Colonial and Early American Plans
This plan was Benjamin Franklin’s idea to unite the colonies during the French and Indian War.
What is the Albany Plan of Union?
This slogan expressed colonists’ anger at being taxed without a say in Parliament.
What is “No Taxation Without Representation”?
This patriot rode to warn that the British were coming before Lexington and Concord.
Who is Paul Revere?
These first two battles of the Revolution occurred in April 1775.
What are Lexington and Concord?
This company was at the center of the Boston Tea Party controversy.
What is the British East India Tea Company?
This 1763 British order limited colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
This 1764 law placed a tax on sugar and other imported goods.
What is the Sugar Act?
This pamphlet, written by Thomas Paine, encouraged colonists to declare independence.
What is Common Sense?
This 1770 event left five colonists dead after British soldiers fired on a crowd in Boston.
What is the Boston Massacre?
This term describes agreements signed to officially end wars.
What is a Peace Treaty?
This gathering of colonial leaders met in 1774 to respond to British laws and prepare for possible conflict.
What is the First Continental Congress?
This 1767 law placed taxes on glass, paper, paint, and tea.
What is the Townshend Act?
This organization, including Samuel Adams, organized protests and resistance against British rule.
What is the Sons of Liberty?
Colonists disguised as Native Americans dumped tea into Boston Harbor in 1773.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
This measures the percentage of people in a country without jobs.
What is the Unemployment Rate?
This meeting in 1775 organized the colonial army and moved toward independence.
What is the Second Continental Congress?
This act forced colonists to house British soldiers in their homes.
What is the Quartering Act?
This group of women supported boycotts and helped produce goods locally during the Revolution.
What are the Daughters of Liberty?
The war officially ended with this 1783 agreement between Britain and the United States.
What is the Treaty of Paris (Revolution)?
This refers to challenges or problems that continue over time, often studied in history.
What are Enduring Issues?
This group communicated news and organized resistance between colonies before the Revolution.
What is the Committee of Correspondence?
This 1773 law allowed the British East India Company to sell tea directly to the colonies, angering colonists.
What is the Tea Act?
This 1776 document formally announced that the colonies were breaking away from Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This 1763 agreement ended the French and Indian War and gave Britain control of land east of the Mississippi.
What is the Treaty of Paris (French and Indian War)?
This was one of the lasting impacts of the American Revolution on society and government. (Can have multiple correct answers: self-government, independence, rights, etc.)
What is the creation of a new nation with self-government?