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Trouble on the Fronteir
The Colonists Resist Tighter Control
From Protest to Rebellion
The War Begins
Miscellaneous
100
A Virginia surveyor chosen to confront the French in the Ohio River Valley during the French and Indian War.
Who is George Washington
100
A man from Boston who established the Committee of Correspondence.
Who is Samuel Adams.
100
An official end to a law is known as a...
What is a Repeal
100
The first step that the Second Continental Congress took in preparation for the war was forming an _________.
What is an army?
100
This fort was built 50 miles from Fort Duquesne, and later captured by the French during the French and Indian War.
What was Fort Necessity.
200
At the Albany Congress, the British hoped to form an alliance with who?
Who were the Iroquois?
200
This declared that colonial settlers had to remain east of the Appalachians.
What is the Proclamation of 1763.
200
Citizen soldiers who was ready to fight in a moment's notice.
Who are Minutemen
200
To shut off access to and from a port is known as....
What is a blockade.
200
In 1763, the leader of the Ottawa nation waged an all-out conflict known as the ______________.
What was Pontiac's War.
300
This Plan of Union was created to provide a way for the English colonies to work together.
What is Albany Plan of Union.
300
The Townshend Acts permitted customs officers to use these to find illegal goods.
What are Writs of Assistance.
300
Colonists resented this act because it established a British Monopoly on tea.
What was the Tea Act.
300
A soldier who serves another country for money.
What is a mercenary?
300
At what gathering was George Washington chosen as commander of the Continental Army?
What was the Second Continental Congress?
400
General Braddock insisted on fighting with his troops arranged in this.
What is a Formation.
400
Colonists organized these to resist the Stamp Act.
What are Boycotts.
400
The ___________ Acts cut the powers of Massachusetts town meetings.
What were the Intolerable Acts.
400
Colonists who were loyal to the British Monarch were called...
Who are Loyalists.
400
In 1765 Parliament passed the ____________, which required colonists to buy stamps to put on legal documents.
What was the Stamp Act
500
The British clinched victory by capturing this city; the capital of New France.
What is Quebec
500
Delegates of the Stamp Act Congress sent a _______ to the British King and Parliament demanding an end to certain taxes.
What is a Petition
500
Which side fired the first shot of the American Revolution?
Who is....WE DON'T KNOW!
500
The __________ _________ Boys captured cannons that helped the Continental Army drive the British out of Boston.
Who were the Green Mountain Boys?
500
The debt from which war created increased taxes on the colonists?
What was the French and Indian War?