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How did the British perform in the first battles of the French and Indian War?
They lost most of the battles
True/False: The Quartering Act required colonists to house and feed British troops
True
True/False: The Sons of Liberty dumped tea into Boston Harbor
True
True/False: Committees of Correspondence were set up to inform British citizens of colonists’ actions
False – set up to inform colonists of British actions
What started the French and Indian War?
British settlers were moving onto French and Native American lands
What was Pontiac’s War?
Chief Pontiac led the Ottawa against British settlers living west of the Appalachian mountains
How did the colonists feel after the French and Indian War?
They began to feel separate from Great Britain
Why did the colonists resent the Stamp Act?
They did not think Britain should have the right to tax them.
What did the Townshend Acts declare?
All imports to the colonies would be taxed
What was the purpose of the Sons and Daughters of Liberty?
They were colonists that organized protests against the British
What was the “shot heard ‘round the world”
The opening shot of the Revolution, fired at Lexington
What were the actions of the 2 nd Continental Congress?
Choosing George Washington as commander of Continental Army, Olive Branch Petition, Declaration of the Causes and Necessities of Taking Up Arms
Why did many African American slaves side with the British?
They hoped to win their freedom from slavery
What did the Proclamation of 1763 declare?
Colonists could not live west of the Appalachian mountains
Colonists resented the Tea Act because..
It gave Britain a monopoly on tea
Which side fired the first shot of the Revolution?
Nobody knows
What did the Olive Branch Petition state?
The colonists remained loyal to the king and Great Britain
What was the colonists’ response to the Tea Act?
They organized the Boston Tea Party
What was the first major battle of the American Revolution?
Bunker Hill
Were their more French or British colonists living in America in the 1700s
British
What was the reason many loyalists sided with the British?
They feared they would lose their property if they supported the Americans
Why did colonists resent the Tea Act?
It gave the British a monopoly on tea
The Sons of Liberty at the Boston Tea Party were disguised as this..
Mohawk Indians
What is the shutting off of a port by ships to keep people or supplies from moving in or out
blockade
What is a militia?
Military force made up of civilians trained as soldiers
What is a boycott?
An organized campaign to refuse to buy certain products
These were citizen- soldiers that fought the British at Lexington and Concord
Minutemen
Explain writ of assistance
Colonial officials could search private property without cause – looking for smuggled goods
What is a mercenary?
A soldier that is paid to fight and doesn’t take sides
An agreement between two countries or nations to work together against an enemy
Alliance
Make your wager
What was one action taken by the First Continental Congress?
They demanded the Intolerable Acts be repealed; they recommended colonists begin forming militia units