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- What was the first battle of the American War of Independence?
- Americans called the First Continental Congress because they were thinking about becoming independent of Great Britain at that point.
- Delegates to the Second Continental Congress attempted to reconcile with England by affirming their loyalty and that of the colonies to the king.
- One of the first partisan to die in the Boston massacre and therefore in the American Revolution was an African-American man called
- Sons of Liberty and Daughters of Liberty are names for groups of Americans who fought in the American Independence War?
- The British passed the Sugar and Currency Acts
- How many Supreme Court judges are there?
- Did the Founding Fathers love democracy?
- After the repeal of the Stamp Act, which law asserted Parliament's right to legislate for the colonies in "all cases whatsoever"?
- Who escalated the American crisis into the American War of Independence?
- What are the first ten Amendments to the United States Constitution called?
- How many members of Congress are there total?
- Which one below was a Native American reaction to the measures that the British took after their victory in the Seven Years War?
- In September 1774, every colony, except Georgia, sent delegates to Philadelphia to discuss the looming crisis between Americans and the British, What was it called?
- -"Well, Doctor, What have we got? A republic or a monarchy?"
- Which laws did the British pass in response to the Boston Tea Party?
- When were the Sugar and Currency Acts passed?
- What was the first measures the British government passed to pay for the war debt?
- How many people did Captain Thomas Preston and his eight soldiers kill after firing at the taunting crowd of colonists in what became known as the Boston massacre?
- When and where did the American Revolution start and end?