Well know Patriot who got all the credit for a famous night's ride.
Who is Paul Revere
100
The number of people who live in a certain area
What is population
100
1754 began this war between France and England over land referred to as the Ohio River Valley
What is the French and Indian War
100
This doubled five times between 1650 and 1700
What is the population of the American Colonies
100
Because of Frances deep hatred of England, it gave its land west of the Mississippi R. to what country following its defeat in the French and Indian War
What is Spain
200
Sought for treason, this rebellious Bostonian is responsible for organizing the Sons of Liberty
Who is Samuel Adams
200
Men who can be ready to fight in a minute's notice
Who are Minutemen
200
This offical announcement made settling west of the Appalacian Mountains off limits to the colonists
What is the Proclamation of 1763
200
A group of ruling British aristocrats creates laws and runs England's empire through this body of government
What is Parliment
200
In protest to this Act, Bostonians forced the British soldiers to camp on the Boston Commons even through winter
What is the Quartering Act
300
Chief Justice, and later Governor of Massachusetts, who secretly wrote letters to his friend in Parliment requesting that England regain order in his state.
Who is Hutchinson
300
An official announcement
What is proclamation
300
Begun by a young British soldier calling for backup, this bloody event was used to build support for Patriot cause through the publishing of a famous print inaccurately portraying the events
What is the Boston Massacre
300
This colonial governing body is responsible for passing laws and raising money through taxes
What is assemblies
300
In response to the Boston Tea Party, Parliment did what three things?
What is reinstate the Quartering Act; close the Boston Harbor; and sent war ships to Boston
400
Famous colonist who ended his love affair with England after being involved with a scandal involving sensitive letters which he admitted to stealing.
Who is Benjamin Franklin
400
Refusal to buy goods or services
What is boycott
400
This bloody exchange led to the death of Crispus Attucks, the first African American to die in the Revolutionary War
What is the Boston Massacre
400
This colonial position is appointed by the King himself and is responsible for making sure the colonist follow British law
What is the govenor
400
In response to the closing of the Boston Harbor and the Intolerable Acts, this group of elite men convened in Philadelphia for two months to discuss what to do next
What is the First Continental Congress
500
These men rode along with Paul Revere on that fateful night, but to whom no credit is given
Who are Dawes and Preston
500
to remove or stop
What is repeal
500
During the meeting of this committee, a petition was sent to King George III pledging their allegence and asking that he repeal the Intolerable Acts
What is First Continental Congress
500
The ability to rise in social status because of hard work and education, not merely because of which family you are born in to, is the foundation to what
What is the American Dream
500
The "shot that was heard around the world" led to this event