The French and Indian War was the colonial front of this larger war
What is the Seven Years War?
100
This man was chosen commander of the colonial armies because he was a southern aristocrat and served as a symbol and a rallying point
Who is George Washington?
100
This Act generated the most protest in the colonies
What is the Stamp Act?
100
When this body met in 1775, it resolved to keep fighting in the hope that the British would redress the colonists' grievances
What is the Second Continental Congress?
100
These people believed a country's economic wealth could be measured by the amount of gold and silver in its treasury.
Who are mercantilists?
200
French motives in the New World included the desire to compete with this nation for an empire in America
What is Spain?
200
This man was a casualty of the Boston Massacre
Who is Crispus Attucks?
200
DAILY DOUBLE:
The taxes established by this group of acts were less vigorously protested by the colonists than the Stamp Act because they were light and indirect.
What are the Townshend Acts?
200
This petition professed American loyalty to the crown.
What is the Olive Branch petition?
200
This group's defining feature was a fear of the arbitrary power of the monarchy.
Who are the radical whigs?
300
This Canadian battle ranks as of the most significant victories in British and American history
What is the Battle of Quebec (1759)?
300
Aid to the colonies from this nation forced the British to change their military strategy in America.
What is France?
300
This was the first British law intended to raise revenues in the colonies
What is the Sugar Act?
300
Americans who opposed independence for the colonies were labeled as this
What are Loyalists or Tories?
300
The early wars between France and Britain in North America were notable for their use of this
What is primitave guerilla warfare?
400
This British action, which prohibited white settlements west of the Appalachians, was issued mainly to work out a fair settlement of the Indian problem.
What is Proclamation of 1763?
400
This man was the commander of French troops in America.
Who is Rochambeau?
400
The Boston Port Act, which closed the port of Boston, was the most drastic measure of this group of acts.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
400
The independence-seeking Patriots were also known as this.
What are Whigs?
400
DAILY DOUBLE:
In a republic, power comes from here:
What are the people?
500
The long-range purpose of this body was to achieve colonial unity and common defense against the French threat.
What is the Albany Congress?
500
King George III officially declared the colonies in rebellion just after this.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
500
This act asserted Parliment's absolute power over the colonies.
What is the Declaratory Act?
500
This man was a pamphleteer who first organized committees to exchange ideas and information resisting British policy.
Who is Samuel Adams?
500
This individual privately advocated equality for women.