What is the difference between a Patriot and a Loyalist?
What is: Loyalists stayed loyal to the king and did not want to go against British rules. Patriots did not believe they should be ruled by the King and wanted to separate themselves from England.
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This was an event that occurred outside of a tavern. It involved colonists and British soldiers. This event started many of the later events in the American Revolution. Many colonists were killed.
What is the Boston Massacre.
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This person is famous for letting the minutemen know the British were coming to attack.
Who is Paul Revere.
100
This was the first fight between the British and the colonists in the American Revolutionary War.
What is the Battle of Lexington and Concord.
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Who did the colonists want to be free from?
What is England.
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Give an example of a boycott during the American Revolution.
What is: The colonists boycotted British goods. They no longer bought things like tea, molasses, paper, etc. so that the British government would pay attention to their concerns.
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This event occurred when colonists dressed up as Native Americans and thew more than 1 million dollars of tea overboard a ship in protest of British taxes.
What is the Boston Tea Party.
200
This person led the colonists during the Boston Tea Party.
Who is Samuel Adams.
200
Why would the minutemen want to have the top of a hill as their hideout?
What is because they could see the British coming before the attack.
200
When the colonists were not given a say in any part of the government, they argued a famous saying: "No Taxation..."
What is "No Taxation without Representation!"
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These people were a group of colonists who trained themselves to fight in the war. They were said to be able to be ready to fight in a minute’s notice.
What is the minutemen.
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This event is when Paul Revere rode his horse from Boston to Lexington and warned the colonists that the British were coming to attack.
What is Paul Revere's Midnight Ride.
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This person was the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence.
Who is John Hancock.
300
This was a battle in which the colonists proved they could win the war. This battle encouraged many other people to join the army.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill.
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What was the reason the American Revolution occurred?
What is: The American Revolution occurred because the colonists were upset with the British government over taxes.
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What is a tax? Give examples of two things that the colonists were taxed on.
What is money that citizens pay to the government. The British were taxed on tea and also paper.
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This event occurred on July 4, 1777.
What is the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
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This person was the first president of the United States and very influential when writing the Declaration of Independence.
Who is George Washington.
400
The Battle of Bunker Hill actually occurred on a different hill. What is that hill known as?
What is Breed's Hill.
400
What happened as a result of the American Revolution.
What is: America became an independent nation from England.
500
What is the Declaration of Independence and what did it do?
What is a document that gave reasons to the King why the colonists wanted to be free from British rule. This document allowed the colonists to be free, and create America!
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Where did Paul Revere leave from and go to on his horse?
What is he left from Boston and rode all the way to Lexington.
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This person was very influential in Massachusetts. He was one of the leaders to first say that the colonists should be free from British rule. He was also the second president of the United States.
Who is John Adams.
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During the Battle of Lexington and Concord, the first shot fired was known as....
What is "The shot heard 'round the world."
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Name all 13 colonies. :)
What is Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina.