Young soldier with experience in the French and Indian War and led to his first military command at Fort Necessity in 1754.
George Washington
British law/act designed to bail out the financially struggling East India Company by granting it a monopoly on the tea trade in the American colonies
The Tea Act.
Which battle, often called "The Shot Heard 'Round the World," marked the beginning of the armed conflict?
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
I was the leader of the Sons of Liberty?
Samuel Adams
The phrase "Taxation Without Representation" protested the colonists' lack of representation in which legislative body?
Parliament
I proposed the Albany plan of union to unite the colonies (join or die)
Benjamin Franklin
British law/act passed with the repeal of the Stamp Act that asserted the British Parliament's supreme authority over the American colonies "in all cases whatsoever".
declaratory act
Which treaty officially ended the French and Indian War in North America?
Treaty of Paris (1763)
What territories did Spain gain?
New orleans and all the land west of the Mississippi river
aw that imposed taxes and duties on various goods, including sugar, molasses, wine, and coffee, imported into the American colonies. Its primary goals were to raise money to pay off debts from the French and Indian War and to increase enforcement against smuggling by colonial merchants.
Sugar Act
A British statesman who took control of the war effort and decided to fund the war to win decisively)
William Pitt
During the Revolutionary War, the American colonists were called ____
Rebels, Patriots, or Sons of Liberty
I strongly opposed the colonies' bid for independence, declaring them in "open rebellion" and believing it was my duty to maintain British control over them.
King George III
delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies met in Philadelphia to coordinate their resistance to British policie
First Continental Congress