Seven Years’ War & British Policy
This war began in 1754 and helped cause Britain's debt crisis, leading to colonial taxation.
What is the French and Indian War?
This 1765 tax required stamps on legal documents and paper goods.
What is the Stamp Act?
This pamphlet by Thomas Paine called for colonial independence
What is Common Sense?
This is where the first shots of the American Revolution was fired in 1775
What is Lexington and Concord?
This was the first governing document of the United States
What are the Articles of Confederation?
(DAILY DOUBLE) This 1763 order restricted colonial expansion west of the Appalachians.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
This 1770 event was used as propaganda after British soldiers killed 5 colonists.
What is the Boston Massacre?
This Enlightenment thinker emphasized natural rights and the social contract
Who is John Locke?
This 1781 battle led to British surrender in the war
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
(DAILY DOUBLE) This was the first president of the United States under the new Constitution
Who is George Washington?
This 1765 plan by Benjamin Franklin proposed colonial unity, but was rejected.
What is the Albany Plan of Union?
This secret society formed to resist British taxation
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
(DAILY DOUBLE) This 1776 document formally declared American independence
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This 1777 battle convinced France to join the war on the American side
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
These series of laws punished Massachusetts after the Boston Tea Party
What are the Coercive Acts?
This Ottawa leader organized a 1763 Native rebellion against British forts.
Who is Chief Pontiac?
This 1773 act made British East India tea cheaper, leading to colonial outrage
What is the Tea Act?
This Enlightenment belief emphasized reason and natural laws over divine intervention
What is Deism?
(DAILY DOUBLE) This 1775 petition attempted to reconcile with the king
What is the Olive Branch Petition?
This 1783 agreement ended the Revolutionary War
What is the Treaty of Paris?
This 1763 treaty ended the French and Indian War and gave Britain control of Canada.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
(DAILY DOUBLE) This was the name colonists gave to the Coercive Acts of 1774
What are the Intolerable Acts?
This term describes the idea that government power comes from the governed
What is the social contract?
This was the name for colonists loyal to the British during the war
Who are the Loyalists or Tories?
This document written in 1787 became the supreme law of the U.S.
What is the U.S. Constitution?