French and Indian War I
French and Indian War II
Road to Revolution I
Road to Revolution II
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100
This 22 year-old General from the colonies led men into a massacre at Fort Necessity, and would eventually go on to lead the colonists against the British in Revolution before becoming one of our nation's founding fathers.
George Washington
100
Which region of colonies was not very interested in uniting before and during the French and Indian War: New England, Middle, or Southern?
Southern
100
This event occurred when a group of colonists dressed up as Native Americans, snuck into Boston Harbor, boarded a ship and emptied all of the East India Company Tea into the Harbor.
Boston Tea Party
100
This event occurred when one night a group of frustrated colonists egged on British soldiers by calling them names, throwing snowballs, and hitting them with sticks until the soldiers opened fire, killing 5 men.
Boston Massacre
100
Which group of people were MOST affected by the British taxes after the French and Indian War?
Colonists in New England, Wealthy colonists
200
At the end of the French and Indian War, which country received control of the Ohio River Valley?
Britain
200
The major effect of the French and Indian War on the colonists was...
Taxes
200
This was a tax on the colonies that required the British seal to be placed on all newspapers, magazines, legal documents, and even things like playing cards.
Stamp Act
200
Name one member of the Sons of Liberty
Samuel Adams, James Otis, Patrick Henry, Paul Revere, an many others
200
Who wrote Common Sense, a pamphlet designed to convince the colonists that they needed to rebel against the British?
Thomas Paine
300
At the end of the French and Indian War, which nation gained control of all French lands west of the Mississippi River?
Spain
300
Even after gaining more land from the war, the British wouldn't allow the colonists to move westward, placing a boundary on them called the...
Proclamation Line of 1763
300
This was a secret political organization founded to advance the rights of colonists and to fight taxation by the British, they organized protests and terrorized British representatives and tax collectors.
Sons of Liberty
300
These acts were taxes placed on many household items the colonists would use regularly like glass, paper, lead, paint, and tea.
Townshend Acts
300
What was the name of the tea company that the British wanted the colonists to purchase?
East India Tea Company
400
In 1754 Ben Franklin presented a plan for unity and a representative colonial government at this meeting.
Albany Delegation (Albany Plan of Union)
400
This area of the New World was contested, as both the British and French believed it was theirs. It is where most of the fighting of the French and Indian War took place.
Ohio River Valley
400
This series of acts were designed to anger the colonists. These acts closed the Boston Harbor, took away governmental power, and required colonists to keep troops in their homes, among others.
Intolerable Acts
400
4 of the 5 Townshend acts were repealed by King George... which one wasn't?
Tea Act
400
This man became Foreign minister to the colonies in 1757 and he compromised with the colonists and offered to pay for their war costs.
William Pitt
500
List three differences between colonial soldiers and British soldiers during the French and Indian War.
Colonists used Indian-style guerilla tactics, British marched in formation
Colonists served in militias with local captains/no training or protocols, Brit had commanding officers and formal ranks/drills and tough discipline
Colonists were casual/non professional, Brits were prima donna officers
Colonists wanted no war taxes, Brits believed that colonists should pay for their own defense
500
Who created this, what does it mean and why is it significant?
Ben Franklin, asking the colonies to unite to fight/make peace with Natives, it's the first political cartoon in our nation's history.
500
At this meeting the colonists decided to boycott all further trade with Britain and begin training local militias.
First Continental Congress
500
What did the term "taxation without representation" mean to the colonists?
The colonists were tired of England taxing them because they believed they should get to decide their own taxes with their own local government. It was NOT that they hated taxes, it was that they hated the British government taxing them without them getting a say.
500
This man was Commander in Chief of the Virginia British forces at the beginning of the French and Indian War. He angered the colonists by closing ports and raising war taxes.
Lord Loudon (John Campbell, Early of Loudon)