The French & Indian War
People
Acts and Consequences
True or False with fries on the side
Grab Bag
100
This man led Virginia forces and acted as an aide to the British in the French and Indian War.
Who is George Washington?
100
This man urged people to protest against British actions in Massachusetts.
Who is Samuel Adams?
100
This act regulated colonial trade with other colonies and with foreign nations.
What is the Navigation and Trade Act?
100
Relations between France and Britain had been friendly before the French & Indian War.
What is False - they were always trying to gain control over the Ohio Valley and the New World.
100
The country with the strongest Navy during the French & Indian War.
What is Great Britain, or England?
200
British general who was defeated near Fort Duquesne
Who is Edward Braddock?
200
This man made a famous ride through the countryside of Massachusetts.
Who is Paul Revere?
200
This taxed the work of colonial businessmen, particularly printers and lawyers.
What is the Stamp Act?
200
The British marched to Concord and Lexington in order to destroy colonial arms and stockpiles and capture colonial leaders.
What is true - Those two towns kept all the ammunition and weapons for New England. British soldiers were also looking to arrest Samuel Adams and others.
200
The skirmishes (conflicts) that most closely mark the beginning of the War for Independence.
What are the battles of Lexington and Concord?
300
This forbade (prohibited) colonial settlement west of the Appalachians.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
300
British general who led the action against Quebec
Who is James Wolfe?
300
After this was issued, colonists could no longer settle their families west of the Appalachian mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
300
The founding and regulation of the thirteen American colonies had been the chief focus of British imperial activities before the French & Indian War.
What is false - the colonies were not unified and the British were not interested in bringing them together.
300
The rallying cry for colonists opposed to new taxes put on them by the British parliament.
What is, "No taxation without representation"?
400
The leadership of this man during the French & Indian War brought the British to victory.
Who is William Pitt?
400
The name of the group of Indian people (confederation) who supported the British.
Who are the Iroquois?
400
A series of acts, which included closing the port of Boston, designed to punish unruly Massachusetts.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
400
The French controlled a small, heavily populated colony in North America.
What is false - the French population was small and the area they controlled was very large, stretching from Northern Canada, through the Great Lakes and down the Mississippi River.
400
The issuing of the Proclamation of 1763, the quartering of British troops in people's homes and the use of "writs of assistance" to search the colonists' homes all led to this general reaction.
What are reasons the American colonies started to get angry with the British and resist them.
500
This document, drafted by Benjamin Franklin, was the first attempt to unite the American colonies during the French & Indian War.
What is the Albany Plan of Union?
500
This man's most lasting contribution to the French & Indian War was building a road to the frontier.
Who is Edward Braddock?
500
In reaction to this, colonists did several things: formed the Sons of Liberty, used violence against British agents and met in a congress to insist upon their rights.
What is the Stamp Act?
500
The First Continental Congress called for the overthrow of the King because of his abusive actions.
What is false - The colonists attempted peace with King George III, asking him only for more representation in England.
500
A list of British strengths and weaknesses at the start of the French & Indian War.
What are the strengths: Strong Navy, 15x more people than France, What are the weaknesses: Colonies not unified, only one Indian confederation on their side.
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