Vocab
Seven Years War
Thomas Paine/Great Awakening
Taxes
Declaration of Independence/Revolutionary War
100

A special unit of men trained and ready to "stand at a minute's warning in case of alarm."

Minutemen

100

What do Americans call the Seven Years War?

French and Indian War

100

What kind of revival was the Great Awakening?

Religious

100

The first act England enacted to force a Tax on colonists.

Sugar Act

100
The most famous section of the DOI.

The Preamble

200

When money loses its value over time.

Inflation

200

Who was England's greatest rival during the 18th Century?

France

200

What were great awakening ministers concerned colonists had grown too obsessed with?

money/worldly matters

200

This Act put a tax on most printed goods.

Stamp Act

200

The section of the DOI that listed wrongs done to colonists by England

Accusations/Grievances

300

Taxes on imports and exports

Customs Duties

300

What Treaty ended the French and Indian War?

Treaty of Paris

300

What famous book did Thomas Paine reference in his Pamphlet?

The Bible

300

Daily Double!!!


This event saw colonists put  these types of clothes and throw British Tea in the Boston Harbor.

Indian/Native American clothes

300
In the Preamble of the DOI, it states that people have the right to do what with Government

Alter or Abolish it

400

Daily Double!!!

A fighting style where soldiers hid behind trees, walls, and ambushed their enemy.

Guerrilla Warfare

400

What Enlightenment thinker developed the concept of "Natural Rights?"

John Locke

400

What was Thomas Paine's pamphlet titled?

Common Sense

400

After being hit with snowballs from colonists, British soldiers fired their rifles into the crowd, killing colonists.  This event is known as

The Boston Massacre

400

What river did Washington cross on Christmas day?

Delaware

500

Daily Double!!!


Freedom from enslavement.

Emancipation

500

How did England decide they were going to pay their debt for the French and Indian War?

Raise Taxes on Colonists

500

Where was Thomas Paine's pamphlet published?

Philadelphia

500

Daily Double!!!


The name of the first colonist killed for the revolution.

Michael Johnson/Crispus Attucks

500

Daily Double!!!


Where was the final battle of the Revolutionary War?

Yorktown