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People $100 Who was the commander of American forces during the Revolutionary War?
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People $100 George Washington
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People $200 Who was the British general who surrendered at Yorktown?
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People $200 Charles Cornwallis
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People $300 Who was the American officer who led the American victory at the Battle of Saratoga?
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People $300 Horatio Gates
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People $400 Who was the British officer who was ordered to move his troops south from Canada along the Hudson River?
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People $400 John Burgoyne
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People $500 Who was the British officer that was supposed to move his troops north from Philadelphia to Albany but chased after Washington instead?
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People $500 William Howe
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Battles $100 What was the first battle of the war, where the “Shot Heard ‘Round the World” was fired?
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Battles $100 Lexington (and Concord)
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Battles $200 What was the last major battle of the war, where the British were trapped on a peninsula by the American and French land forces to the north and the French Fleet at Sea?
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Battles $200 Yorktown
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Battles $300 What American victory allowed the French to join the war on the American side?
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Battles $300 Battle of Saratoga
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Battles $400 What surprise attack by the Americans led to a victory and the reenlistment of hundreds of Continental soldiers?
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Battles $400 Battle of Trenton
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Battles $500 What British victory resulted in the American forces retreating into Pennsylvania?
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Battles $500 Battle of New York
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British Laws $100 What law required that a wax seal be placed on legal documents and most paper products, and was passed to raise money to pay off debt?
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British Laws $100 Stamp Act
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British Laws $200 What series of laws placed an indirect tax on a number of common goods?
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British Laws $200 Townshend Acts
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British Laws $300 What set of laws closed the port of Boston and allowed the British government to house soldiers in private homes?
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British Laws $300 Intolerable Acts
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British Laws $400 What law stated that Parliament had the authority to pass any law whatsoever in order to govern the colonies?
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British Laws $400 Declaratory Act
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British Laws $500 What company gained a monopoly of the tea trade according to the Tea Act?
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British Laws $500 East India Company
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Potpourri $100 What was the name of the site where American troops spent the difficult winter of 1777-1778?
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Potpourri $100 Valley Forge
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Potpourri $200 What document was sent to the king to ask for restoration of peaceful relations between the colonies and Britain?
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Potpourri $200 Olive Branch Petition
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Potpourri $300 What pamphlet, written by Thomas Paine, called King George a tyrant and urge Americans to fight for independence?
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Potpourri $300 Common Sense
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Potpourri $400 What group met in response to the Intolerable Acts and began a boycott of British goods?
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Potpourri $400 First Continental Congress
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Potpourri $500 What group served as the interim government of the United States during the Revolutionary War?
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Potpourri $500 Second Continental Congress
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More People $100 What Prussian officer helped turn the Americans into a well-trained fighting force?
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More People $100 Baron von Steuben
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More People $200 What French aristocrat joined the Americans as part of Washington’s staff and accepted no pay for his services?
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More People $200 Marquis de Lafayette
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More People $300 Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?
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More People $300 Thomas Jefferson
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More People $400 Who negotiated French entry into the war on the American side and also helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris?
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More People $400 Ben Franklin
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More People $500 Who made the famous ‘midnight ride’ warning of the movement of the British army?
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More People $500 Paul Revere
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