French & Indian War and Aftermath
Why did the British want to expand their control into the Ohio Valley in the mid-1700s?
gain access to the region’s natural resources
How did some colonists feel about all of taxes imposed by the British?
They believed that the British government was taxing them more than necessary
Part of the committee to draft a formal declaration of independence; went to Paris to persuade Louis XVI to give Americans supplies to use in their fight against the British; helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris, the treaty that ended the Revolutionary War
Who is Benjamin Franklin
This battle began with Washington's crossing of the Delaware
What is the Battle of Trenton
What state is in the far east, highest north on the Atlantic coast?
Maine
What caused the failure of Benjamin Franklin’s Albany Plan of Union during the French and Indian War?
the colonies did not want to give up any power to a central council.
What event led to the first shots being fired at the battles of Lexington and Concord?
The attempt by the British to seize colonial military stores.
A Prussian (German) military officer who trained the Continental Army at Valley Forge, making them a more effective fighting force.
Who is Friedrich von Steuben
What effect did the capture of Fort Ticonderoga have on the fighting in Boston between the American colonists and the British?
The British left Boston when they saw the fort’s cannons positioned on Dorchester Heights.
What state sits between Minnesota and Michigan?
Wisconsin
What event caused Chief Pontiac to rally Native Americans against the British colonists.
The British were building farms and forts on Native American lands.
What was the colonial reaction to the Proclamation of 1763, Stamp Act, Writs of Assistance, Townshend Acts?
they began fighting back against British rule
A Polish nobleman known as the “Father of the American Cavalry.”
Who is Casmir Pulaski
Better Leaders
Home field advantage
Fighting a defensive war
What are colonial advantages
What state is shaped like a chicken leg is is just north of Tennessee?
Kentucky
Explains why some colonists disagreed with the Proclamation of 1763 put in place by Britain?
They believed they had the right to settle where they wanted
What is the Boston Massacre? How was the Boston Massacre a related to the Stamp Act?
The Colonists angered by British taxes took out their frustrations on British troops, who in turn fired on them.
Spanish military leader and governor of Spanish Louisiana, who helped the American cause by fighting the British along the Gulf Coast
Who is Bernardo de Gálvez
Better weapons
More food
Better clothing
What are British advantages
Ohio
How would Prime Minister George Grenville explain the concept of mercantilism?
Mercantilism is the idea that the colonies exist to benefit England an example would be to increase the tax on imports into the colonies in order to pay for the cost of running the British navy
Explain the Boston Tea party.
The Boston Tea Party was when the colonies were protesting the Tea Act. They did not like the Tea Act because it created a Monopoly on tea. A monopoly is when you can only buy something from one supplier. So they dumped the tea into the Boston Harbor in protest.
He provided funding and secured loans to pay for the war.
Who is Haym Salomon
• The United States extended from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River
• The northern border of the United States stopped at the Great Lakes
• The southern border stopped at Florida
• Florida was returned to Spain
What are the conditions of the Treaty of Paris 1783
How can you remember which state is Illinois and which state is Indiana in the IIIO cluster?
Illinois is shaped like a long lower case letter l and Indiana is shaped like an upper case letter N.