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What was the religion of the pilgrims from England who landed in America in 1620?
What number fills in the blank? “The __ Colonies”
How many millions of colonials lived in British America in 1750?
And what British American colony was the most populous in 1750?
What geographic feature formed the western border of the American colonies in 1750?
What did more than 90% of American colonials do for a living in 1750?
What American city was the second-largest city in the entire British Empire in 1760?
What type of house became very popular on the frontier after it was introduced by Swedish immigrants?
What was the name given to the group of colonies of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Connecticut?
What "location-based" name denoted the colonies of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware?
What "location word" denoted the colonies of Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia?
What future state was still part of Massachusetts at this time?
What was the name of the large farms in the South where cash crops are grown and harvested by slaves?
What is the name for the historical trade between Europe, America, and Africa, that saw the exchange of African human beings, European products, and American resources?
What is the generic name for the law-making body of American colonial governments?
What were elected members of government called in these bodies?
Who was Britain’s primary opponent in the Seven Years’ War?
What activity had the French been doing near the Ohio River since about the 1650s?
What did the colonials call the American theater of the Seven Years' War?
What was the nickname of the makeshift camp Virginian soldiers built near Fort Duquesne in 1754?
What British General had his redcoats march directly at Fort Duquesne, leading to a humiliating defeat and his death?
What British General took command of all British forces in America in 1757?
When British forces finally captured Fort Duquesne, what was it renamed?
What was the most important seaway into New France?
Who led British soldiers to their greatest American victory in 1759, albeit dying in the battle?
What was the large, flat area where French and British soldiers fought on September, 1759, for control of Quebec City?
What future country did France give to Britain at the end of the Seven Years' War?
What future state did Spain have to give up to Britain in the Treaty of Paris in 1763?
The Royal Proclamation of 1763 states that lands west of the Appalachians should not be settled, but left for whom?
What 1764 British law was the first that specifically sought to raise money from the American colonies?
What thick, gooey substance that was often used in making alcohol, was also taxed by this 1764 law?
The British also passed a law that said colonists could not print their own but must use Britain's. What item is this sentence referring to?
What British law forced colonies to provide lodging and food to British troops?
What tax targeted virtually any product that was on paper?
What right did many people think this paper tax infringed upon?
What was the name of the lawmaking organization in Britain, who butted heads frequently with American colonials?
What phrase, which expressed anger over being taxed without government input, became common in 1765?
What was the name of the underground group who carried out acts of violence and rebellion against Britain in the 1760s and 1770s?
What did rebellious Americans organize to hurt British businesses as a retaliation for the new British taxes?
What was the name rebellious American colonists called themselves to show how proud they were to be "American"?
What was a common method for Americans to get around paying taxes?
What was the name of the laws passed to tax Americans on glass, lead, tea, and paints, purposed to help pay for the British administration of the American colonies?
What event in 1770 event saw British soldiers open fire into a crowd of agitated Americans throwing snowballs and such?
How many people died in this tragedy?
Who was first African American to die for the American cause (and potentially for throwing snowballs)?
What boat ran aground and was subsequently attacked by American colonials?
What is the name of the group of colonial Americans selected to write letters and communicate with other colonies about anti-British sentiment?
Who was King of England as the American Revolution unfolded?
What 1773 law banned Americans from buying non-British tea?
What anti-British event saw Americans dressed as Native Americans throwing tea into the ocean?
Britain passed a series of laws to punish Massachusetts as a result of the anti-British tea throwing event. What did Americans call this group of laws?
What method would Americans use to maim and terrify British tax collectors?
In 1774, fifty-six colonial leaders met in Philadelphia to discuss the plight of the colonies. What do historians call this meeting?
What name was given to the American militia groups who would be ready to fight in a... moment's... notice?
What did Patrick Henry say in a speech in March of 1775?
What leader of the Revolution and founding member of the Sons of Liberty had a beer named after him?
In what village located 15 miles northwest of Boston did Americans hide stockpiles of weapons in preparation for war?
How many lanterns were hung in the tower of the Old North Church, signifying that the British were coming by water?
Who made a midnight ride to warn people that the British were coming?
In what city was the first battle and the "shot heard 'round the world"?
What lawyer, leader in the continental congress, and future president stated in 1775 that the best way to reconcile with Britain is through "Powder and Artillery"?
Who was chosen to lead that army?
At what battle were Americans allegedly told, "Don't fire till you see the whites of their eyes"?
