French and Indian War
This was the result of the Seven Years War?
Britain gained territory.
What caused the Boston Tea Party?
the Tea Act
Who is credited for writing the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
People who wanted to stay loyal to King George III
Loyalists
This said that the colonists couldn't move west past the Appalachian Mountains
Proclamation of 1763
Lowered taxes on molasses
the Sugar Act
"The British are coming, the British are coming!"
This line was said by who to warn minutemen before the Battles of Lexington and Concord
Paul Revere
How did Britain aim to control the colonies?
Britain tried to control colonies with taxes.
What document gave colonists a reason to break from British rule?
Common Sense by Thomas Paine
How was Britain different from France when it came to relationships with Native Americans?
The British refused to trade with tribes
This was a tax on imports like glass, paint, lead, and even tea...
the Townshend Acts
What does it mean to boycott something?
Refuse to buy/purchase
This was the message Ben Franklin wanted to send the colonists with the political cartoon "Join or Die"
What is unite or unify?
John Locke believed that people were allowed to overthrow the government if the government interfered with what?
Who led a group of 300 members of different tribes in an attack on British troops?
Pontiac
This act forced colonists to house British soldiers at their own expense
the Quartering Act
This was the first battle the American Revolution and led to the Second Continental Congress
The Battles of Lexington & Concord
This was the part of the Coercive/Intolerable acts where colonists had to house British soldiers, feed them, etc.
What is the Quartering Act?
What did EITHER the colonists or the British soldiers say during the Boston Massacre that was a big insult?
"Dang your bloods!"
What was important about Pontiac's War?
British soldiers gave tribes smallpox-infected blankets
These acts were forced on the colonists to punish them for Boston Tea Party
the Intolerable/Coercive Acts
What is guerilla warfare?
Irregular military actions carried out by small, usually independent forces
This act was originally intended to make tea cheaper and help out the East India Trading Company
What is the Tea Act?
The Battle of Bunker Hill was not actually fought on Bunker Hill. What hill was it fought on?
Breed's Hill