F + I War
What were the two sides of the French and Indian War?
A. Spain and Britain vs American colonies and France
B. Britain and France vs American colonies and Spain
C. Britain and American colonies vs Spain and Natives
D. American colonies and Britain vs France and Natives
D. American colonies and Britain vs France and Natives
The Southern colonies' economy depended mainly on:
Farming (tobacco, rice, cotton, indigo)
What does boycott mean?
A. To buy only British goods
B. To refuse to buy certain goods as form of protest
C. To secretly trade with other countries
D. Demand lower prices of an imported good
B. To refuse to buy certain goods as form of protest
Which act taxed the colonists on all paper products?
Stamp Act
The event in which British soldiers killed 5 colonists. It was heavily used as Patriot propaganda.
Boston Massacre
What territory was the biggest source of conflict that started the war?
Ohio River Valley
Name the 3 regions that belong to the 13 colonies
New England
Middle
Southern
Naval action to prevent goods or people from entering/leaving a port
Blockade
Which act placed a tax on molasses and other similar items?
Sugar Act
Name the Battle based on the following phrase
"Shot heard 'round the world"
Battle of Lexington and Concord
After the French and Indian War, Britain did not want the colonies to keep expanding west...why?
Avoid more conflict with the Native Americans
Why did geography shape colonial life?
A. Colonists refused to travel
B. Climate and soil determined crops and trade opportunities
C. Different Parliaments required different lifestyles
D. Religion dictated all jobs
B. Climate and soil determined crops and trade opportunities
Nickname given to American Patriot soldiers ready at any given moment
Minutemen
American colonists had to house and supply British soldiers as written in the ______________ Act.
Quartering
How many chests of tea were destroyed during the Boston Tea Party?
342
This document disallowed the colonies from colonizing West of the Appalachians
Proclamation of 1763
Which region was the MOST religiously diverse?
Middle colonies
To repeal a law means to
A. Rewrite it
B. Ignore it
C. Cancel or remove it
D. Renew it
C. Cancel or remove it
A tax on imported goods such as glass, paper, paint, and more were a part of the ______________ Act.
Townsend
Which General surrendered at Yorktown?
General Charles Cornwallis
How did the French and Indian War directly lead to rising tensions between American colonies and Britain?
Britain went deep into debt
This led them to start taxing the colonies
Name the region that was the strictest with religion. Then name what religion the Puritans practiced.
New England- Protestantism
Military tactic of surrounding and cutting off a city or fort is known as...
a siege
The Tea Act infuriated the colonists because Britain tried finding a clever way to monopolize this British company.
British East India Company
Which Battle convinced France to join the war and align with the American colonies?
Battle of Saratoga