French & Indian War
Which 2 countries claimed the Ohio Valley?
A) France and Spain
B) France and England
France and England
The Sugar Act was a law meant to raise British popularity in the colonies or raise money in the colonies.
Raise money in the colonies.
These groups were formed to share information among the colonies concerning what was being done to resist the British.
A)Committees of Correspondence
B) First Continental Congress
Committees of Correspondence
The Boston Massacre was a small clash between which two groups of people?
British troops and colonists.
What state is Boston in?
Massacusetts
France surrendered all of their ______ in North America when they lost the French and Indian War.
Land claims
The Sugar Act angered colonists mostly because they did not agree with ______.
A)England's ability to rule the colonies
B) Taxation without representation
Taxation without representation.
This person founded the first Committee of Correspondence.
Samuel Adams.
How many colonists died due to the Boston Massacre?
Five deaths
How many original colonies are there?
13
True or False: During the French and Indian War, George Washington fought on the side of the British.
True
This tax was placed on all paper items.
The Stamp Act
The British soldiers were marching to Lexington and Concord to ____
A) Capture Hancock and Adams and destroy colonial weapons
B) Collect tax money from the towns.
Capture Hancock and Adams and destroy colonial weapons
Colonists were furious about the Tea Act because England _______-
A) Did not allow the colonies to manufacture their own tea.
B) Gave the East India Tea Company a monopoly on tea sales in the colonies.
B) Gave the East India Company a monopoly on tea sales in the colonies
1776
This taxed glass, paper, paint and tea.
The Townshend Acts
Who warned the colonists that the redcoats were coming?
Paul Revere
The event on December 16, 1773, 342 crates of tea were tossed into Boston Harbor in an act of rebellion. This event is known as ______
The Boston Tea Party
What is Parliament?
The British Government
England passed this in response to the Boston Tea Party.
The Intolerable (Coercive) Acts.
The Battles of Lexington and Concord signaled the beginning of the ______________
American Revolution