BIG names
He was an inventor, a scientist, a writer.
Ben Franklin
What was the name of British soldiers that lived in the colonies to regulate taxes?
Regulars
Who fought against each other in the French and Indian War?
Britain V. Franch (+Indians)
What act placed a tax on paper goods?
The Stamp Act
Name one of the original colonies in North America
NY, New Jersey, Georgia, SC, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania
He was a former slave and one of the 5 men that died in the Boston Massacre.
Crispsus Attucks
What was the name of the group that lived in North America and still supported the King?
Loyalists
What is the nickname for the French and Indian war?
The 7 Years War
What act made trading for molasses and sugar more difficult?
The Sugar Act
Is the Mississippi River a physical or manmade characteristic?
Physical
He was the lawyer who defended the British soldiers after the Boston Massacre.
John Adams
What was the name given to the colonists who wanted independence from Britain?
Patriots
What officially ended the war?
The Treaty of Paris
What act forced colonists to feed and house British troops?
The Quartering Act
Forest
The King of England during the American Revolution
King George the 3rd
What does it mean to boycott?
refuse to buy
What were the British and French fighting over?
The Ohio River Valley
"No taxation without representation"
What are the 4 Cardinal Directions?
N, S, E, W
He was an ambitious man from Virginia who served in the British army and would later become the 1st US president
George Washington
When only one group sells something.
Who gained control of the land after the French and Indian war?
Why did Parliament tax the colonists?
Because there was a big war debt from the French and Indian war
This type of map shows natural features of an area such as landforms, mountains or valleys.
A physical map