Miscellaneous
What religion did the Europeans want to convert the Native Americans to
Christianity
What are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness all examples of?
Unalienable rights
Did British debt increase or decrease as a result of the French and Indian War?
Increase
What were the first shots of the war called?
The Boston Massacre
What did the American colonists dump into the harbor?
Tea
The shots heard around the world were fired at Lexington and ______
Concord
What group did the British pay to help fight in the American Revolution?
Hessians
Who won the French and Indian War?
Great Britain
Did the Boston massacre or the Bosten Tea Party occur first in history?
The Boston Massacre
The American colonists believed that the British were unfairly doing what to them?
Taxing them
Which group was created first...
The first continental congress or the committee of correspondence
The committee of correspondence
Who wrote The Common Sense pamphlet?
Thomas Paine
Who lost their land and their allies after the French and Indian War?
Native Americans
Who capitalized on Boston Massacre to gain support against the British?
Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty
Great Britain closed the port of _____ after the Boston Tea Party.
Boston
What was asked for in the Olive Branch Petition?
The colonists asked the king for peace in exchange for rights
What battle proved to the French that the Americans could win the Revolutionary War?
Saratoga
What side did the Native Americans form alliances with during the French and Indin war?
Both sides
What event led to the Bosten Massacre?
(What act was passed)
The Townshend Acts
What caused The Sons of Liberty to protest by dumping tea into the Boston Harbor?
Britain passing the Tea Act of 1773.
What is the exchange of ideas, goods, and people between Europe and the Americans called?
The Columbian Exchange
What was written because the Olive Branch petition was rejected?
The Declaration of Independence
Spain and what other country gained territories as a result of the Treaty of Paris 1763?
Britain
Who was the first victim of the American Revolution?
(Hint: He is an African-American)
Crispus Attucks
a group of Massachusetts colonists dressed as _____ during the Bosten Tea party?
Mohawk Indians