Misc.
The principal author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This was the official mission of the Spanish and French empires for exploration and colonization.
What is religious conversion?
This statement by the king said that colonists could not settle west of the Appalachian mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
This event performed by the Sons of Liberty, protested British tea by throwing it into the harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
The colonists attempted and eventually succeeded at allying with this nation to help in the war.
Who is France?
These acts by the British restricted trade between colonists and other nations.
What are the Navigation Acts?
This was the first permanent European settlement in North America.
What is St. Augustine?
The commanding officer who led Virginia troops in battle made a name for himself.
Who is George Washington?
This act taxed all pieces of paper, including documents, newspapers, and playing cards.
What is the Stamp Act?
The shot heard around the world is another name for this first battle of the War for Independence.
What is the Battles of Lexington and Concord?
These Indian Nations resided in North Carolina before European colonization.
Who are the Tuscarora, Catawba and Cherokee Nations?
This city was originally founded by the Dutch, but was quickly taken over and renamed by the British?
What is New Amsterdam/New York?
This meeting (and subsequent political cartoon by Benjamin Franklin) argued for a stronger central government.
What is the Albany Congress?
This was the first of the major taxes passed by the British on colonists.
What is the Sugar Act?
This battle is considered the turning point in the War for Independence.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
This document by the Second Continental Congress was the last attempt to prevent formal war from being declared
What is the Olive Branch Petition?
This nation's colonists made their livings in the fur trade, small-scale farming, or lumbering.
What was France?
This agreement ended the French and Indian war.
What is the Treaty of Paris (1763)?
This legislative body met in 1774 to organize colonial resistance to Parliament’s Coercive/Intolerable Acts
What is the First Continental Congress?
This agreement which ended the war gave the U.S. full independence and all territory east of Mississippi River, between Canada & Florida.
What is the Treaty of Paris in 1783?
This trade structure sent goods as well as enslaved Africans between Africa, West Indies, and the colonies.
What is triangular trade?
This was Plymouth colony's set of rules for self-governance.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
The French and Indian War began due to conflicts around forts in this area of the U.S.
What is the Ohio River Valley?
This group, founded by Samuel Adams harassed stamp distributors and protested English goods
What is the Sons of Liberty?
This was the primary American military strategy.
What is outlast the British army and use Guerilla tactics?