French and Indian War
This is the other name for the French and Indian War
What is the Seven Years' War?
This plan was made by Ben Franklin during the French and Indian War, but it was ultimately rejected due to fears of creating too powerful of a government
What is the Albany Plan?
This act put taxes on coffee, molasses, and sugar
What is the Sugar Act of 1764?
This event saw hundreds of colonists dress up like Native Americans and throw hundreds of crates of tea into the harbor
What is the Boston Tea Party?
These were the first two battles of the Revolutionary War
What are the Battles of Lexington and Concord?
This battle was the only surrender of George Washington’s military career and led to him signing a note of surrender that would become a major spark in beginning the French and Indian War
What is the Battle of Fort Necessity?
This document officially declared the colonies as independent from Britain and was signed on July 4, 1776
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This proclamation made it so colonists could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains
What is the Proclamation Line of 1763?
This was the name for the first bloodshed of the Revolutionary War which saw 5 colonists die and almost no British soldiers be held accountable
What is the Boston Massacre?
This battle that took place in South Carolina during 1781 was the first major step towards British defeat
What is the Battle of Cowpens?
This British general's stubbornness got hundreds of soldiers killed during the French and Indian War
Who is Edward Braddock?
This pamphlet by Thomas Paine helped sway many colonists to be in favor of independence
What is the Common Sense?
This act required that British soldiers be provided food and shelter
What is the Quartering Act?
This man embarked on his midnight ride to warn two towns that the British were coming
Who is Paul Revere?
This was the last battle of the Revolutionary War and one that saw Britain surrender
What is the Battle/Siege of Yorktown?
These are the two main results of the French and Indian War on the colonies
What are an increased presence of British troops and Britain believing the colonies should help payoff the war debt
This petition was sent by the Second Continental Congress to King George in 1775, pledging loyalty but demanding he back off with the unfair treatment. He did not respond well to it
What is the Olive Branch Petition?
These acts caused widespread anger in the colonies and led to colonists boycotting British goods
What are the Townshend Acts of 1767?
This was a series of attacks by Native Americans who were unhappy with the results of the French and Indian War
What is Pontiac's Rebellion?
These battles greatly strengthened American morale and led soldiers to reenlist in 1777
What is the Battle of Trenton and the Battle of Princeton?
These were the three points of William Pitt's Plan
What is to use their amazing navy to isolate the French, let Prussia do the majority of the fighting in Europe, and replace older generals with younger ones who were willing to change tactics
This treaty officially ended the Revolutionary War and declared the colonies as independent
What is the 1783 Treaty of Paris?
These acts were put in place as a response to the Boston Tea Party
What are the Intolerable/Coercive Acts?
This incident involved colonists burning a notorious British customs ship that had run ashore while chasing an American ship in 1772
What is The Gaspee Incident?
This was the worst loss of the war for the Patriots
What is the siege of Charleston?