French & Indian War
The French and Indian War was fought mainly between these two European countries.
Who were Great Britain and France
This 1764 law taxed sugar and molasses imported into the colonies.
What is the Sugar Act?
Colonists protested British taxes with this famous slogan.
What is "No Taxation Without Representation."
This meeting in 1774 brought together delegates from 12 colonies to respond to British actions.
What is the First Continental Congress?
The battles on April 19,1775, marked the beginning of the Revolutionary War.
What are Lexington and Concord?
This river valley was the main area both Britain and France wanted to control
What is the Ohio River Valley?
This 1765 law taxed newspapers, legal papers, licenses, and other printed materials.
What is the stamp act?
Five colonists were killed during this 1770 confrontation with British soldiers.
What is the Boston Massacre?
This was the only colony that did not attend the First Continental Congress.
What is Georgia?
Along with seizing the colonist weapons, this British General Thomas Gage planned to arrest these two Patriot leaders.
Who were Samuel Adams and John Hancock?
This agreement officially ended the French and Indian War
These 1767 laws taxed imported goods like glass, paper, paint, lead, and tea.
What are the Townshend Acts?
This patriot created an engraving that became famous propaganda after the Boston Massacre.
Who is Paul Revere?
The First Continental Congress agreed to send this person a respectful letter asking him to restore the colonists' rights.
Who was King George III?
This famous Patriot, along with William Dawes and Samuel Prescott, warned colonist that "the British were coming."
Who was Paul Revere?
At 22 years old, this future president fought at Fort Necessity, losing the battle.
Who is George Washington
This 1773 law gave the British East India Company special advantages selling tea.
What is the Tea Act?
Colonists dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor during during this protest.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
Instead of declaring independence, delegates agreed to do this to British goods.
What is boycott British goods?
The first shot at Lexington became know by this famous nickname.
What is "The Shot Heart Around the World."
Briains's vicotry in the war eventually led to this major event because Britain went deeply into debt and began taxing the colonies
What is the American Revolution? or what is the battle of Lexington and Concord?
After the Boston Tea Party, Britain passes this group of laws to punish Massachusetts.
What are the Intolerable acts?
Instead of dividing the colonies, the Intolerable Acts helped lead directly to this 1774 meeting of colonial leaders.
What ist eh First Continental Congress?
After fighting had already begun, this meeting became the colonies' government during the Revolutionary war
The Second Continental Congress?
Instead of fighting in neat lines, colonial militia used this advantage to attach the British during their march back to Boston.
What is using the lad for cover (forest, stone walls, barns, and fences)?