The French and Indian War was fought between which two European nations?

What fort did George Washington build during the French and Indian War?

Who organized the failed Albany Congress, an attempt by the American colonies to unite against the French during the French and Indian War?

Who helped turn the tide of the French and Indian War by spending more money and sending more troops and supplies?

Who won the French and Indian War?

British general who won the Battle of Quebec

Treaty that ended the French and Indian War?

What land did Britain gain according to the Treaty of Paris?

Ottawa chief who saw the American colonists as a threat to the Native way of life

Issued by King George III, stating that the American colonists were not allowed to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains

This event was a direct result of Pontiac's War

Vocab: Incoming money from taxes or other sources

This was a tax on imported molasses, and an attempt to stop smuggling in the colonies

Prime Minister of Britain who wanted to stop smuggling, and came up with the Sugar Act

Vocab: A court document allowing British customs officers to enter any location to search for smuggled goods

Act of Parliament which taxed almost all printed material

Organized the Sons of Liberty, to protest British policies

Vocab: To refuse to buy items in order to show disapproval or force acceptance of one's terms

This event was a direct result of the Stamp Act

Vocab: A mocking figure representing an unpopular individual

How many colonies met at the Stamp Act Congress?

Where did the Stamp Act Congress meet?

Petition sent to King George III by the Stamp Act Congress

This stated that Parliament had the right to tax and make decisions for the colonies in all cases

External tax on imported goods: glass, tea, and paper

Vocab: Open defiance of authority

How many American colonists died in the Boston Massacre?

Vocab: Ideas or information intentionally spread to harm or help a cause

Which two American colonists used the Boston Massacre as propaganda?

Organization created by Sam Adams to spy on the British and enable the American colonies to communicate

What happened to the price of tea in the American colonies as a result of the Tea Act?

This event was a direct result of the Tea Act

How many chests of tea did the Sons of Liberty dump into Boston Harbor during the Boston Tea Party?

This event was a direct result of the Boston Tea Party

AKA Coercive Acts

Passed by Parliament to punish the colonies for the Boston Tea Party

Part of the Coercive Acts that stated that the American colonists had to provide housing for British troops

Part of the Coercive Acts that closed Boston Harbor until the tea destroyed at the Boston Massacre was paid for

How many colonies met at the First Continental Congress?

Where did the First Continental Congress meet?

Which was NOT an accomplishment of the First Continental Congress?

Why did British General Thomas Gage send 700 troops to Concord?

Who rode to spread the alarm that the British army was on the march to Concord?

Who led the colonial militia at Lexington?

Who fired the "Shot Heard 'Round the World" at Lexington?

Who won the Battle of Lexington?

Who won the Battle of Concord?

Petition sent to King George III by the Second Continental Congress after the fighting at Lexington and Concord

Which of the following was NOT an accomplishment of the Second Continental Congress?

Who won the Battle of Bunker Hill?

Why did the British win the Battle of Bunker Hill?

Who led the American militia at Bunker Hill, and allegedly gave the order not to fire "until you see the whites of their eyes"

Who published the pamphlet "Common Sense," calling for independence from Britain?

Who offered a resolution that "these colonies are, and right ought to be, free and independent states" in the Second Continental Congress?

Who headed the committee to write the Declaration of Independence?

How many parts are there to the Declaration of Independence?

This document begins with, "When in the course of human events..."

George III

John Adams