7 Years War
While most of the world calls it the Seven Years War, Americans tend to call it...
The French and Indian War
A military partner
Ally
Which act allowed for a British monopoly on tea?
The Tea Act
Who was the King of England after the 7 Years War who created most of the taxes on the colonies (hint: The Declaration of Independence was written to him)?
George III
Citizen soldiers, who would be ready to fight very quickly, were known as...
Minutemen
What river valley was the main source of fighting between the French and British in North America?
Ohio (Ohio River Valley)
A formal agreement between countries.
Treaty
A tax placed on paper products (newspapers, letters, wills etc.) by the British in 1765.
The Stamp Act
Which colonial lawyer defended the British soldiers after the Boston Massacre?
John Adams
Which event saw many colonials dress up as Native Americans and throw thousands of pounds of tea into Boston Harbor?
The Boston Tea Party
In 1753, Lt. Colonel George Washington led the British to create what fort in western Pennsylvania?
Fort Necessity
Owing money
Debt
What policy blocked colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains?
Proclamation of 1763
Which "express rider" delivered letters across the colonies, and famously warned that "The British are coming" later in 1775 at Lexington?
Paul Revere
Colonials who strongly opposed British actions became known as what?
Patriots
What did the British do to the Saint Lawrence Seaway, which caused Voyageurs and other French soldiers to be cut off from Europe?
A Blockade
To cancel something.
Repeal
An act that forced colonists to house British soldiers and provide them with food.
The Quartering Act
Who established the Committee of Correspondence to allow citizens from all colonies to know about British policy?
Samuel Adams
The colonies created which phrase to signal that they wouldn't pay taxes unless they could vote?
No taxation without representation
Metacom and Pontiac were Native American leaders who fought against whom in colonial times?
The British (Colonists)
To refuse to use or buy something.
Boycott
A tax placed on imports to the colonies by the British.
Tariff
Which Virginian gave a speech comparing George III to Julius Caesar?
Patrick Henry
The crime of fighting against one's home country is known as...
Treason