Stonger Together
These thirteen British settlements eventually united to declare independence.
What were the thirteen colonies?
This European country defeated France in the French and Indian War.
What is Great Britain?
This future president was the defendant in our classroom mock trial.
Who is George Washington?
This act taxed newspapers, legal documents, and playing cards.
What is the Stamp Act?
During this protest, colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
Colonists used this protest method by refusing to purchase British goods.
What is a boycott?
Britain and France both claimed this river valley, where competition helped spark the war.
What is the Ohio River Valley?
This country’s soldiers were attacked by Washington’s force at Jumonville Glen.
What is France?
This 1763 British order restricted colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
This March 5, 1770, confrontation ended with British soldiers firing into a crowd, causing five deaths.
What is the Boston Massacre?
This slogan expressed the colonists’ objection to being taxed without elected representatives in Parliament.
What is “No taxation without representation”?
This young Virginia officer fought against the French before becoming the first U.S. president.
Who is George Washington?
This French officer’s death was at the center of the controversy examined in our trial.
Who is Jumonville?
This act required colonial authorities to help provide housing and supplies for British soldiers.
What is the Quartering Act?
This silversmith circulated a famous engraving portraying the Boston Massacre as an organized attack on colonists.
Who is Paul Revere?
This resistance group, associated with Samuel Adams, organized protests against British policies.
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
This 1763 agreement ended the war and transferred Canada from France to Britain.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
Washington signed a controversial surrender document after his defeat at this fort.
What is Fort Necessity?
These duties taxed imported goods including glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea.
What were the Townshend Acts?
This 1773 law gave the East India Company trade advantages while keeping the existing colonial tea tax.
What is the Tea Act?
Created as colonial representatives prepared to meet at Albany in 1754, Franklin’s segmented-snake cartoon carried this three-word call for unity.
What is “Join, or Die”?
The French and Indian War became part of this larger worldwide conflict.
What is the Seven Years’ War?
This word in the French surrender document described Jumonville’s death as a deliberate murder; Washington disputed the translation he received.
What is assassination?
This 1764 law lowered the duty on foreign molasses while strengthening enforcement against smuggling.
What is the Sugar Act?
This future president defended British soldiers accused in the Boston Massacre.
Who is John Adams?