French Indian War
Causes of Revolution
Founding Documents
Revolutionary War
Homecoming
100
The other name for the French Indian War is...
Seven Years War
100
Name the 3 cause categories of the Revolution
Taxation without Representation
Hostility/Tension
Negligence
100
First form of government that ultimately failed
Articles of Confederation
100
First Battle of the Revolutionary War
Lexington & Concord
100
Name the 5 dress up days this week
PJ day
Dress Your Type
Class Colors
Rhyme without Reason
Green & Gold
200
What was Ben Franklin's Colonial Plan of Union that was supposed to increase strength of the colonies for the French Indian War but was never implemented?
Albany Plan
200
These were a series of laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colonists for their resistance to British rule
Intolerable Acts
200
What are the three unalienable rights in the Declaration of Independence?
Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness
200
Grassroots groups determined to undermine British rule in the colonies through civil disobedience
Sons of Liberty
200
Who does the football team play Friday?
Decatur Eisenhower
300
What was the conflict between colonists and Native Americans after the Treaty of Paris of 1763?
Pontiac's Rebellion
300
Name one of the Tax Acts, the year it was implemented, and what it taxed
- The Sugar Act of 1764 - sugar and molasses
- The Stamp Act of 1765 - taxed newspapers, playing cards, and pamphlets
- The Townshend Acts of 1767 - taxed paper, glass, dice, and paint
- The Tea Act of 1773 - taxed tea, oil, and lead
300
This is the Revolutionary idea that citizens agree to give up some rights for protection of rights and freedoms to their government
Social Contract Theory
300
Leader of the continental army chosen at the Second Continental Congress
George Washington
300
What is this year's theme?
Haunted Homecoming
400
This law required the provision of housing, food and drink to British troops stationed in the colonies during and after the French Indian War
Quartering Act
400
Name one of the Intolerable Acts, the year, and explain what it did
- Currency Act of 1764 - Colonists could make and distribute their own current, limiting their repayment for debt to Britain in gold or silver
- The Boston Port Act of 1774 - closed the port of Boston, cutting off all trade
- The Massachusetts Government Act of 1774 - revoked all power of the colonies’ governments
- The Quartering Act of 1774 - allowed British officers house British soldiers in colonists’ homes
400
Name 3 problems with the Articles of Confederation
No national military
No president or central power
No power to tax federally
400
What was the last battle of the Revolutionary War?
Yorktown
400
What year was Uhigh founded?
1857
500
Colonists were playing only ____% or __/__ of the British taxes prior to the French Indian War
5% or 1/20
500
This British law prohibited American colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains, even though they won the French Indian war. This limited their expansion and economic opportunities.
Proclamation of 1763
500
Name 3 things Washington's Farewell address warned the country of
Political parties
Involvement in foreign wars
Separation of church and state
500
What was the name of the park in New York City where colonists tore down the statue of King George III?
Bowling Green
500
Who did the volleyball team play Tuesday?
SHG