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The French and Indian War was fought between who and who?
France and Britain
What were the colonies left with as a result of the French and Indian war?
Name the 3 Regions of the 13 English Colonies
New England (Northern), Middle, and Southern
The Quartering Act ordered the colonists to do what?
House and feed British troops
Dressed as Native Americans, the Sons of Liberty boarded ships and threw the tea into the Boston Harbor
The Boston Tea Party
The French and Indian War was fought for control of what area?
The Ohio River Valley.
True or False: The British needed the money from the colonist's taxes to pay for wars.
True
What is it called when people refuse to buy goods from a particular group or country?
Boycott
This act passed a law that made colonists pay tax on anything printed on paper.
Stamp act
What was the name of the pamphlet written by Thomas Paine?
Common Sense
The French and Indian War was also called...
The Seven Years War
Colonists who did not choose a side between the Patriots and the Loyalists.
Undecideds
Who were those who were ready to fight at a minutes notice?
Minutemen
This act put a tax on tea that the colonists had to pay taxes on barrels of tea.
Tea Act
Was the first meeting of the colonists concerning the Intolerable Acts.
1st Continental Congress
Who was a young commander of the Continental Army
George Washington
Colonists who wanted to declare independence were known as the
Patriots
A volunteer fighting force set up to protect colonists rights led by Ethan Allen
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A colonist from Virginia who was outspoken in his support for independence from Great Britain. He expressed this in a famous speech “If we wish to be free, we must fight”
Patrick Henry
The idea that Parliament was taxing colonists without their consent is called:
No taxation without Representation
This treaty ended the French and Indian War
The Treaty of Paris 1763
This confrontation on March 5, 1770, began as a protest of colonists, but ended with British soldiers shooting and killing five people.
The Boston Massacre
This was someone in the colonies who supported staying loyal to Britain.
Loyalist
Britain punished Boston with what acts after the Boston Tea Party?
The Intolerable Acts
What were the first battles that led to the war between Britain and the colonies.
Battles of Lexington and Concord