Important People
A great leader in American History that also fought in the French and Indian War. He was part of the wars first battle.
Who is George Washington?
The Stamp Act, a tax law passed against the colonies by Britain forced the colonists to...
place a stamp on all paper they used through out the day.
Money that the government asks from the people used to run the government?
What are Taxes!
During the Boston Massacre, this many people were killed.
What is 5?
This is the difference between the "Patriots" and the "Loyalists".
What is "the Patriots didn't like the King of Great Britain and wanted the colonies to be free" and the "Loyalists did like the King of Great Britain and they wanted to remain under British control"?
He became the King of Great Britain after the French and Indian War. He was said to be "dumb".
Who is "King George the III"?
This law gave British soldiers the right to go to colonists homes to sleep and use what they needed, including food, utensils and beer.
What is the Quartering Act?
People who leave the colonies and start a new life somewhere in the new territory.
Who are "Settlers"?
These two groups of people were involved in the Boston Massacre.
Who are Colonists (Patriots), and British Soldiers?
This religious movement in the 1730's brought about both spiritual and political renewal in the colonies.
What is the Great Awakening?
He was an important leader and preacher of the Great Awakening that was born and lived in the colonies.
Who is Jonathan Edwards?
When the stamp act was passed, some patriot colonists who called themselves the ______________, reacted by attacking tax collectors and even almost burying one tax collector alive.
What is "Sons of Liberty"?
A small army of regular citizens trained to fight in an emergency. Every town had one.
What is a "Militia"?
During the Boston Tea Party, men boarded the British ships carrying British tea to do this.
What is "to dump the tea into the harbor or ocean.
The French and Indian War was fought for this reason.
What is, because, both France and Great Britain (colonies) wanted the Ohio Valley. Also, France started building military forts in the Ohio River Valley and that worried the colonies.
He was an important leader of the Great Awakening that traveled from Great Britain to the colonies to preach.
Who was George Whitefield?
This decision was made by King George III in an effort to protect colonial settlers traveling westward across the Appalachian mountains from Native American attacks in the Ohio River Valley.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
The abuse of the people by a government.
What is "Tyranny"?
During the Boston Tea party, the Sons of Liberty boarded British Tea ships dressed like this.
What are "Mohawk Indians"?
This was King George III's solution to the problem of settlers from the colonies getting killed or attacked by Indians in the new territory.
What was "Draw a line on the ridge of the Appalachian mountains and tell the colonists to stay on their side, and the Indians to stay on their side?
He was the first person to die in the Boston Massacre when British soldiers fired on a crowd of colonists.
Who was Crispus Attucks?
It was not only that the colonists didn't want to be taxed by the British Government, but what bothered them the most was that they didn't have __________________ in the British government.
What is "Representation"?
A political system where the people and not just the government get to choose how their nation is run.
What is "Democratic"?
Double Jeopardy!!!!!
What are the differences between the "Old Lights" and the "New Lights"?
You must give at least 3 differences for each.
Old Lights: Want things to stay the same, Church leaders were 'upper class and wealthy", Didn't allow regular people to help in church services, Leaders had lots of power over the colonists, Were serious and quiet and Had many traditions and rituals in church
New Lights: Wanted things to change, Church leaders were regular people, Allowed everyone to help in church services, Believed that the church should not have too much authority over the colonists, and They were very emotional
This is the name of the territory that the French and Indian War was fought over.
What is the Ohio River Valley??