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Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution
The Duel for North America
The Road to Revolution
America Secedes from the Empire
Anything Goes
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Considered the first "famous" American, he was a statesmen, scientists, inventor, etc.
Who is BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
100
Controlled Canada at the start of the French & Indian War.
What is France
100
Line that colonists were supposed to stay east of in 1763.
What is the PROCLAMATION LINE
100
The "shot heard 'round the world" that started the Revolution occurred here.
What is LEXINGTON
100
Author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is THOMAS JEFFERSON
200
Monarch of Great Britain during the Revolutionary era.
Who is KING GEORGE III
200
In his first military command in the French and Indian War, ____ was defeated at Fort Necessity but was allowed to retreat.
What is George Washington
200
The Boston "Massacre" was made into a propaganda tool thanks to the work of this man.
Who was PAUL REVERE
200
The local committees of correspondence organized by ____ kept opposition to the British alive, through exchange letters.
WhO is Samuel Adams
200
Name given to colonists loyal to the crown.
What is "Loyalists" or "Tories"
300
Tribe most allied with the French during colonial times.
What is the HURON
300
The French wanted to control ____ territory because they would then control the mouth of the Mississippi River.
What is Louisiana
300
After numerous protests & boycott, Britain decided to end all taxes on the colonists except on what product?
What is TEA
300
The colonial army eventually lost this battle because its troops were short of gunpowder.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill
300
Battle that proved to be the decisive final blow to Great Britain.
What is YORKTOWN
400
The immediate purpose of the Albany Congress of 1754 was to keep this tribe loyal to the British.
What is the IROQUOIS
400
As a result of General ____ defeat a few miles from Fort Duquesne the frontier from Pennsylvania to North Carolina was open to Indian attack.
Who is Braddock's
400
Republicans looked to the models of the ____ for examples of a just society.
What is Greeks and Romans
400
Battle considered the "turning point" of the war.
What is SARATOGA
400
Name of the treaty that officially ended the Revolutionary War.
What is THE TREATY OF PARIS.
500
The most important manufacturing enterprise in colonial America in the eighteenth century was
What is "lumbering"
500
When ______became prime minister during the Seven Years' War, he focused his military strategy on the Quebec-Montreal area.
What is William Pitt
500
Leader of the British during the Battle of Yorktown.
Who is GENERAL CORNWALLIS
500
French naval commander that cut off the British retreat from Yorktown.
Who is François Joseph Paul de Grasse