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French and Indian War
Initial Causes
The Revolution
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100
Name the act that led to the Boston Tea Party.
What is the Tea Act? 200 additional points for stating the details of the act.
100
Name country that British received land from as a result of the French and Indian War.
Who are the French?
100
True or False: Only one event led to the start of the Revolutionary War.
What is False? Additional 200 if you can name two events.
100
True or False: The Battle of Bunker Hill started the Revolutionary War.
What is False? Additional 200 to name the initial battle(s).
100
True or False: British war debt led to taxation without representation.
What is True?
200
Name the act that forced colonists to provide housing and resources for British soldiers.
What is the Quartering Act?
200
Name the event(s) that took place as a result of the French and Indian War where the colonists, or British, took over Native American territory and the colonists, or British, did not show respect for Native Americans' customs like the French had.
What is Pontiac's Rebellion?
200
True or False: The Intolerable Acts led to the closing of the Boston Harbor, the reinstating of the Quartering Act, and the King electing new government officials to run Massachusetts.
What is True?
200
True or False: Patriots held positions appointed by King George III.
What is False? Additional 200 to name the correct term.
200
Name the person that wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
300
On the night of April 18, 1775, ____________ rode to warn the colonists that the British were coming.
Who is Paul Revere?
300
Describe the purpose of the Proclamation of 1763.
What is it restricted colonists from moving westward of the 13 colonies in order to protect colonists from the Native Americans thus preventing further war and putting Britain in even more debt?
300
Tell one point of view, from each side, in regards to who is to blame for the Boston Massacre: the colonists versus the British soldiers.
What is colonists: hit one of our men with a gun, no arms, killed 5 of our men, opened fire British soldiers: angry mob, threw ice chunks and stones, yelled "Fire!", taunted/called nasty names
300
Define a neutralist.
What is someone who does not support either side (Patriot nor Loyalist)?
300
Name the act that put a tax on molasses.
What is the Sugar Act?
400
Name the colonial delegates meeting that appointed George Washington as the commander of the Continental Army.
What is the Second Continental Congress?
400
Give 2 immediate effects of the French and Indian War.
What is... *Britain gained the French land in North America *Britain in debt, which led to taxing *colonists moving westward *British soldiers remaining in the colonies
400
Describe Quartering Act and the Stamp Act and note their similarity.
What is Quartering Act: forced colonists to provide housing along with other necessities to British soldiers Stamp Act: placed stamp tax on all printed paper Both- both costly to colonists
400
Name one difference between the battles of Lexington and Concord.
What is... *colonists outnumbered in Lexington by British, but reverse for Concord *colonists lost Lexington, but won Concord *Lexington was fought on the Lexington Green and Concord on the North Bridge *soldiers surprised colonists in Lexington, but in Concord, colonists hid and ambushed soldiers *Lexington known as "Shot Heard Around the World" because it is where the first shot was taken of the war
400
Name one inital cause of the Revolutionary War and describe how it led to the War.
What is... (answers will vary)
500
Name the document that stated freedom for the colonies from the British.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
500
Describe the casual relationship between the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary War.
What is because the French and Indian War put the British into significant debt, Parliament decided to unfairly tax the colonists in a variety of ways. The colonists were furious because of "Taxation without Representation", which fueled their distrust in Britain. This eventually pushed colonists towards seeking independence from Britain; which resulted in the Revolutionary War.
500
Tell how taxation without representation lead to the Revolutionary War.
What is the French and Indian War put Britain into a significant amount of debt. As a result, Parliament voted to tax the colonists in many different ways (such as, the Quartering Act, Stamp Act, and Tea Act). The colonists were furious because they did not hold positions in Parliament to help make the taxing decisions. Colonists claimed that they could not be justly taxed if they did not have a say in the laws that would tax them.
500
Explain the difference between a Loyalist and a Patriot and provide a name of a person from one side.
Loyalist (Jonathon Boucher, Lord Dunmore, Thomas Hutchinson) - someone who resides in the colonies and is loyal or committed to King George & Britain Patriot (Mercy Otis Warren, Samuel Adams, Ben Franklin)- someone who resides in the colonies and believes in seeking independence from King George & Britain
500
Answer for double points (1,000): How would the relationship between the Colonies and the British differ if colonists would have had representation in British Parliament?
What is... (answers will vary)