French and Indian War

French and Indian War

100

THIS WAS THE FIRST BATTLE OF THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR

Fort Necessity

200

ONE KEY FRENCH ADVANTAGE WAS THAT THEY HAD MANY MORE OF THESE KEY DEFENSIVE BUILDINGS

Forts

300

THIS SIDE HAD THE ADVANTAGE OF A LARGER COLONIAL POPULATION.

The British

400

THIS NATIVE AMERICAN GROUP JOINED THE BRITISH TO GET BACK AT THEIR ENEMY WHO HAD SIDED WITH THE FRENCH.

Iroquois

500

THIS WAS ONE OF THE LAST BATTLES OF THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR AND MARKED BRITISH VICTORY AS THE CAPITAL OF NEW FRANCE WAS TAKEN

Quebec

Taxes and Acts

100

THIS WAS A TAX ON ALL LEGAL DOCUMENTS AND WAS PROTESTED BY COLONISTS UNTIL IT WAS LATER REPEALED BY PARLIAMENT

Stamp Act

200

THIS WAS A SERIES OF TAXES ON GLASS, PAPER, SILK, LEAD, AND TEA

Townshend Acts

300

THESE ACTS WERE DESIGNED TO PUNISH THE CITY OF BOSTON.

Intolerable Acts

400

THIS LEGAL DOCUMENT ALLOWED CUSTOMS OFFICIALS TO SEARCH ANY SHIP OR HOME FOR SMUGGLED GOODS

writ of assistance

500

THIS ACT STATED THAT BRITAIN HAD THE RIGHT TO PASS ANY TAXES OR LAWS ON THE COLONIES THAT THEY WANTED TO

Declaratory Act

Revolutionary People

100

THIS MAN LED THE BRITISH TROOPS AT FORT NECESSITY AND LATER BECAME A KEY AMERICAN GENERAL IN THE REVOLUTION

George Washington

200

THIS FAMOUS BOSTONIAN STARTED THE COMMITTEES OF CORRESPONDENCE AND COINED THE PHRASE "BOSTON MASSACRE"

Samuel Adams

300

THIS LAWYER AND FUTURE PRESIDENT DEFENDED THE SOLDIERS RESPONSIBLE FOR KILLING COLONISTS AT THE BOSTON MASSACRE

John Adams

400

THIS MAN CREATED A POLITICAL CARTOON OF A CUT UP SNAKE WITH THE MESSAGE "JOIN OR DIE."

Benjamin Franklin

500

THIS WOMAN SHOWED HER PATRIOTISM BY POKING FUN AT THE BRITISH IN A SERIES OF PLAYS THAT SHE WROTE

Mercy Otis Warren

Mercy Otis Warren

100

USED GUERILLA STYLE FIGHTING.

Militia

200

MORE DISCIPLINED AND PROFESSIONAL.

Redcoats

300

ORGANIZED LOCALLY WITH CAPTAINS IN CHARGE.

Militia

400

HAD COMMANDERS WITH PERSONAL AIDES AND TEA TIME.

British (Redcoats)

500

STARTED TO SEE THEMSELVES AS DIFFERENT BASED ON THE WAY THEY WERE TREATED.

American colonists (or militia)

Protests

100

THIS IS WHAT MANY COLONISTS WOULD CRY OUT TO DEMONSTRATE HOW THEY THOUGHT THE TAXES WERE UNFAIR

No Taxation Without Representation!

200

COLONISTS PROTESTED MANY TAXES BY DOING THIS TO BRITISH GOODS, WHICH IS REFUSING TO BUY THEM

Boycott

300

THIS COLONIAL PROTEST ANGERED BRITAIN GREATLY AND CAUSED THEM TO PASS THE INTOLERABLE ACTS

Boston Tea Party

400

THOUGH THIS IS NOT AN ACTUAL LAW, IT WAS AN AGREEMENT BY THE COLONISTS TO BOYCOTT ANY GOODS TAXED BY THE TOWNSHEND ACTS

Non-importation Act

500

THIS WAS A NETWORK OF WRITING LETTERS TO INFORM DIFFERENT COLONIES ABOUT THE WRONGS BEING DONE BY THE BRITISH

committees of correspondence