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In the French and Indian War, France relied on American Indians as an important ______.
ally
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Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty organized a ____________ against the Stamp Act.
protest
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When soldiers killed 5 people during a fight in Boston, angry colonists called it a _____________.
massacre
100
What is a minuteman?
What is a militia with special training
100
Who was the new British governor of Massachusetts who had to stop the rebellion?
General Thomas Gage
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Why did the British Parliament need to tax the colonies?
The French and Indian War had cost them a lot of money.
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Why did Parliament create the Townshend Acts?
To pay for services (soldiers and governors) in the colonies.
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Did the colonists meet with the King of England or British officials to protest the taxes?
No.
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IN 1775, many colonists joined a _____________ to help the colonies prepare for war.
What is a militia?
200
What did the colonists call the British soldiers
The Regulars
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Who won the French and Indian War?
What is the British
300
What was the goal of Sam Adams and the Sons of Liberty?
To protest the Stamp Act
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Who created the picture of the Boston Massacre, which showed the British soldiers shooting at PEACEFUL colonists?
Paul Revere
300
Who were the 2 men warning the minutemen that the British were coming?
Paul Revere, William Dawes
300
True or False? The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought on Bunker Hill
False
400
What did the British colonists want in the Ohio River Valley?
to trade furs and farm the land.
400
What did the Stamp Act Congress decide?
Only COLONIAL governments should tax the colonies.
400
What did the First Continental Congress do?
Wrote a letter to King George III, asking him to stop taxing colonists without their agreement/representation.
400
Who ran out of gunpowder/ammunition at Bunker Hill?
Patriots
400
What was the Olive Branch Petition?
The colonist asking for British help to end war peacefully.
500
What two groups were separated by the Proclamation Line of 1763?
The colonists and the American Indians
500
In 1767, Britain needed money to pay for the services of colonial governors and soldiers. As a result, Parliament created the _____________ Act.
What is the Townshend Act.
500
What were the Committees of Correspondence?
Groups of Patriots who sent each other letters of news of what the British were doing, and what actions colonists could take.
500
Why did General Gage send British soldiers to Concord?
to destroy the gunpowder and cannons.
500
What is the famous phrase that poet Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote?
"The shot heard around the world"
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