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Trouble On The Frontier
Colonists Resist Tighter Control
From Protest To Rebellion
The War Begins
Mix - Up
100
Who published a picture of a chopped up snake in the Philadelphia Gazette ?
Benjamin Franklin
100
The _____ act, the _______ act, and the _____ act were all sent from Great Britain.
sugar, stamp, quarter.
100
What act included these unspeakable laws: 1st law - closed the Boston Port 2nd law & 3rd law - Increased the power of the royal governor, abolished upper house of Massachusetts legislatures, and cut the powers of town meetings 4th law - strengthening the Quartering Act
The Intolerable Act
100
The Second Continental Congress came together in Philadelphia in May 1775. The delegates included _______________, a young lawyer from Virginia; Boston merchant ___________; and ________________ of Philadelphia.
Thomas Jefferson, John Hancock, and Benjamin Franklin
100
To enforce the Proclamation of 1763, Britain kept about 10,000 soldiers in the colonies. The act required colonists to house British Troops and provide food and other supplies. What act is this?
The Quartering Act
200
In the Albany Congress, why did the Iroquois not join with the British
Because they expected the French to beat the British in the war
200
What did two things did the acts have in common, besides them being sent from Britain?
The acts taxed the colonists and violated their rights.
200
Why were the colonists furious about the Tea Act?
They were furious how the East India Company had total control over their tea and were also upset that they still had to pay the tax on the tea.
200
What's the difference between Patriots and Loyalists?
Patriots are colonists who favor independence and are willing to fight for it and Loyalist are colonists who remain loyal to the King and Britain.
200
What did the Americans take from Fort Ticonderoga that matched the powerful British weapons?
cannons
300
In what year did situations improve for the British when William Pitt became prime minister?
1757
300
How did the committee of Correspondence benefit the colonists?
It informed the colonists what the British were doing.
300
What year did the famous Boston Tea Party take place in?
1773
300
What two attempts did the Second Continental Congress do to make peace?
Olive Branch Petition and the Declaration of Causes and Necessities of Taking up Arms
300
Why did the Native Americans side with the French in the French and Indian War?
There were few French settlers and they didn't threaten the Native Americans.
400
Why did General Braddock not listen to the Colonists or Benjamin Franklin's warnings about how they fight in America?
Because he did not respect the colonial soldiers and was too arrogant to see that his military tactics used in Europe were no match from the military tactics in America.
400
Who defended the nine soldiers in the shooting? He was also a leading defender of colonial rights against recent British policies.
John Adams
400
What events led up to the Revolutionary War, in order?
French and Indian war (1754 - 1763), The Stamp Act (1765), Boston Tea Party (1773), and the Intolerable Acts (1774)
400
Who led the daring group of colonists to Fort Ticonderoga and won?
Ethan Allen
400
Where did " the shot heard from around the world." take place in?
Town of Lexington
500
In ____, Britain and France signed the Treaty of _____. This Treaty gave British all of the French's North American possessions and all of their _____. As a bonus, they also got some _______ land and the Native Americans land.
1763, Paris, Land, Spanish
500
What did the Proclamation of 1763 ban?
It banned colonial settlement west of a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains.
500
As the troops set to collect the Minutemen's arms, a signal sent by the patriots appeared in the steeple of Boston's ________________. Two men, __________ and William Dawes, then rode through the night to warn the _________.
Old North Church, Paul Revere, and Minutemen
500
What was the American's strategy in the Battle of Bunker Hill?
They waited until the British troops were 150 feet away from them. or They could see the whites of their eyes.
500
What was the Loyalists' insulting nickname
Tory