The two sides that fought against each other in the French and Indian War
What is the French (and the majority of the Native Americans) and the British.
100
prevented colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains after the French and Indian War
What is The Proclamation of 1763
100
These acts resulted from the Boston Tea Party; Boston Harbor was closed until tea was paid for; British soldiers would be tried in England, and town meetings were limited to once per year; more soldiers were sent over
What is Intolerable Acts
100
colonial militia volunteers prepared to fight at a moment's notice
What is minutemen
100
The reason many colonists were upset with the taxes
What is "no taxation without representation"
200
The disputed land that was fought over for the French and Indian War
What is the Ohio River Valley.
200
Taxed all printed goods like newspapers, magazines, deeds, and wills; required a stamp to be placed on printed documents to show the tax was paid for
What is the Stamp Act
200
legal document that allowed British customs official to inspect a ship's cargo without a reason
What is writs of assistance
200
a 1770 conflict between colonists and British troops in which five colonists were killed
What is the Boston Massacre
200
young general in the French and Indian War
Who is George Washington
300
The reason the colonists joined the war
What is they wanted land.
300
forced colonists to provide shelter and food to British soldiers
What is The Quartering Act
300
a 1763 conflict between Native Americans and the British over settlement of Native American lands in the Great Lakes Area
What is Pontiac's War
300
a 1773 protest in which colonists dressed as Indians and dumped tea into the Boston Harbor
What is the Boston Tea Party
300
leader and organizer of the Sons of Liberty; his talent was organizing groups of people
Who is Samuel Adams
400
the treaty that ended the French and Indian War, giving the British France's territories in America and Canada
What is the Treaty of Paris
400
Required a tax on molasses and made it a point to prevent smuggling
What is the Sugar Act
400
letter-writing campaign that became a major tool of protest in the colonies
What is committee of correspondence
400
First battles of the American Revolution
What are Lexington and Concord
400
group of protesters across the colonies who used violent and sometimes peaceful means to protest; these included staged mock hangings of British officials and tarring and feathering British officials
Who are the Sons of Liberty
500
The reason Britain's King George III started imposing taxes on the colonists in America
What is debt from the French and Indian War
500
taxed glass, paint, paper, and tea
What is The Townshend Acts
500
meeting of delegates from 12 colonies in Philadelphia in 1774
What is First Continental Congress
500
Colonists stopped buying British goods to protest the taxes and hurt British businesses. This is called a
What is boycott
500
Group of women who paraded, signed petitions, and organized boycotts of British goods