The French and Indian War
This river was important to the French before and during the French and Indian War.
What is the Ohio River?
This system of trade was intended to increase exports and decrease imports.
What is mercantilism
This Act prevented colonists from buying [blank] from colonial merchants.
What is the Tea Act?
The current governor of California.
Who is Gavin Newsom
Native Americans were upset at this group before the French and Indian war due to them clearing land for farms.
Who were British settlers?
The Proclamation of 1763 stated that colonists could not [blank]
What is move and settle westward?
Colonists reacted to the [blank] Acts, passed as a reaction to the Boston Tea Party, were deemed too harsh by colonists and united the colonists.
What were the Intolerable Acts?
The U.S. capitol was burned during this war.
What is the War of 1812.
George Washington attacked this French fort.
What is Fort Duquesne?
The colonists despised this act claiming that there can be no taxation without representation.
What was the Stamp Act?
Minutemen opposed British troops for the first time at this battle.
What was the Battle of Lexington?
This Founding Father had his birthday changed when he was in his 20s.
Who is George Washington?
George Washington was born on February 11, 1731 under the Julian calendar. In the early 1750s, Great Britain converted to the Gregorian calendar. An act of Parliament added eleven days to complete the adjustment and Washington's birthday became February 22, 1732!
Native Americans chose to participate in the French and Indian War in order to protect [blank].
What is their lands?
[Blank] allowed British officers to inspect a ship's cargo without giving a reason.
What were the writs of assistance
The Second Continental Congress hoped to avoid war and sent King George the [blank].
What was the Olive Branch Petition?
James Madison proposed that congressional pay would be determined by the average price of [blank] during the previous six years of a congressional session.
What is wheat?
This treaty was significant for the British because they gained control of most of the French land east of the Mississippi.
What is the Treaty of Paris of 1763?
[Blank] defend British soldiers accused of participation in the Boston Massacre because he believed that they deserved a fair trial and the colonists believed in justice.
Who was John Adams?
Wealthy merchants and farmers, former royal officials tended to be [blanks].
Who were Loyalists?
This woman played an important role influencing the Congressional Congress.
Who is Abigail Adams?