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Acts of British Parliament requiring local governments of Britain's North American colonies to provide the British soldiers with housing and food.
What was the Quartering Act?
100
This was a meeting of 12 out of the 13 colonies to discuss the Intolerable Acts
What was the First Continental Congress?
100
What war led the English to directly tax the colonists for the first time?
What is the French and Indian War?
100
Name the three major European colonial powers in North America at the beginning of the French and Indian War
Who are France, England, and Spain?
100
This second meeting was called to discuss the events at Lexington and Concord.
What was the second Continental Congress?
200
occurred when a mob harassed British soldiers who then fired their muskets into the crowd, killing three instantly, mortally wounding two others and injuring six
What was the Boston Massacre?
200
Which colony did not send delegates to the First Continental Congress?
What is the colony of Georgia?
200
This act, passed in 1764, taxed sugar, indigo, coffee, and wine
What is the Sugar Act?
200
The French and Indian War centered on competing claims to this river valley
What is the Ohio River Valley?
200
This was a battle on a hill in Boston, also known as Breed's Hil.
What was the battle of Bunker Hill?
300
What future President defended the British soldiers who were being held trial for their actions during the Boston "Massacre"?
Who was John Adams?
300
This was the city that the First Continental Congress met in
What is Philadelphia?
300
This act, passed in 1765, taxed all printed materials included legal documents, dice, and playing cards
What is the Stamp Act?
300
This young major (and future President) was dispatched to the Ohio River Valley on behalf of Virginia to capture the French fort of Duquesne
Who is George Washington?
300
This man was chosen to write the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
400
This is information that misleads its audience
What is propaganda?
400
This group of colonists remained loyal to England during the American Revolution
Who were the Loyalists?
400
This anti-tax group was founded in Boston and opposed English taxes on the colonies
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
400
This British General was soon dispatched to the Ohio River Valley by the English. It did not go well, he was killed in an Native American ambush
Who is Edward Braddock?
400
Name one European country that supported the colonies against England
What is France and or Spain?
500
On December 16th, 1773, members of the Sons of Liberty disguised themselves as Mohawk Indians and made their way to Boston Harbor. They dumped over a million dollars worth of tea into the Harbor. What was this event called?
What was the Boston Tea Party?
500
This group of colonists wanted independence from England
Who were the Patriots?
500
This practice was used to terrorize tax collectors and British colonial officials.
What is tarring and feathering?
500
True or False: The English colonies had a population of 1 million
True!
500
What is the date of Independence Day?
July 4,1776
600
These acts were designed to punish Boston and Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party
What were the Intolerable Acts?
600
This was the name of the Massachusetts colonial militia, named because they could be ready to fight in one minute
Who were the Minutemen?
600
This act got rid of the Stamp Act, but declared that Parliament had the right to tax the colonies as well as govern them in all affairs
What is the Declaratory Act?
600
True or False: The French were in North America mainly as fur traders and missionaries
True!
600
This was the final battle of the American Revolution. Spoiler: it ended with an American victory, unlike the World Cup.
What was the Battle of Yorktown?
700
This Intolerable Act forced colonists in Massachusetts to shelter and feed British soldiers who were sent to enforce the Intolerable Acts
What is the Quartering Act?
700
This member of the Sons of Liberty rode out of Boston to warn his fellow colonists of the arrival of British soldiers
Who was Paul Revere?
700
Passed in 1767, this act taxed glass, paper, tea, lead, and paint in order to raise money to run the colonies
What were the Townsend Acts?
700
The Native Americans used this style of warfare to frustrate the British army and the colonists
What is guerilla warfare?
Acceptable answers: Hit and run, ambush style
700
This document officially declared independence from England
What is the Declaration of Independence?
800
This man was the first person killed in the Boston Massacre. He was of African and Native descent.
Who was Crispus Attucks?
800
This battle occurred when British soldiers went to seize an armoury filled with guns and ammunition in the town of Concord
What is the battle of Lexington and Concord?
800
This popular English and Colonial drink was taxed several times, leading some colonists to throw a party
What is tea?
800
This proclamation forbade the colonists from moving west of the Appalachian mountains
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
800
This treaty ended the American Revolution
What was the Treaty of Paris?
900
This Intolerable Act shut down the Boston Harbor until all the tea that was dumped into the harbor was paid for
What is the Boston Port Act?
acceptable answers: Boston Harbor Act
900
This man was appointed Commander of the Continental Army by the Second Continental Congress
Who is George Washington?
900
This is an act of nonviolent, voluntary abstention from a product, person, organization, or country as an expression of protest. It is usually for moral, social, political, or environmental reasons.
What is a boycott?
900
This Treaty ended the French and Indian War
What is the Treaty of Paris?
900
This winter was the lowest point for the American Army. Name the location.
What is Valley Forge?