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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

True/False: the Sons of Liberty set up “liberty trees” to defy the British

False – the “Liberty Tree” was used to hang the effigy of British officials

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?

Creating the Continental Army and choosing George Washington as the commander, 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

Were royal officials more likely to be loyalists or patriots?

Loyalists

Which side fired the first shot of the Revolution?

Nobody knows

What event led to the outbreak of the French and Indian War?

British and French soldiers fought in the Ohio Valley

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