Life Before the War
The 13 Colonies
Stamp Act
Boston Tea Party
French and Indian War
100
Where did most colonists live: on farms or in cities?
On farms
100
Which of the following was not one of the 13 colonies: Delaware, Rhode Island, or Tennessee?
Tennessee
100
Various taxes were place upon the colonists in an effort to raise moeny to cover the expenses of what war?
French and Indian War
100
Did the Boston Tea Party occur before the war, during the war, or after the war?
Before the war
100
Was the French and Indian War before, during, or after the American Revolution?
Before the Revolution
200
What were colonists who remained loyal to Britain called?
Loyalists
200
Williamsburg is the capital of which southern colony?
Virginia
200
What three-word phrase best describes the colonists' problem with the Stamp Act?
Taxation without representation
200
The Boston Tea Party was a protest against a tax on the importation of what?
Tea
200
What country won the French and Indian War: Britain or France?
Britain
300
What event happened in Boston in which five demonstrators were killed?
Boston Massacre
300
What was one of the most important industries for the southern colonies?
Shipbuilding and fishing
300
The Stamp Act taxed all forms of what?
All written documents including playing cards.
300
Many of those who boarded the British ships to dump the tea into the harbor disguised themselves as whom?
Native Americans
300
What was the French and Indian War called in Europe?
Seven Year's War
400
What was the largest colonial city before the war?
Philadelphia
400
Before the war, each colony had its own governor. How were the governors chosen?
The governors were appointed by the king of Britain.
400
Who went to Britian to argue against the Stamp Act: Benjamin Franklin, Crispus Attucks, or George Washington?
Benjamin Franklin
400
What acts were passed by the British after the Boston Tea Party to punish the colonists?
Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts)
400
Most Native Americans fought for what county during the French and Indian War?
France
500
Before the war, why did women weave their own cloth instead of buying it from the British merchants?
To boycott British-made goods
500
What did the cities of Boston, Charleston, and New York have that made them important?
Harbors or ports
500
Why did the British merchants eventually oppose the Stamp Act?
Colonists had stopped importing their products.
500
What group, let by Samuel Adams, was responsible for the Boston Tea Party?
Sons of Liberty
500
Who was the highest-ranking American-born officer for the British forces during the French and Indian War?
George Washington
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