Settlement of the Americas
This European nation claimed a huge territory stretching from the Great Lakes through the Mississippi River Valley to Louisiana.
France
Who won the French and Indian War?
The British
What the Sons of Liberty do to the British Tea?
Threw them in to the Boston Harbor
What was the first battle of the Revolutionary War?
Battle of Lexington and Concord
Which Founding Father fought in the Battle of Jumonville Glen and later in the Battle of Fort Necessity on behalf of the British?
George Washington
By 1750 the British had colonies located where on the North American continent?
East Coast of modern day United States.
What do people in Europe call The French and Indian War?
The Seven Years' War
Why were the Americans colonists so unhappy with all the taxes?
They didn't like taxation without representation.
Why were the British troops sent to the town of Concord? (DOUBLE JEOPARDY)
British troops were sent to Concord to seize and destroy a stockpile of colonial military supplies
Which American Founding Father proposed the Albany Plan?
Benjamin Franklin
Both the British and the French wanted control over an area of land called the ________.
Ohio River Valley
What was the Albany Plan? (DOUBLE JEOPARDY)
A plan that would create a unified colonial government to fight against the French
After the Boston Tea Party the British shut down Boston Harbor and imposed other restrictions. The American colonists called these acts = ______
Intolerable Acts
The British were able to capture this American city during the Revolutionary War and held onto it during the war.
New York
What is arguably Patrick Henry's most famous quote?
Give me liberty or give me death
British ________ in the 17th and 18th century refers to the systematic spread of English language, culture, legal structures, and political authority across the British Isles and early North American colonies
Anglicization
This former British Prime-Minister turned the tide of the war.
William Pitt
How many Americans were killed in the Boston Massacre?
5
George Washington crossed this river during the winter of 1776 in order to win the Battle of Trenton.
Delaware River
Name at least one rider who warned the colonists that British troops were marching toward Lexington and Concord.
Paul Revere, Samuel Prescott, Israel Bissell, William Dawes, and Sybil Ludington
An economic and political policy from the 16th through the 18th centuries designed to enrich Great Britain through trade with its colonies.
Mercantilism
What was the first battle of the French and Indian War that included one of our Founding Fathers?
Battle of Jumonville Glen
Even though the Sugar Act of 1764 actually cut the tax on foreign molasses (sugar) from six pence to three pence per gallon, American colonists were furious. Why?
Stricter Enforcement Ended Smuggling (many weren't paying the higher taxes anyway) and if they got caught smuggling the American juries would not convict them
Who was the British general who surrendered at the Battle of Yorktown in 1781?
General Charles Cornwallis
Who was the primary writer of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson