French/Indian War
Britain and France both claimed this river valley.
What is the Ohio River Valley?
This 1765 act taxed newspapers, legal documents, and playing cards.
What is the Stamp Act?
This slogan said Parliament had no right to tax colonists who had no vote in it.
What is “no taxation without representation”?
British troops marched out of Boston to seize weapons stored in this town.
What is Concord?
Colonists who wanted independence from Britain.
Who are Patriots?
This young militia officer led the 1754 skirmish at Jumonville Glen.
Who is George Washington?
This 1764 act was Parliament's first tax meant to raise money from the colonies.
What is the Sugar Act?
This group led boycotts and protests against British taxes.
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Who are the Sons of Liberty?
This silversmith rode through the night to warn the militia.
Who is Paul Revere?
Colonists who stayed loyal to the British crown.
Who are Loyalists?
This 1763 law banned colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
This 1766 act said Parliament could tax the colonies “in all cases whatsoever.”
What is the Declaratory Act?
British soldiers killed this many colonists in the Boston Massacre (March 5, 1770).
What is five?
This British general sent the troops from Boston.
Who is Thomas Gage?
This group of colonists was undecided or wanted to stay out of the conflict.
Who are Moderates?
The French and Indian War was part of this larger worldwide war.
What is the Seven Years' War?
The Tea Act did this to the price of tea, yet colonists still protested.
What is lowered it?
This dockworker was killed in the Boston Massacre.
Who is Crispus Attucks?
The first shots were fired on this village green.
What is Lexington Green?
This Patriot's 1776 pamphlet, Common Sense, argued for independence in plain language.
Who is Thomas Paine?
After the war, Britain's national debt had nearly done this, which led to new taxes.
What is doubled?
The Sugar Act was enforced by these courts, which had no jury.
What are vice-admiralty courts?
On December 16, 1773, colonists dumped this many chests of tea into Boston Harbor.
What is 342
About this many British soldiers were killed, wounded, or missing that day.
What is about 270?
After the war, many Loyalists fled to these places (name one).
What are Canada, Britain, or the Caribbean?