Conflict in the English Colonies Created by Educational Technology Network. www.edtechnetwork.com 2009

Vocabulary Whammy Random Press Your Luck 10 20 30 40 50

Question 1 - 10 Refusal to buy certain goods or products from a country?

Answer 1 – 10 Boycott

Question 1 - 20 Body of Civilians serving as soldiers are called?

Answer 1 – 20 Militia

Question 1 - 30 Frontier region between the colonies’ coastal settlements and the Appalachian Mountains are called?

Answer 1 – 30 Backcountry

Question 1 - 40 Who was the American colonist who defended the British soldiers after the Boston Massacre.

Answer 1 – 40 John Adams

Question 1 - 50 What was the name of the American Colonist who coined the phrase, “NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION?”

Answer 1 – 50 Samuel Adams

Question 2 - 10 People who are killed, wounded, captured or missing in a war.

Answer 2 – 10 Casualities

Question 2 - 20 Stories and images designed to support a particular point of view was called?

Answer 2 – 20 Propaganda

Question 2 - 30 What act was passed by Parliament as punishment for the Boston Tea Party?

Answer 2 – 30 Intolerable Acts

Question 2 - 40 Group of colonial women who met to sew, support the boycotts, and discuss politics were called?

Answer 2 – 40 Daughters of Liberty

Question 2 - 50 Special search warrants that allowed tax collectors to search for smuggled goods was called?

Answer 2 – 50 Writs of Assistance

Question 3 - 10 Native American chief who led tribes against British forces in King Phillip’s War?

Answer 3 – 10 Metacomet

Question 3 - 20 British Colonel who was part of the first battle of the French and Indian War at Fort Necessity?

Answer 3 – 20 George Washington

Question 3 - 30 What was the name of the Treaty that ended the French and Indian War?

Answer 3 – 30 Treaty of Paris

Question 3 - 40 African American sailor who was killed in the Boston Massacre?

Answer 3 – 40 Crispus Attucks

Question 3 - 50 Name of the document that banned any further British colonial settlements west of the Appalachian Mountains. Colonists often ignored this document.

Answer 3 – 50 Proclamation of 1763

Question 4 - 10 Many colonists thought that the Townshend Acts took too much power away from the colonies and gave it to the royal officials. True of False?

Answer 4 – 10 True

Question 4 - 20 What role did the Colonial Women play when boycotting British goods?

Answer 4 – 20 Making Cloth and other necessary goods at home

Question 4 - 30 The Boston Massacre occurred as a result of the Tea Act passed by Parliament. True of False?

Answer 4 – 30 False……… Boston Massacre happened after the result of the enforcement of the Townshend Acts.

Question 4 - 40 What was the name of the event where colonists disguised themselves as Native Americans and dumped 342 carts of Tea into Boston Harbor?

Answer 4 – 40 Boston Tea Party

Question 4 - 50 The Tea Act of 1773 gave the British East India Company permission to sell its tea directly to the colonies creating a monopoly for them. True or False?

Answer 4 – 50 True

Question 5 - 10 After the Boston Massacre, what act did Britains’ Parliament repeal?

Answer 5 – 10 Townshend Acts

Question 5 - 20 Name of the document that called for the colonies to unite for the first time under a president and a grand council. What was the name of the plan?

Answer 5 – 20 Albany Plan of Union

Question 5 - 30 Who led the British Army and the colonial militia in the Seven Year’s War?

Answer 5 – 30 General Edward Braddock

Question 5 - 40 What was the name of the act that placed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea?

Answer 5 – 40 Townshend Act

Question 5 - 50 Which Act was passed by George Grenville in 1765 when the colonists’ failed to suggest an alternate plan for paying taxes?

Answer 5 – 50 Stamp Act

Question 6 - 10 In the 1760s, Chief Pontiac and his followers rebelled by:

Answer 6 - 10 Attacking British Forts

Question 6 - 20 Who was Britain's’ Prime Minister who decided to tax the colonists to pay for the French and Indian War?

Answer to 6-20 George Grenville

Final Jeopardy Why did the Pioneers decide to cross into the Appalachians to settle in the Ohio River Valley?

Answer to Final Jeopardy There were large forests, rich soil, and abundant food in the region.