French & Indian War
This was the main geographic area of contention that started the war between Britain and France.
What is the Ohio River Valley?
This 1765 act placed a direct tax on printed materials like legal documents and newspapers.
What is the Stamp Act?
The first shots of the Revolutionary War were fired at these two Massachusetts towns.
What are Lexington and Concord?
This pamphlet argued that colonists did not owe loyalty to the King and that it was "Tis time to part".
What is Common Sense?
I was the young American spy who was executed by the British, declaring, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country"
Who is Nathan Hale?
This plan proposed by Benjamin Franklin called for a central government for colonial defense but was rejected by the colonial assemblies.
What is the Albany Plan of Union?
The colonial slogan meaning Parliament could not tax them because they had no elected members.
What is No taxation without representation?
This surprising Patriot victory over Hessian mercenaries on Christmas night gave the Continental Army new hope.
What is the Battle of Trenton?
This document, signed in 1215, established the principle that English monarchs must obey the law.
What is the Magna Carta?
I trained Washington's troops to march and drill at Valley Forge, improving the Continental Army's discipline
Who is Friedrich von Steuben?
This 1763 boundary line was drawn by the British to prohibit colonial settlement west of the Appalachians.
What is the Proclamation Line of 1763?
This event was a major act of civil disobedience where colonists dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
This was the first major battle, proving Americans could fight bravely despite suffering 400 casualties
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
The three unalienable rights listed in the Declaration of Independence.
What are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness?
I was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
What name did the colonists give the conflict between Great Britain and France that lasted from 1754 to 1763?
What is the French and Indian War?
The four laws passed in 1774 that closed the Port of Boston and forced colonists to house soldiers
What are the Intolerable Acts?
This major American victory in 1777 convinced France to become an official ally.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
This French Enlightenment thinker developed the idea of Separation of Powers among three government branches.
Who is Baron de Montesquieu?
I was the American General who secretly became a traitor to the Patriot cause while commanding West Point
Who is Benedict Arnold?
Why did American Indians like the Algonquins tend to side with the French during the war?
Because the French were primarily trappers and traders and did not destroy Indian hunting grounds?
Because the French were primarily trappers and traders and did not destroy Indian hunting grounds?
What are the Writs of Assistance?
The final, decisive battle of the war where American and French forces trapped Cornwallis on a peninsula.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
According to the Declaration, the government gets its just powers from this principle.
What is the consent of the governed?
I was the French noble who fought at Brandywine and convinced France to send several thousand trained soldiers.
Who is Patrick Henry?