French and Indian War
What were the Colonist and French fighting over?
The Ohio River Valley
What Proclamation kept the Colonists from going West?
Proclamation of 1763
What were the First battles of the American Revolution?
Lexington and Concord
Who won the battle of Fort Ticonderoga?
The Patriots
In 1780 who became the new general of the Southern troops
Nathanael Greene
What was the Albany Plan of Union?
proposing a central government the power to tax, pass laws, and oversee military defenses.
What was the Boston Massacre?
British Soldiers and Colonists had words and eventually a shot rang out where 5 people died.
Who were the Patriots?
Colonists who wanted independence from Britain.
Who won the battle of Bunker Hill
The British
What was the first of many battles won in the South?
Kings Mountain
Who wrote the Albany Plan of Union?
Benjamin Franklin
Who was the first person that died during the Boston Massacre?
Crispus Attucks
What was Paul Reveres idea to know if the British were coming by land or water?
One Lantern = Land Two Lanterns= Water
After the Battles of Saratoga who became out Ally in the war?
France
What year did Britain vote to end the war?
1782
Which side did the Indians fight on during the French and Indian War?
Both the British/Colonist and the French side.
What was the Boston Tea Party?
The Sons of Liberty dumped tea into the harbor
Why did George Washington not sign the declaration of Independence?
He was leading the Continental Congress.
Who won the Battle of Trenton
The Americans
What was the treaty that officially made peace between Britain and the United States?
The Treaty of Paris 1783
What Treaty ended the French and Indian War?
The Treaty of Paris 1763
Great Britain passed what Acts in response the Boston Tea Party?
Intolerable Acts
Women helped their country during the revolution by refusing to buy?
Cloth
Which battle did the British surrender to end the Revolutionary War?
Yorktown
What does Republicanism mean?
a system with no kings, people choose representatives to make their laws.