French & Indians
People
Documents, etc.
Starting a fight
Grab Bag
100
This was the cause of the French and Indian War
What is France and Britain both claimed land in the Ohio Valley
100
This is the man who called for a resolution of Independence
Who is Richard Henry Lee
100
This was the first written plan of government in the United States
What is the Articles of Confederation
100
This was a way to protest the British taxes
What is they boycotted buying those goods, they made their own cloth, they chased tax collectors out of town, they formed the Committees of Correspondence, they organized protests, they sent petitions to Parliament, they formed militias
100
This is the word that means a voice in one's government
What is representation
200
This is the reason the British started passing new tax laws on the colonists
What is to pay for the cost of the French and Indian War
200
This man was the main author of the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
200
This was the date the Declaration of Independence was accepted by Congress
What is July 4, 1776
200
These battles marked the beginning of the Revolutionary War
What are Lexington and Concord
200
This was the slogan that helped rally supporters against British taxes
What is "No Taxation without Representation"
300
This was the statement that gave land west of the Appalachians to the Native Americans
What is the Proclamation of 1763
300
This man organized the first Committees of Correspondence in Boston
Who is Samuel Adams?
300
This group helped to spread information between colonies quickly
What is the Committees of Correspondence
300
This was the Battle that caused the British to realize the colonists wouldn't be so easy to beat
What is Bunker Hill
300
This is the reason the colonists ignored the Proclamation of 1763
What is they had just fought a war for that land, so they felt they had a right to go there
400
This is how the colonists felt about the Proclamation of 1763
What is they were angry
400
This man was the commander in chief of the Continental Army
Who is George Washington?
400
This was a POSITIVE result of the Articles of Confederation
What is the states were held together as a nation during the war.
400
This was King George's reaction to the Battle of Bunker Hill
What is he vowed to do everything to crust the rebellion.
400
This man was believed to have organized the Boston Tea Party
Who is Samuel Adams?
500
This is how the colonists reacted/what they did about the Proclamation of 1763
What is they ignored it and settled the land anyway
500
This man was the head of the committee for the Articles of Confederation
Who is John Dickinson?
500
This is the meaning of this quote from the Declaration of Independence: "Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed."
What is People form governments and the governments get their power from the people.
500
These were the actions taken by the First Continental Congress is 1774.
What is sent a petition to the king stating their rights, ended trade with Britain, and formed militias
500
This is the holiday we still celebrate to mark the signing of the Declaration and this year will be the _____ anniversary.
What is Independence Day, 237 years ago.
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