The French and Indian War officially began in this year?
What is 1756
100
The Stamp Act was passed in this year.
What is 1765
100
The Boston Massacre occured on this date.
What is March 5, 1770
100
The Tea Act was passed in this year.
What is 1773
100
The colonists militia were called Minutemen because
What is they needed to be ready to fight at a minute's notice.
200
The French name of the fort that was renamed Fort Triconderoga.
What is Fort Carillon?
200
Define the Stamp Act
What is everything printed on paper in the colonies had to have an official stamp before it could be bought, sold, or used.
200
The colonists involved were led by this man.
What is Crispus Attucks
200
This group held the "Tea Party."
What is Sons of Liberty
200
This man is known for warning towns that the British were coming.
What is Paul Revere
300
This proclamation forbid settlers from moving west of the Appalachian mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763
300
The Townshend Acts
What is taxes on paint, paper, glass, lead and tea
300
Who made the famous propaganda etching of the Boston Massacre?
What is Paul Revere?
300
Some tea party members dressed up as these.
What are Mohawk Indians
300
The Battle of Bunker Hill was actually fought on this hill.
What is Breed's hill
400
One of the main outcomes of the Treaty of Paris.
What is France lost almost all lands in North American.
400
In 1770, Parliament repealed all the Townshend acts except this tax.
What is tea tax.
400
The colonists were throwing these at the British soldiers.
What are snowballs.
400
The British passed these acts to punish the colonists. Give one of the acts.
What are the Intolerable Acts (or the Coercive acts). Boston port closed, colonial govt. appointed by the king, quarter soldiers, town meetings controlled
400
The Second Continental Congress met in this city.
What is Philadelphia
500
George Washington and his men built this fort before eventually surrendering to the French.
What is Fort Necessity.
500
A tax on imported goods is know as this.
What is a duty.
500
One purpose that colonial leaders had in calling the event a massacre.
What is suggesting that having British troops in the colonies was dangerous
500
The purpose of the committees of Correspondence
What is writing to each other to share information about what the British were doing and what the colonies were doing about it
500
General Gage and the British marched to Concord for what purpose
What is seize the weapons that the colonists were collecting and stockpiling.