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| Champlain founded the city of ? on the St. Lawrence River in 1606. | Quebec |
| The two French explorers that explored the Mississippi River yet hoped it was the Northwest Passage were | Jolliet and Marquette |
| What was the name of the group carrying furs from post to post | voyagers |
| Why was George Washington sent to the Ohio River Valley in 1754? | to force the French to leave the valley |
| What document officially ended the French and Indian War? In what year? | The Treaty of Paris in 1763 |
| What was the Stamp Act? | a tax imposed by Great Britain. It made colonists pay money on newspapers. It was made a rule in 1765. Colonists protested it. |
| What was the Boston Massacre? | It occurred in 1770. It was a street riot. 5 were killed. British fired shots first. |
| What was the Boston Tea Party? | This happened in 1773. Many colonists disguised themselves as Indians.Colonists dumped hundreds of crates of tea into Boston Harbor. Colonists boycotted tea. |
| What 2 things did colonists do at the 1st Continental Congress? | Colonists asked for a repeal of the Intolerable Acts. Minutemen were to ready to defend the colonies in a moments notice. |
| The first shots of the Revoltionary War were fired at | Lexington and Concord |
| At the Battle of Bunker Hill who lost more men? | The British lost 1000 and colonists 400 men..the British |
| What 2 things were decided at the 2nd Continental Congress? | Washinton is elected commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, Ben Franklin made Postmaster General and foreign countries asked to support the colonies |
| Who wrote most of the Declaration of Independence? | Thomas Jefferson |
| Who was the first delegate to sign the Declaration of Independence? | John Hancock |
| British unifoms were what color and colonists uniforms were what color during the Revoltutionary War? | British were red, colonists were blue |
| Who were the colonists that remained loyal to Britain called. The Colonists who wanted to fight for independence were known as this.. | Loyalists stayed loyal to Britain and Patriots supported the fight for independence |
| This is the place where victory happened to end the Revolutionary War | Yorktown |
