True or False
The Albany Plan of Union was the 1st attempt to unite the colonies.
True
Ottawa Indian chief who strongly opposed British colonists' expansion into the western frontier.
Pontiac
taxed imported goods such as sugar, molasses, and coffee
Sugar Act
At the ____________ over 100 men boarded British ships and tossed all the tea overboard.
Boston Tea Party
Militiamen who were ready at a moments notice were called what?
Minutemen
The British won the 1st major battle of the French and Indian War.
False
English monarch who was petitioned by the Stamp Act Congress
King George III
Taxed legal documents such as newspapers, calendars, playing cards, and other printed items.
Stamp Act
The strong confederation of Indian Tribes in North America was the __________.
Iroquois
When Parliament repealed the Townshend Acts, they maintained the tax on what item?
Tea
The primary objection of the colonists to the Sugar and Stamp Act was "no taxation without representation."
True
The primary author of the Albany Plan of Union.
Benjamin Franklin
stated that certain products could only be shipped to England or other English colonies.
Navigation and Trade Acts
The tactic of hiding behind trees and ambushing the enemy is called ____________ warfare.
Guerilla
One of the men who warned the colonists that the British were coming toward Lexington and Concord.
Paul Revere
The First Continental Congress called for the overthrow of the king.
False
Who made the statement "Give me liberty or give me death" during a speech at St. John's Church in Richmond, VA in 1775?
Patrick Henry
prohibited colonists from settling beyond the Appalachian Mountains
Proclamation of 1763
The first town the British troops reached and where the first casualties of the War for Independence occurred was _____________.
Lexington
Delegate from 9 colonies met in an assembly known as the Stamp Act __________ to peacefully protest the Stamp Act
Congress
In the Declaratory Act, Parliament agreed with the colonists that it did not have the right to tax the colonies.
False
French commander of Quebec city.
Marquis de Montecolm
required colonists to house British troops in barracks, stables, or other buildings.
Quartering Act of 1765
At the town of __________ the British destroyed military supplies and then retreated to Boston.
Concord
An English philosopher whose writings influenced the colonists' view on the right to overthrow the Government.
John Locke