world"?
300
He came up with the idea of "natural rights".
Who is John Locke?
300
The phrase that colonists said to indicate that they would not pay taxes unless they had a say in what taxes they should pay.
What is "NO taxation without representation"
400
This is the agreement between the Puritans that gave them all a say so in how their colony was run.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
400
This is when colonists (many dressed like Indians) dumped tea in the Boston harbor to protest the Tea Tax.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
400
The first major victory that the Patriots won. This victory convinced other countries that the Patriots could win the war. This is known as a watershed event.
What is Battle of Saratoga?
400
The Declaration of Independence was mainly written by this man.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
500
This term refers to when Great Britain let the American colonists make their own decision about their economy. This was the policy BEFORE mercantilism.
What is salutary neglect?
500
After this war England started taxing the colonists A LOT to help pay their debt. England also set the Proclamation Line of 1763 after this war because they didn't want the colonists settling on Indian land because they didn't want another war. (Hint: This is NOT the American Revolution!!!)
What is French and Indian War?
500
This is the last major battle of the American Revolution.
What is Battle of Yorktown?
500
Leader of the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
500
The THREE natural rights that all men should have (according to the Declaration of Independence).
What is life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness?