French and Indian war
This war marked the end of French power in North America.
What is the French and Indian War?
The Stamp Act led to this deadly clash in Boston.
What is the Boston Massacre?
The first shots of the war were fired here.
What is Lexington and Concord?
This petition begged King George III for peace after Lexington and Concord.
What is the Olive Branch Petition?
These two roles were often taken on by women during the Revolution.
What are caring for soldiers and running businesses?)
Britain wanted control of the Ohio Valley for this reason.
What is access to natural resources?
The Proclamation of 1763 upset colonists because it did this.
What is limited westward settlement?
The capture of this fort gave the Patriots cannons to drive the British from Boston.
What is Fort Ticonderoga?
“He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly…” — is from this document.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Bernardo de Gálvez, Friedrich von Steuben, and Casmir Pulaski were examples of this.
Who are Europeans who aided the Patriots?
French forts in North America served these two main purposes.
What are trade with American Indians and defense of territory?
The colonists’ boycott of taxed goods was one example of this protest strategy.
What is peaceful protest or free enterprise?
Name two factors that helped the Patriots win the war.
What are European alliances and knowledge of geography?
The Albany Plan of Union called for this major goal.
What is united colonial defense?
Many African Americans fought in the war in hopes of gaining this.
What is freedom?
France’s allies in the French and Indian War included these Native American groups.
Who are the Algonquians and Hurons?
The Boston Tea Party was a response to this British action.
These three key events led to American victory in the war.
What are the Battles of Trenton/Princeton, the Battle of Saratoga, and the French alliance?
Colonial leaders included a list of grievances in this founding document.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Benjamin Franklin persuaded these two nations to aid the colonists.
What are France and Spain?
Summarize how the French treated their Native allies compared to the British.
What is with more respect and trade partnerships, which led to alliances?
This 1754 plan by Benjamin Franklin tried to unite the colonies under one government.
What is the Albany Plan of Union?
Brutal British and Loyalist actions in this region turned many colonists toward the Patriot side.
What is the South/Carolinas?
This phrase in the Declaration describes rights that cannot be taken away.
What are unalienable rights: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
George Grenville’s mercantile system raised money for Britain by doing this.
What is taxing colonial imports?