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4. The effect of the tea act, which Benjamin Franklin called an act of piracy.

5. Boston Tea Party

6. This taxed all goods printed on paper.

7. Stamp Act

8. This was fought over boundary issues and the main reason for all the taxes.

9. French and Indian War

10. This act required colonists to provide British soldiers with food and shelter

11. The Quartering Act

12. This was a series of acts issued to control the colonists
This was a series of acts issued to control the colonists. These acts closed harbors and prohibited town meetings.

13. Intolerable Acts or the Coercive Acts

14. This is where the first shots of the war were fired.

15. Lexington

16. This was the last major battle of the war
This was the last major battle of the war. British surrounded and surrendered.

17. Yorktown

18. This was a very hot battle that saw the efforts of Molly Pitcher.

19. Monmouth

20. Washington crosses the icy Delaware and captures the snoozing Hessians.

21. Trenton

22. Set of two battles that convinced the French to enter the war and were the turning point of the war.

23. Saratoga

24. First U.S. president and general in Revolutionary War.

25. George Washington

26. 3rd U.S. president and writer of the Declaration of Independence.

27. Thomas Jefferson

28. King of England during the Revolutionary War.

29. King George III

30. Known as Father of the Constitution and (4th ) president when British burned the White House.

31. James Madison

32. Orator who said “Give me liberty, or give me death!”

33. Patrick Henry

34. Name of event where British soldiers opened fired on some rowdy colonists, killing five.

35. Boston Massacre

36. The name of one of the men who rode through towns warning the militiamen that the “British were coming”

37. Paul Revere and William Dawes

38. Name of general that surrendered to Washington, ending the War

39. General Cornwallis

40. Give one pro and one con of the Winter at Valley Forge

41. Pro – colonists trained to be soldiers
Con – very harsh weather and conditions claimed the lives of many

42. Name at least two reasons why the colonists won the war.

43. Population, distance from England, France and other support, and home field advantage

44. Battle fought by patriots low on ammunition and told “Don’t fire until you see the white’s of their eyes.”

45. Bunker Hill

46. This general betrayed the Continental Army and his name is forever associated with treason

47. Benedict Arnold

48. This great inventor, author, etc
This great inventor, author, etc., built relations with France and helped revise the Declaration of Independence

49. Benjamin Franklin

50. This was the main purpose of the Declaration of Independence

51. To announce separation from England and give reasons

52. Name of the document signed to end the war

53. Treaty of Paris

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55. This was the real name of Robert Shurtleff, who, when shot in the leg, removed the bullet to avoid going to the doctor.

56. Deborah Sampson