The lowest class in American society for hundreds of years was beginning to grow quickly at this point in history.
What are slaves?
100
The man who shares his face with the money of the same value as this question, he was lightning-quick with a witty response in his almanacs and essential to the founding of the United States as a separate nation...just not yet.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
100
The country that was in charge of the 13 colonies.
What is Great Britain?
100
France and Britain were the main enemies here, but one other European nation was fighting against Britain. That nation was _____.
What is Spain?
100
The law that taxed sweet things like molasses...so petty.
What is the Sugar Act?
200
These people had much more power in Native American society than in colonial society, which made Europeans think of the Natives as "savage."
Who are women?
200
The movement that began American Christians' core belief in a personal relationship with God and an emphasis on feelings and faith.
What is the Great Awakening?
200
The main rival to the colonists in America and a much friendlier group towards Native Americans.
Who are the French?
200
This later-to-be-famous man led a disastrous attack on Fort Duquesne that started the war.
Who is George Washington?
200
The law that taxed any official paper colonists wanted to send.
What is the Stamp Act?
300
A fancy term for British upper class lords and ladies.
What is aristocracy?
300
Education was important for boys in colonial America, but only for one reason:
What is reading the Bible?
300
The name of the document from the 1200s that limited the power of the King in Britain.
What is the Magna Carta?
300
The joke was on this man when the enemy he made fun of killed him in their first major battle at Fort Duquesne.
Who is Edward Braddock?
300
This group sought a more violent answer to early troubles in the colonies and will become very important in later history lessons.
What are the Sons of Liberty?
400
This happened to boys around 13 and prepared them for leadership roles later in life.
What is an apprenticeship?
400
John Locke believed that people had three things governments were designed to protect. Name two of the three.
What are life, liberty, and property?
400
Technically the third-most powerful group in the British government, due to some European history stuff this house of Parliament actually made most of the laws despite being made up of non-aristocracy.
What is the House of Commons?
400
The man who turned the war in America around due to a massive amount of money.
Who is William Pitt?
400
This was the event that caused the British to issue the Proclamation of 1763, forbidding colonists from settling West of the Appalachians. Also, first example of biological warfare!
What is Pontiac's Rebellion?
500
Middle class in the colonies but lower class in Britain, these people were why there were a lot more voters in the colonies.
Who are poor white farmers?
500
The Great Awakening and the Enlightenment seem to be complete opposites, but they served to accomplish the same thing. What did both movements change in the colonies?
What is how colonists viewed the British?
500
The Seven Years' War was the bigger picture conflict between European nations. Name three of the five places where it was fought.
What are American colonies, Caribbean Islands, Europe, India, and Africa?
500
The final major battle site of the French and Indian War, this city isn't in any of the United States but actually in Canada!
What is Montreal, Quebec?
500
A law that allowed soldiers to use colonists' houses if they wanted to, this law was so obnoxious to colonists that they put an exception to it in the Bill of Rights.