This was an English administrator in North America who made an abortive attempt to stem growing colonial independence by imposing the Dominion of New England
Who is Sir Edmund Andros?
100
This event involved the killing of several Sons of Liberty after a confrontation outside of a pub.
What is the Boston Massacre?
100
This was the first official fight between American soldiers and the British in the Revolutionary Era, which resulted in 18 colonial casualties and one British.
What is Lexington?
100
This was an act of Parliament of Great Britain whose principal objective was to reduce the massive surplus of tea held by the British East India Company.
What is the Tea Act of 1773?
100
This french general is most famous for his aid to the colonies in the American Revolutionary War.
Who is Marquis de LaFayette?
200
Several unfavorable acts imposed on the colonies were crafted by this Englishman.
Who is Charles Townshend?
200
This was an event conducted in response to the Tea Act that involved some of the founding fathers dressing as Natives.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
200
This is the second official battle of the war, in which Colonial soldiers from surrounding villages surrounded the English and wrecked them.
What is Concord?
200
This was the first direct tax against colonists by England. American colonies were furious and refused to pay for the tax that the British put on them.
What is the Stamp Act?
200
This English general commanded his forces in the southern colonies and is responsible for taking Charles Town.
Who is General Cornwallis?
300
This organization was the first of its kind in the Colonies, and was often used to defend some of the colonies from Native American conflicts.
What is the Albany Plan of Union?
300
This political party in early America was the most likely to advocate separation from England, as opposed to their loyalist counterparts.
What is the Whig Party?
300
This battle is considered the turning point of the war and convinced the French to help the Colonies. British General Burgoyne was involved.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
300
These were a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party.
What are the Coercive/Intolerable Acts?
300
This formerly Prussian military leader is responsible for the training of many colonial soldiers. He vowed to "make regular soldiers out of country bumpkins."
Who is Baron von Steuben?
400
This was the most important Native American political organization to confront the colonies. It was a group of 5 (later six) Indian tribes across upper New York State that during the 17th and 18th centuries played a strategic role in the struggle between the French and British for master of North America.
What is the Iroquois Confederacy?
400
This was a system created by the First Continental Congress in 1774 for implementing a trade boycott with England.
What is the Continental Association?
400
The victor of this battle is up for debate. This is where the famous order "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes" was given.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
400
This act stated that the Parliament's authority was the same in America as in Britain and asserted Parliament's authority to pass laws that were binding on the American colonies.
What is the Declaratory Act?
400
This Englishman has his ideas present in the Constitution through the balancing of powers between three governmental branches.
Who is Baron de Montesquieu?
500
This person was also known as Michikinikwa, and orchestrated the most decisive loss by the US against Native forces in history.
Who is Chief Little Turtle?
500
This group was involved in rebellion with England, including tar-and-feathering and other violence
What are the Sons of Liberty?
500
This was a small battle held a day after Christmas. It is considered a major victory for America, as 918 Hessians were captured.
What is the Battle of Trenton?
500
This act represented the Chatham's ministry new approach for generating tax revenue in the American colonies after the repeal of the Stamp Act in 1766.
What is the Revenue Act of 1767?
500
This person spied on her husband, a general for the British Army, out of sympathy for the American Revolution. She was also born in the colonies.