1. CausesHeroes Continental Army Militia US Victory Road to Colonial Unity 100 200 300 400 500

2. 100 This war increased the British presence in the colony and required increased colonial taxes.

3. 100 The French and Indian War!

4. 200 This incident in 1770 resulted in British soldiers firing on and killing several American colonists in Boston.

5. 200 The Boston Massacre

6. 300 This 1773 incident resulted in 342 chests of British tea into a harbor.

7. 300 Boston Tea Party

8. 400 Name three of the acts that Britain imposed on the colonists.

9. 400 Quartering Act Stamp Act Sugar Act Intolerable Act Townshed Act

10. 500 This British announcement forbade colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains into the Ohio River Valley.

11. 500 Proclamation of 1763

12. 100 This man was a hero in the French and Indian War and was made the general of the Continental Army.

13. 100 George Washington

14. 200 He invented the bifocals and attended every important meeting of colonial unity (1st and 2nd Continental Congress, Signing of D of I and Drafting of Constitution).

15. 200 Benjamin Franklin!

16. 300 This cantankerous man was a lawyer, a drafter of the D of I and the third President of the United States.

17. 300 John Adams

18. 400 He was only one of the three riders who spread the news that the British had arrived, but he is the most famous

19. 400 Paul Revere

20. 500 This man was the author of Common Sense, who said that a king who lived 3,000 miles away had no right to govern the colonists

21. 500 Thomas Paine

22. 100 This is one of the other names for men in the Continental Army

23. 100 The Regulars Patriots Rebels Minutemen

24. 200 This was the first battle of the Revolutionary War

25. 200 Lexington and Concord

26. 300 This battle occurred on Christmas night in 1776, after Washington and his men crossed the Deleware River

27. 300 The Battle of Trenton

28. 400 This was the final battle of the war, where Cornwallis surrendered to Washington

29. 400 The Battle of Yorktown

30. 500 Known as the turning point of the war for the Americans

31. 500 The Battle of Saratoga

32. 100 This is the style of warfare used by the militia.

33. 100 Guerilla War

34. 200 True or False? The militia were full time soldiers

35. 200 False! They were part-time citizen soldiers

36. 300 True or False? The militia sometimes fought in formal battles

37. 300 True! They were often excellent marksmen!

38. 400 This man was also known as the Swamp Fox

39. 400 Francis Marion

40. 500 The militia did what to weaken British morale?

41. 500 Blow up supply lines Attack and retreat Hide in swamps/forests Ensure that they could not live off the land

42. 100 This man was probably the greatest leader of the war and undoubtedly a reason for American victory

43. 100 George Washington!

44. 200 Name two US allies during the Revolutionary War.

45. 200 Spain France

46. 300 Name two reasons why the Americans beat the British

47. 300 Patriots fought for lives and homes 1/3 of all Americans supported the war Supplies and troops from foreign allies Defensive War More troops than British

48. 400 The Treaty of Paris was signed where and in what year?

49. 400 Paris, 1783

50. 500 Name the new boundaries of the US as laid out in the Treaty of Paris

51. 500 Mississippi River to West, Canada to North, Florida to South

52. 100 This document was signed in 1776 to declare the colonists freedom from Britain

53. 100 The Declaration of Independence

54. 200 This group of men was called to Philadelphia to act as the government during the Revolutionary War

55. 200 The Second Continental Congress

56. 300 Not all Americans favored the war. Supporters were known as what, and proponents were known as what?

57. 300 Patriots - Whigs Loyalists - Tories

58. 400 What percent of Americans supported the war?

59. 400 1/3 or 33%

60. 500 This proposal was written by Benjamin Franklin during the French and Indian War, suggesting that the colonists ban together (but it was rejected!)

61. 500 The Albany Plan of Union