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2. People $100 Who was the commander of American forces during the Revolutionary War?

3. People $100 George Washington

4. People $200 Who was the British general who surrendered at Yorktown?

5. People $200 Charles Cornwallis

6. People $300 Who was the American officer who led the American victory at the Battle of Saratoga?

7. People $300 Horatio Gates

8. People $400 Who was the British officer who was ordered to move his troops south from Canada along the Hudson River?

9. People $400 John Burgoyne

10. People $500 Who was the British officer that was supposed to move his troops north from Philadelphia to Albany but chased after Washington instead?

11. People $500 William Howe

12. Battles $100 What was the first battle of the war, where the “Shot Heard ‘Round the World” was fired?

13. Battles $100 Lexington (and Concord)

14. 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?

15. Battles $200 Yorktown

16. Battles $300 What American victory allowed the French to join the war on the American side?

17. Battles $300 Battle of Saratoga

18. Battles $400 What surprise attack by the Americans led to a victory and the reenlistment of hundreds of Continental soldiers?

19. Battles $400 Battle of Trenton

20. Battles $500 What British victory resulted in the American forces retreating into Pennsylvania?

21. Battles $500 Battle of New York

22. 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?

23. British Laws $100 Stamp Act

24. British Laws $200 What series of laws placed an indirect tax on a number of common goods?

25. British Laws $200 Townshend Acts

26. British Laws $300 What set of laws closed the port of Boston and allowed the British government to house soldiers in private homes?

27. British Laws $300 Intolerable Acts

28. British Laws $400 What law stated that Parliament had the authority to pass any law whatsoever in order to govern the colonies?

29. British Laws $400 Declaratory Act

30. British Laws $500 What company gained a monopoly of the tea trade according to the Tea Act?

31. British Laws $500 East India Company

32. Potpourri $100 What was the name of the site where American troops spent the difficult winter of 1777-1778?

33. Potpourri $100 Valley Forge

34. Potpourri $200 What document was sent to the king to ask for restoration of peaceful relations between the colonies and Britain?

35. Potpourri $200 Olive Branch Petition

36. Potpourri $300 What pamphlet, written by Thomas Paine, called King George a tyrant and urge Americans to fight for independence?

37. Potpourri $300 Common Sense

38. Potpourri $400 What group met in response to the Intolerable Acts and began a boycott of British goods?

39. Potpourri $400 First Continental Congress

40. Potpourri $500 What group served as the interim government of the United States during the Revolutionary War?

41. Potpourri $500 Second Continental Congress

42. More People $100 What Prussian officer helped turn the Americans into a well-trained fighting force?

43. More People $100 Baron von Steuben

44. More People $200 What French aristocrat joined the Americans as part of Washington’s staff and accepted no pay for his services?

45. More People $200 Marquis de Lafayette

46. More People $300 Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?

47. More People $300 Thomas Jefferson

48. More People $400 Who negotiated French entry into the war on the American side and also helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris?

49. More People $400 Ben Franklin

50. More People $500 Who made the famous ‘midnight ride’ warning of the movement of the British army?

51. More People $500 Paul Revere