The 7 Years War (Actually 9)
This was the first of the three early Anglo-French wars in North America, from 1689–1697.
What is King William’s War?
This term refers to Britain’s earlier hands-off approach to colonial trade and governance, which ended after 1763.
What is salutary neglect?
This 1765 law required that revenue stamps be placed on most printed paper, angering many colonists.
What is the Stamp Act?
This English philosopher’s ideas about natural rights—life, liberty, and property—were essential to colonial political thought.
Who is John Locke?
This September 1774 meeting brought together delegates from 12 colonies and adopted the Suffolk Resolves.
What is the First Continental Congress?
This fort, captured by the British in 1758, was key to controlling the St. Lawrence River.
What is Louisbourg?
This 1763 decree prohibited colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
This group, led by Samuel Adams, coordinated resistance and propaganda against British policies.
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
This concept, promoted by Locke and Rousseau, argued that governments derive their power from the consent of the governed.
What is the Social Contract?
This April 1775 clash is often called “the shot heard ’round the world.”
What is the Battle of Lexington and Concord?
This 1754 meeting, led by Benjamin Franklin, proposed a plan for colonial unity and mutual defense.
What is the Albany Plan of Union?
This 1764 act placed duties on foreign sugar and luxuries to raise money for Britain.
What is the Sugar Act?
This 1770 event left five colonists dead and became a powerful piece of Patriot propaganda.
What is the Boston Massacre?
This radical pamphlet by Thomas Paine argued that an island should not rule a continent.
What is Common Sense?
Although technically a British victory, this June 1775 battle proved the Patriots could inflict heavy losses on British forces.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
His failed 1755 expedition to capture Fort Duquesne ended in disaster, but taught colonists important lessons about frontier warfare.
Who is General Edward Braddock?
This act of 1765 required colonists to house British soldiers in their homes.
What is the Quartering Act?
This protest destroyed 342 chests of tea in December 1773.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
This petition, sent to King George III in July 1775, was the colonies’ last attempt at peace before declaring independence.
What is the Olive Branch Petition?
This October 1777 Patriot victory convinced France to openly ally with the Americans.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
This 1763 treaty ended the Seven Years’ War, giving Britain control of French Canada and Spanish Florida.
What is the Treaty of Paris (1763)?
arliament passed this act in 1766, declaring it had the right to tax and make laws for the colonies “in all cases whatsoever.”
What is the Declaratory Act?
Passed in response to the Boston Tea Party, these four punitive laws were known by this name in the colonies.
What are the Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts)?
This 1775 British act declared the colonies in rebellion and cut off all trade, pushing many colonists toward independence.
What is the Prohibitory Act?
This 1783 agreement ended the Revolutionary War and recognized the United States as an independent nation.
What is the Treaty of Paris?