French and Indian War
These nations fought against each other in the French and Indian War?
Who are the British and French/Native Americans?
This was the first major tax imposed on the colonies after the war.
What was the Sugar Act?
This was the main slogan colonists used to protest taxes.
What was, "No Taxation without Representation"?
This was the nickname given to the colonial militia that could be ready to fight in a very short time period
Who were the Minutemen?
This person was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This treaty ended the French and Indian War?
What is the Treaty of Paris 1763?
This was the tax on printed items such as contracts, playing cards, land deeds, and mail.
What was the Stamp Act?
This was a secret group organized to protest against British policies.
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
This was the famous phrase that described the first shots at Lexington.
What is, "The shot heard 'round the world"?
This is the date that the Declaration of Independence was officially adopted.
What is July 4, 1776?
This was the impact that the French and Indian War had on Britain and its economy.
What is increased British debt?
This act required colonists to house British soldiers.
What was the Quartering Act?
This protest event involved colonists dumping tea into Boston Harbor.
What was the Boston Tea Party?
This is the man who warned colonists about the approaching British "red coats".
Who was Paul Revere?
This is the key idea in the Declaration of Independence that states that people have natural rights.
What is the idea of unalienable rights?
These were the lands that Britain gained from France after the French and Indian War.
What is the land east of the Mississippi and Canada?
This idea upset the colonist the most about the new British taxes.
What is "No Taxation without Representation"?
This was a meeting of colonial delegates to respond to British policies.
What was the First Continental Congress?
This person led colonial forces at Lexington.
Who was Captain John Parker?
This document formally severed ties between the colonies and Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
A law that angered the colonists by banning them from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What was the Proclamation Line of 1763?
These were taxes on glass, paper, paint, lead, and tea.
What were the Townshend Acts?
This was the British response to the Boston Tea Party.
What were the Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts)?
This was the outcome of the battles of Lexington and Concord.
What was the beginning of the Revolutionary War?
This Enlightenment thinker influenced the Declaration of Independence.
Who was John Locke?