Taxes
This act lowered the tax on molasses.
What is the Sugar Act?
The impact the war had on British Debt.
What is it doubled it?
The location of the Shot Heard Around the World.
Where is Lexington?
Colonists argued they had the right to revolt against Great Britain as they had "taxation without ________"
What is representation?
The name of someone who does not want to revolt in the colonies.
What is a Loyalist?
This act required colonists to pay a tax on all paper products purchased.
What is the stamp act?
This young British officer started the French Indian War when he fired upon a French diplomatic party.
Who is George Washington?
This famous crossing on Christmas night resulted in the defeat of 1,400 hessian defenders.
What is the Crossing of the Delaware?
An imaginary line that follows the Appalachian Mountains that colonists were forbidden from settling west of.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
This hot beverage replaced tea when Patriots protested British Tea
What is Liberty Tea?
DAILY DOUBLE: Scientific proof that the average colonist was economically better off than the average British citizen from the homeland.
What is height?
The French Indian War was fought in this valley.
What is the Ohio River Valley?
on April 8, Paul Revere rode yelling "the red coats are coming." Where were the red coats going?
Where is Concord, MA?
An act that required colonists in Boston, MA to feed, house and take care of red coats.
What is the quartering act?
The practice of tarring and feathering was targeted towards this specific occupation.
Who are tax collectors/commissioners?
This act imposed duties on British china, glass, lead, paint, paper and tea imported to the colonies.
What is the Townshend Act?
The french wanted to trade for this resource in the Ohio River Valley.
What is Beaver Fur?
In the famous Battle of Bunker Hill, William Prescott famously said this to his men before the battle.
Don't shoot until you see the whites of there eyes.
Despite being called the Boston Massacre, only this many colonists died.
What is five?
A group of spies who helped rely information from New York City to Washington.
Who is the Culper Spy Ring?
Angry with the tax on tea, this group dressed up as American Indians and threw tea into the Boston Party during the Boston Tea Party.
Who are The Sons of Liberty?
The treaty that ended the French Indian War
What is the Treaty of Paris?
The country that helped George Washington train his soldiers.
Who is France?
A speech where Patric Henry tries to convince his audience that the colonies should revolt against Great Britain.
What is Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death?
DAILY DOUBLE: A document that allowed red coats to search colonists whenever for whatever reason.
What is a writ of assistance?