Questions Dayeh Couldn't Quite Fit Into the Other Categories
100
When it spread into Europe, the French and Indian War became known as this...
The Seven Years' War
100
On March 5, 1770, colonists pelted British soldiers with rock-filled snowballs. Soldiers fired into crowd, killing 5 people. This event would become a large source of propaganda for those who supported the idea of the Revolutionary War.
The Boston Massacre
100
In the 1680's and 1690's, this event saw adolescent girls of Salem, Massachusetts accused hundreds of people (mostly women) of witchcraft, ending with 19 being put to death
Salem Witch Trials
100
Inventor, political theorist, and all-around genius, he co-wrote the Albany Plan of Union
Benjamin FRANKLIN
100
1754, plan for unity of the colonies under Britain, created in Albany, New York by Benjamin Franklin and other delegates. It was ultimately rejected by the colonies and Britain.
Albany Plan of Union
200
Five Indian nations (Mohawk, Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, and Oneida) that formed alliance in the 15th century. They played a major role in the French and Indian War, fighting on the side of the British.
The Iroquois
200
On December 16, 1773, 150 men dressed as Mohawks boarded 3 British trade ships, broke open the tea chests, and threw them into the harbor in this historic event.
Boston Tea Party
200
Eighteenth-century movement that involved a critical questioning of traditional institutions, customs, and morals, and turned increasingly to science for solutions to problems.
The Enlightenment
200
Give him "liberty or death," this colonial leader made drastic speech to House of Burgesses in May 1765, calling for the beheading of King George III if the taxes were not called off
Patrick HENRY
200
Secret society formed to protect the rights of the colonists and to fight taxation by the British government. They played a major role in most colonies in battling the Stamp Act in 1765.
Sons of Liberty
300
Benjamin Franklin's cartoon; first in American history. Parts of the snake represent the individual colonies.
"Join or Die"
300
Passed in 1765, this law required a stamp on most printed documents in colonies such as newspapers, almanacs, pamphlets, etc.
Stamp Act
300
This movement stated that every person had the potential to break away from the constraints of the past and start anew in his or her relationship with God
The Great Awakening
300
Future "Founding Father," he helped start the Sons of Liberty and participated in rebellious acts that included tarring and feathering Royal tax collectors.
Samuel ADAMS
300
In October 1765, this group met in New York with delegates from 9 colonies. They tried to petition the king and Parliament to remove the Stamp Act.
Stamp Act Congress
400
Peace treaty that formally ended the French and Indian War/Seven Years War. Britain won and claimed former French territory in eastern North America.
Treaty of Paris, 1763
400
Act passed in 1764, it was designed to eliminate illegal sugar trade between continental colonies and the West Indies, taxed all sugar trade to root out smugglers
Sugar Act
400
"Out with the old," they embraced the revivals that spread through the colonies.
New Lights
400
British Prime minister who believed colonists were indulged long enough, and that they should be under the full control of Britain. He was responsible for many of the tax laws that angered colonists.
George GRENVILLE
400
Created in 1764, it required colonial assemblies to stop issuing paper money, required all current paper currency to be taken out of circulation.
Currency Act
500
Launched in 1763 by a loose confederation of elements of Native American tribes primarily from the Great Lakes region, this rebellion was fought by natives who were dissatisfied with British postwar policies in the Great Lakes region after the French and Indian War.
Pontiac's Rebellion
500
A series of measures in 1767 that imposed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper and tea imported into the colonies. More than anything else, this greatly angered colonists.
Townshend Duties/Townshend Acts
500
Most theatrical of the Great Awakening preachers and one of the founders of the Methodist movement, he made several evangelical tours through the colonies and drew massive crowds.
George WHITEFIELD
500
His trial, in which it was decided that printed information is NOT libel if it is true, removed some colonial restrictions on the freedom of the press.