French and Indian War
The British gained this region from France after the French and Indian War, giving them control of most of North America east of the Mississippi River.
What is Canada?
This 1765 law required colonists to pay a tax on all printed materials, including newspapers, legal documents and playing cards.
What is the Stamp Act?
This 1770 incident occurred when British soldiers fired on a crowd of colonists in Boston, killing five.
What is the Boston Massacre?
This April 1775 event marked the first shots of the American Revolution.
What are the Battles of Lexington and Concord?
This Virginian would become the commander of the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
This treaty, signed in 1763, officially ended the French and Indian War and gave Britain most of France's land in North America.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
The Townshend Acts, passed in 1767, taxed goods like glass, paper, and this popular colonial beverage.
What is tea?
These meetings brought representatives from multiple colonies together to discuss resistance to British policies.
What are the Congresses? (First & Second Continental)
This general led British troops during the early battles in Massachusetts, including Bunker Hill.
Who is General Thomas Gage?
This colonial leader rode through the countryside to warn that "the British are coming" before the battles of Lexington and Concord.
Who is Paul Revere?
The French and Indian War was called this in Europe, where it involved multiple countries beyond just Britain and France.
What is the Seven Years' War?
This group of colonial merchants and patriots organized protests and encouraged boycotts of taxed goods.
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
Colonists often held public gathering to hear speeches that encouraged resistance to British laws; these meetings were called ______________.
What are town meetings?
Colonial militias were often made up of these local men who volunteered to fight.
What are minutemen?
A Virginian lawyer and member of the Continental Congress who became a leading voice for independence. He drafted the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This British prime minister's strategy of "total war" helped Britain win the French and Indian War by targeting French colonies in North America.
Who is William Pitt?
This act allowed British soldiers to be housed in colonists' homes, angering colonists who saw it as an invasion of privacy.
What is the Quartering Act?
This 1765 event involved colonial leaders drafting petitions to the king to oppose unfair taxes.
What is the Stamp Act Congress?
This American general was later charged with treason and labeled a traitor.
Who is Benedict Arnold?
A wealthy Boston merchant who funded colonial efforts and served on committees coordinating resistance. He was the president of the Second Continental Congress.
Who is John Hancock?
This battle in 1754, where a young George Washington surrendered to the French, marked the official start of the French and Indian War.
What is the Battle of Fort Necessity?
Colonists disguised as Native Americans boarded British ships in Boston Harbor in 1773 to protest this tax-related law.
What is the Tea Act?
This famous colonial slogan expressed opposition to taxes imposed without the colonists' consent.
What is "No taxation without representation"?
Before Bunker Hill, colonial militias stored weapons here, which the British attempted to seize, sparking the first clashes.
What is Concord?
A patriot spy and diplomat who helped secure French support during the Revolution.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?