Key Events and Figures of the French and Indian War and Colonial Unrest
This educational overview explores significant aspects of the French and Indian War and the Colonial Acts that led to unrest in America. Questions cover the key players involved, the motives for conflict, the pivotal Treaty of Paris, and the responses of colonists to British policies, including acts of protest and the emergence of revolutionary sentiments. Discover the roles of influential characters like King George III, and how legislative measures, grassroots movements, and foundational texts like the Declaration of Independence shaped early American history.
Key Events and Figures of the French and Indian War and Colonial Unrest
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$100 Question from French and Indian War Who was involved?
$100 Answer from French and Indian War British vs. French and their Native American allies
$200 Question from French and Indian War What were they fighting over?
$300 Question from French and Indian War What Treaty formally ended the French and Indian War?
$300 Answer from French and Indian War Treaty of Paris , 1763
$400 Question from French and Indian War What were the terms of the Treaty of Paris, 1763
$400 Answer from French and Indian War British win, French lose, British kick French out Of North America
$500 Question from French and Indian War How did King George III solve the problem with the Natives after the French and Indian War?
$500 Answer from French and Indian War Issued the Proclamation of 1763, set the Appal. Mtns As a temporary boundary for the colonists
$100 Question from Colonial Acts? Quartering Act
$100 Answer from Colonial Acts Forced colonists to house/feed British soldiers
$200 Question from Colonial Acts Declared that Parliament had supreme power over the colonies
$200 Answer from Colonial Acts Declatory Acts
$300 Question from Colonial Acts What act placed a tax on tea?
$300 Answer from Colonial Acts Tea Act
$400 Question from Colonial Acts Violence erupts between British soldiers and colonists Crispus Attucks becomes a martyr Paul Revere uses propaganda to gain support
$400 Answer from Colonial Acts Boston Massacre
$500 Question from Colonial Acts What were the 3 resolutions passed at the First Continental Congress?
$500 Answer from Colonial Acts Wrote a list of grievances to repeal 13 acts Boycotted all British goods Formed militia of minutemen
$100 Question from Acts/Protest Name the two protest groups in the colonies
$100 Answer from Acts/Protest Sons of Liberty Daughters of Liberty
$200 Question from Acts/Protest How would colonists show their disapproval with Colonial tax collectors?
$200 Answer from Acts/Protest Effigies
$300 Question from Acts/Protest What was the Tea Party?
$300 Answer from Acts/Protest Sons of Liberty dressed up like Natives And dumped 342 crates of tea into Boston Harbor…wanted to hurt British economy
$400 Question from Acts/Protest What act was used as punishment for Tea Party, and what did it do?
$400 Answer from Acts/Protest Intolerable Acts – closed Boston Harbor, banned Town meetings
$500 Question from Acts/Protest Name two ways the Daughters of Liberty helped the Cause.
$500 Answer from Acts/Protest Boycotted – used homemade goods Spies of the Revolution
$100 Question from Second Continental Congress What was the main goal of the Second Continental Congress
$100 Answer from Second Continental Congress Began to govern themselves
$200 Question from Second Continental Congress What did the Congress create to improve communication throughout the colonies?
$200 Answer from Second Continental Congress Post Office
$300 Question from Second Continental Congress What was G.W. put in charge of and why?
$300 Answer from Second Continental Congress Continental Army… he was a BEAST
$400 Question from Second Continental Congress What did we send King George as our last attempt at peace?
$400 Answer from Second Continental Congress Olive Branch Petition
$500 Question from Second Continental Congress How did King George the III react to the Olive Branch Petition?
$500 Answer from Second Continental Congress Sent over 30,000 Hessians.
$100 Question from Declaration of Independence Who wrote the Declaration?
$200 Question from Declaration What was “Common Sense”?
$200 Answer from Declaration A pamphlet that urges colonists that a complete break from the British was necessary.
$300 Question from Declaration Who wrote “Common Sense”
$300 Answer from Declaration Thomas Paine
$400 Question from Declaration What rights are people born with?
$400 Answer from Declaration Life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness
$500 Question from Declaration Who was the Declaration speaking for?
