Key Events
What treaty ended the Fench and Indian War?
Treat of Paris 1763
What act taxed molasses and sugar?
Sugar Act
Who was the king of Britain during the American Revolution?
King George III
What war was fought between the British and the French from 1754 to 1763?
French and Indian War
What act directly caused the Boston Tea Party?
Tea Act
What year was the Proclamation of 1763 issued?
1763
What act required colonists to pay for stamps on legal documents
Stamp Act
Who led the Sons of Liberty and organized protests like the Boston Tea Party?
Samuel Adams
What conflict followed the Proclamation of 1763 involving Native American resistance
Pontiac's Rebellion
What event led Britain to pass the Intolerable Acts?
Boston Tea Party
What event involved the Sons of Liberty dumping tea into Boston Harbor?
Boston Tea Party
What set of acts punished Boston for the Boston Tea Party?
Intolerable Acts
What silversmith rode to warn colonists of the British advance on Concord?
Paul Revere
What battle involved "the shot heard round the world"?
Lexington and Concord
What proclamation prevented colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains?
Proclamation of 1763
What was the colonial response to the Intolerable Acts?
The First Continental Congress
What act taxed tea and led to the Boston Tea Party?
Tea Act
Who proposed the Albany Plan of Union in 1754?
Benjamin Franklin
What bridge in Concord was the site of a key skirmish in April 1775?
North Bridge
What meeting was held in response to the Intolerable Acts?
First Continental Congress
Where were the first shots of the Revolutionary War fired?
Lexington and Concord
What phrase captured the colonists' anger over British taxation?
No taxation without representation
Who was the British general during the early part of the Revolutionary War?
General Thomas Gage
What meeting during the French and Indian War aimed to unite the colonies?
Albany Congress
What British victory ended French power in North America?
Battle of Quebec, 1759