French & Indian War
The area of land that France and Britain fought for.
What is the Ohio Valley?
The reason that England imposed so many taxes on the colonists.
What is the debt from the F&I War?
This battle is known as the "shot heard around the world."
What is Lexington and Concord?
To require citizens to allow soldiers in their homes.
What is quartering?
The general who made his name in this war, despite suffering multiple losses.
Who is George Washington?
A tax on a luxury good primarily produced in the Caribbean plantations.
What is the Sugar Act?
The winter spent at this location was a time of great suffering, and great growth for the Continental Army.
What is Valley Forge?
The revolutionary group that organized the Boston Tea Party, led by Sam Adams.
What is the Sons of Liberty?
Inspired King George to institute the Proclamation Line of 1763.
What is Pontiac's Rebellion?
Following the Boston Tea Party, these acts infuriated the colonists.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
This battle inspired foreign nations to aid the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
The act that allowed Parliament greater control of the colonies pre 1770
What is the Declaratory Act?
The name of the Native American Tribe that primarily sided with the British.
Who are the Iroquois?
The Black Market of smuggled goods was primarily organized via these communication routes.
What is the Committee of Correspondence?
Britain's failed war strategy at the beginning of the Revolutionary War.
What is capturing major cities to illicit surrender?
The prevailing economic philosophy of the colonial era.
What is mercantalism?
While the British referred to the land as the frontier, desiring to settle on it, the french were primarily used the land for this purpose.
What are Trading Posts and/or Forts?
If a colonist was found evading one of the many import taxes, they would be tried here.
What are the Vice Admiralty Courts?
3 of the financial challenges for the Continental Congress under the Articles of Confederation.
What are Inflation, differing currency, and inability to raise money?
List the 5 major events from March 5th 1770 through April 19th 1775 in order.
1. Boston Massacre March 1770
2. Tea Act 1773
3. Boston Tea Party 1773
4. Intolerable Acts 1774
5. Battle of Lexington and Concord April 1775