The French and Indian War
The British wanted North America because_________, and the French wanted it in order to ____________.
What are to spread out and create more farms, and to build more trade routes?
She and Peter III would live here. (Name and location)
In 1767, Parliament passed the _______ which placed new taxes on British goods that were being shipped to the colonies.
In 1774, representatives from every colony (except Georgia) met in Philadelphia from September 5 to October 26 for this historic gathering.
What is the First Continental Congress?
Realizing that war was upon them, the colonists called this meeting held on May 10,1775.
What is the Second Continental Congress?
The main players in the war were (people, not countries)________.
Her husband was enamored with this king and would idolize him.
Who was Frederick the Great of Prussia?
What is the Boston Massacre?
"I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!"
Who is Patrick Henry?
This famous battle was a resounding defeat of the colonists by British General William Howe.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
During the war this group of people were expelled from present-day New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and part of Maine.
Who were the Acadians?
She was inspired by this French scholar and loved, but feared, this man's writings.
Who are Diderot and Voltaire?
This act of the British sparked the Boston Tea Party.
What is "removed an import tax on British tea going into America and allowed British merchants to sell directly to their own agents in the colonies at half price?"- MOH Vol IV
This general learned that the colonists were stashing gunpowder in Concord, Massachusetts, so he organized an attack on Concord.
This man, a Diest, published this pamphlet in Philadelphia which spelled out for the colonists exactly what was at stake.
What are Thomas Paine and Common Sense?
Under his leadership, the British navy gained control of the waterways to cut the French off from their resources.
Who is William Pitt?
She is well known for building these.
What are the Hermitage, libraries, hospitals, and schools?
A Puritan, this man organized the Boston "Sons of Liberty", an underground freedom-fighting group of rebels.
Who is Samuel Adams?
Dr. Joseph Warren, a member of the Sons of Liberty, realized the British were on the attack and called for these men to ride and warn the colonists.
Who are William Dawes and Paul Revere?
He said, "We must, indeed, all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately."
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
This treaty, signed in _____, officially ended the French and Indian War and awarded Great Britain the eastern portion of Canada, as well as all of the land EAST of the Mississippi.
What are 1763, and The Treaty of Paris?
She is notorious for her treatment of these groups (3).
Who were the serfs, the church, and her boyfriends?
In response to the Boston Tea Party, the British Parliament passed these acts in 1774, effectively closing the Boston harbor.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
The "shot heard around the world" was fired here on ________ (date).
These five men drafted the Declaration of Independence.
Who are John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Livingston, Roger Sherman, and Thomas Jefferson?