French and Indian War
This war lasted how many years?
Ten years
What do you call the law-making part of the British government?
Parliament
Name 3 things that were taxed with the Stamp Act
playing cards, marriage certificate, newspapers, magazines, pamphlets
The "Lobsterbacks" were from which country?
Great Britain
Boycott
What do you call two or more countries that are fighting on the same team?
Allies
Who is on the face of the US quarter?
George Washington
Define protest
To publicly disagree
What is the building called where the taxes were collected?
Customs House
What do you call purchased goods that are brought to another country?
What color were the British uniforms?
Bright red
What are quarters, in this context?
a place to live, home, shelter
What was the job title of the people who collected the tax money?
Tax collectors
What do you call the murder of several or many people who cannot defend themselves?
Massacre
How many chests of tea were toss into the Boston Harbor?
342 chests
The British won the war. They received most of Canada, as well as the land between the Mississippi River and what other landmark?
The Appalachian Mountains
How many quarters would it take to pay off $1,000 of debt?
4,000 quarters
What do you call the action of cancelling, or undoing a law?
repeal
This man was a leader of protests and made sure that word of the massacre spread quickly.
Samuel Adams
What did Parliament do as a result of the Boston Tea Party?
Passed Coercive Acts or Intolerable Acts
What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?
Settled the land dispute, Indians had the land to the west of the Appalachian Mountains and the colonists should stay to the East.
Name 3 things the colonist had to provide for the soldiers.
food, shelter, transportation, fuel
Explain taxation without representation
Having to pay taxes and follow rules that you didn't get to help make; no say in laws
What was the date of the Boston Massacre?
March 5, 1770
Delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies went to the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia. Which colony was not there?
Georgia