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French and Indian War
British Actions and Colonial Reaction
Continental Congress
Revolutionary War
Constitution
100
9 years
What is the length of the French and Indian war
100
The Intolerable (coercive) Acts
What is the result of the Boston Tea Party
100
What acts led to the formation of the 1st continental congress?
What is The Intolerable Acts
100
The first shots heard around the world were fired where
What is Lexington and Concord
100
the powers of government split into 3 branches
What is Separation of Powers
200
Treaty of Paris of 1763
What is the document that ended the French and Indian war
200
The Sons of Liberty fought against this act
What is the Stamp Act
200
Where did this convention meet?
What is Philadelphia, PA
200
What was the turning point
What is the Battle of Saratoga
200
the first unsuccessful constitution of the colonies
What is The Articles of Confederation
300
a plan to create a unified government for the 13 colonies
What is the Albany Plan of Union
300
an act that required a writ of resistance for searches
What is the Townshend Acts
300
The 2nd Continental Congress made this document
What is the Declaration of Independence
300
He let the colonist know "the British were coming"
What is Paul Revere
300
cannot tax, regulate commerce, or build an army
What is the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
400
What changed as a result of the French and Indian War
What is how the British and colonists viewed each other
400
believed to be the first to die in the Boston Massacre, but was often left out of pictures or paintings of the massacre
What is Crispus Attucks
400
Which colony did not send delegates to this convention?
What is Georgia
400
They would fight in state militias and represent the colonies for short periods of time
What is Patriots
400
wrote the Connecticut Compromise
What is Roger Sherman
500
Where Washington retreated after failing to capture Fort Dequesne
What is Fort Necessity
500
The American Colonies viewed this as a direct attack on them because it took away lands they had claimed
What is the Quebec Act
500
What called for the immediate repeal of the Intolerable Acts and for colonies to resist them?
What is the Suffolk Resolves
500
the last major battle in the Revolutionary War
What is Yorktown
500
Total members in Congress
What is 535