Vocabulary
Seven Years' War
Massachusetts Goes Crazy
Notable Names
Potpourri
100
A word meaning to reduce or lessen in duration, scope, authority, etc.; diminish; curtail: to abridge one's freedom.
a. limit
b. abridgment
c. atonement
What is abridgement?
100
The American colonial theater of the Seven Years' War is sometimes called this
1. The British and French War
2. The French Indian War
3. The Revolutionary War
What is the French Indian War?
100
What two groups were formed to protest British taxation in the American colonies?
The Sons of Liberty and the Daughters of Liberty
100
This man worked with Thomas Hutchinson to create the Albany Plan of Union, a proposal for a united government to negotiate treaties and plan defense with Native Americans. He also created this image to generate support for the plan, although it was later adopted by the Revolutionaries.
Who is Ben Franklin?
100
Fill in the Blank: All of the Townshend duties were rescended, except for the tax on ____________.
a. sugar
b. paper
c. glass
d. tea
What is tea?
200
A type of unconventional military strategy where small, independent groups use irregular tactics to fight against larger military forces. Some tactics may include intelligence operations, psychological warfare, and sabotage.
What is guerilla tactics/ warfare?
200
The French treated the Native Americans much differently than the British treated them. Many natives allied with them in the Seven Years' War. They worked with them because they were trade partners primarily in this commodity.
a. glass
b. timber
c. fish
d. fur
What is fur?
200
This act of protest took place on December 16, 1773.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
200
This 21 year old Virginian was sent with a military force to Fort Duquesne to inform the French that they were encroaching on British colonial territory- it didn't go well.
Who is George Washington?
200
This group of delegates was assembled in Philadelphia to decide what response the colonies would have to the "Intolerable Acts."
What is the First Continental Congress 1774?
300
A word meaning to lecture (someone) at length in an aggressive and critical manner.
What is harangued?
300
This was the most significant consequence of the Seven Years' War.
What is the debt incurred by Britain, because they had to pass taxes on the colonies to help defray the cost.
300
Of the four Coercive Acts, Bostonians were particularly opposed to this Act.
HINT:
What is the Quartering Act?
300
This man's claim to fame was his "midnight ride" to warn colonial minutemen of the arrival of British troops. Although historians point out that he was likely not the one raise the alert to their arrival, he was a prominent Bostonian and contributed to the revolutionary narrative with this image:
Who is Paul Revere?
300
This tax was objectionable to colonists, not only because they were strapped for money to pay it, but it was the first tax in which they had to make payment to the British government.
What is the Stamp Act of 1765?
400
a person or thing that is representative, advocate, type or symbol of something
a. merchant
b. colonist
c. exponent
d. radical
What is an exponent?
400
After a blundering start in French negotiation, George Washington retreated and swiftly erected the fort seemed here. A fitting name for the circumstances.
What is Fort Necessity
400
The guards involved in the Boston Massacre were protecting this the night the violent incident occurred.
What is the customs house?
400
This man founded the Sons of Liberty and The Association, he was a delegate to the First Continental Congress AND the town that BART resides in is named after him.
Who is Samuel Adams?
400
The Proclamation Line of 1763 was a direct result of this Native American uprising.
What is Pontiac's Rebellion?
500
To reduce the value of (as in money)
a. appreciation
b. monopoly
c. depreciation
d. dogecoin
What is depreciation?
500
In "The Expulsion," Acadians who lived in present-day Nova Scotia were removed from their homes and brought to New Orleans. Today we know that group by this name.
What are "the Cajuns"
500
One common practice of punishing individuals that did not comply with boycotting of British goods was this act. The customs officer in the John Adams miniseries fell victim to the violent, but not fatal punishment.
What is tarring and feathering?
500
King George III was crowned king of Britain in 1760 at only this age?
What is 22?
500
This term was used to describe colonists who were loyal to Britain.
What are/is Tory(ies)?