Where did that battle actually take place (a place that's next to the place the battle is named for)?
In 1776, who argued that America should be a country independent from Britain in a famous pamphlet?
What was the name of that pamphlet?
When did the United States of America declare independence?
What document was written to announce America's independence?
Who wrote that document?
Who was the first to sign that document?
What river did American soldiers have to cross to attack German mercenaries in 1776?
When did the river crossing start?
What were the German mercenaries called?
About how many men did Washington's force capture, only to have to transport them back across the river?
What 1776 battle saw the Americans defeat almost 7,000 British soldiers who were marching on Albany, New York?
Who was the American General who defeated the British force marching on Albany?
Who was the general of this defeated British force?
Which British general decided to go capture Philadelphia instead of supporting British forces in Albany?
Where did Washington and his soldiers winter in 1777, facing harsh conditions and being trained?
What disease ran rampant through American soldiers over that winter?
About how many men succumbed to the cold or to disease over that winter?
Who did Washington hire to train his soldiers properly?
What Frenchman led American soldiers in their revolution, only to return to France and take part in that revolution as well?
What southern city was a stronghold for Britain throughout the final years of the war?
The attempt to retake that city on October 9, 1779, was disastrous for the Americans. Their forces suffered 820 casualties, about __ times more casualties than the British.
What southern city faced a month-long siege in 1780, handing the Americans their worst loss of the war?
How many Americans were captured by the British in that siege?
What tactics did the American forces use to befuddle the British forces?
Because he was so adept at employing such tactics in South Carolina, what nickname was given to General Francis Marion?
What American employed pirate tactics and took the fight directly to Britain, where he stole boats and such?
And what did this man say when his boat was sinking and told to surrender?
What American General famously betrayed the American cause and tried to sell the fort he was defending to the British?
And what was the fort that traitor tried to sell?
What British General allowed his soldier to become entrapped preceding the last major battle of the Revolutionary War?
And what was the ensuing battle, the last major battle and a humiliating defeat for the British?
What French General, whose name is sometimes used by American children to refer to "rock-paper-scissors", helped the Americans in this ultimate battle?
What type of government did the American colonies establish?
What document, written in 1787, laid out all the rules for how the American government would run as an independent country?
Who wrote that document?
George Washington then became the first:
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American Constitution
American President
Appalachian Mountains
Assemblies
Baron Frederick von Steuben
Battle of Bunker Hill
Battle of Saratoga
Battle of Yorktown
Benedict Arnold
Boston Massacre
Boston Tea Party
Boycotts
Breed Hill
Canada
Charleston
Christmas Night
Committee of Correspondence
Common Sense
Concord
Crispus Attucks
Currency
Declaration of Independence
Delaware River
Democracy
Farming
First Continental Congress
Florida
Fort Necessity
Fort Pitt
France
Freedom of Speech
French and Indian War
Fur Trapping
Gaspee
General Burgoyne
General Cornwallis
General Edward Braddock
General Horatio Gates
General James Wolfe
General Rochambeau
General William Howe
General William Pitt
George III
George Washington
Give me liberty, or give me death!
Guerilla Warfare
Hessians
I have not yet begun to fight!
Intolerable Acts
James Madison
John Adams
John Hancock
John Paul Jones
July 4, 1776
Lexington
Log Cabin
Maine
Marquis de Lafayette
Middle Colonies
Minutemen
Molasses
Native Americans
New England
Parliament
Patriots
Paul Revere
Philadelphia
Plains of Abraham
Plantations
Puritans
Quartering Act
Representatives
Sam Adams
Savannah
Smallpox
Smuggling
Sons of Liberty
Southern Colonies
St. Lawrence River
Stamp Act
Sugar Act
Swamp Fox
Tarring and Feathering
Taxation without Representation
Tea Act
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Paine
Townshend Acts
Triangle Slave Trade
Valley Forge
Virginia
West Point
4 Comments
Neodymium
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Level 59
May 4, 2023
There's 75
Dimby
+1
Level 77
May 4, 2023
Yeah... I'm going to add more as I think of them. 100 is a lot. I just wanted to put this out in time for anyone who might be writing a quiz on the American Revolution tomorrow. :)
Neodymium
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Level 59
May 4, 2023
They threw a bit more than snowballs
Dimby
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Level 77
May 4, 2023
I personally picture snowballs filled with rocks and clamshells and such.
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