French & Indian War
Sugar Act & Stamp Act
Townshend Acts, Boston Tea Party, & Tea Act
Intolerable Acts and Battle at Lexington and Concord
Miscellaneous / Other Info
100
What two sides fought in the French & Indian War?
France and England
100
The Sugar Act taxed what main commodity?
Sugar
100
The Townshend Acts placed a tax on what three main items?
Paint, paper, glass
100
At Lexington and Concord, what were England's intentions?
Destroy stockpiles of weapons and ammunition of the colonists.
100
This group encouraged boycotts, threatened tax collectors, and protested publicly to show their unhappiness with Britain.
Sons of Liberty
200
Who won the French and Indian War?
England
200
This Act required all paper to have an official stamp from the English government.
Stamp Act
200
The Tea Act was a tax on tea. (true/false)
False
200
This person is famous for riding the countryside alarming the colonists that the British are coming.
Paul Revere
200
Describe the flag Benjamin Franklin created to try and unify the colonists.
300
France and England were fighting over what piece of land?
Ohio River Valley
300
What year did the Stamp Act go into effect?
1765
300
During the Boston Tea Party, the Sons of Liberty disguised themselves as who?
Native Americans
300
The Intolerable Acts were also known by what other name?
Coercive Acts
300
Who was the leader of the Sons of Liberty?
Samuel Adams
400
A majority of the Native Americans joined which side?
French
400
The English became more strict on what activity when establishing the Sugar Act?
Smuggling
400
Approximately how many pounds of tea was destroyed?
92,000
400
What three major demands were put in place by the Intolerable Acts?
Quartering of soldiers, Boston harbor shutdown, Colonists repay cost of tea
400
The First Continental Congress decided to send what course of action to Britain in response to the Intolerable Acts?
Declaration of Rights was drafted and sent to England stating that the colonists were no longer going to trade with England if the Coercive Acts weren't abolished.
500
England decided to pay their large war debt by doing what to the colonists?
Impose taxes on the colonists.
500
The Sugar Act was also known as this?
American Revenue Act
500
Eventually all the taxes would be repelled from the Townshend Acts except for a tax on what item?
Tea
500
In Concord, colonists fought the British at what bridge?
North Bridge
500
What famous pamphlet did Thomas Paine write that persuaded colonists to revolt?
Common Sense