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He helped to start the Sons of Liberty in 1765.Who was Sam Adams?
This Virginian helped to inadvertently start the French and Indian War.Who was George Washington?
This Pennsylvanian helped to propose the Albany Plan of Union in 1754Who was Benjamin Franklin?
This Pennsylvania lawyer wrote “Letters from a Pennsylvania Farmer” protesting the Townshend ActsWho was John Dickinson?
He was hired by a group of Boston merchants to fight the hated writs of assistance in court.Who was James Otis
Under his leadership, this British Prime Minister helped to turn the French and Indian War around for British, starting in 1757.Who was William Pitt
He became king of England in 1760.Who was George III
This British general defeated French General Montcalm in the Battle of Quebec in 1759.Who was James Wolfe ?
In 1763, this British Prime Minister was asked to find a way to pay Britain’s enormous debt resulting from the French and Indian War.Who was George Grenville?
He became the British Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1767, and tried to find a way to raise revenue in the colonies.Who was Charles Townshend?
This act said that the colonist could not go west of the Appalachian Mountains.What was the Proclamation Act?
Part of this British act taxed colonial imports of paper, glass, lead, tea, and paint.What were the Townshend Acts?
This British act was an internal, or direct tax, and it affected almost all colonists, especially those who bought or used newspapers, pamphlets, legal documents, etc.What was the Stamp Act?
This British act said that Britain still had the authority pass any law that affected the colonies.What was the Declaratory Act?
The Stamp Act was passed this year.What is 1765?
The French and Indian War began this year.What is 1754?
The Treaty of Paris, ending the French and Indian War, was signed this year.What is 1763
The Townshend Acts were passed by Parliament this year.What is 1767?
The rebellion organized and led by Ottowa Indian Pontiac began this year.What is 1763?
½ penny to 10 British poundsHow much did the stamps cost under the Stamp Act?
Because of colonial boycotts of British goods,British/Colonial trade fell by this percentage between 1768 and 1769.What is 40%?
After the repeal of the Stamp Act, the British said that even though there were no Americans in Parliament, the Americans still had this type of representation in the British Parliament, that Parliament would act in their best interests.What is virtual representation?
in 1750, there were about 100,000 of these people living in America, mostly along the St. Lawrence River Valley and the Great Lakes.Who are the French?
In 1754, Washington and his troops quickly constructed this fort as defense against the French soldiers and their Indian allies.What is Fort Necessity?
The French and Indian War began in this river valley.What is the Ohio River Valley?
Some of these former French colonists fled French Canada at the end of the French and Indian War, settled in Louisiana, and ultimately became today’s cajuns.Who are the Acadians?
During one of the riots against the Stamp Act, this Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor’s home was trashed.who is thomas hutchinson
In 1755, near this French fort, British General Edward Braddock and his army were defeated, and Braddock was killed.What is Fort Duquesne
Because part of the Townshend tax money would be used to pay governors, judges, and other British officials in the colonies, many Americans felt that this part of the Townshend Acts violated this long-held check by colonial legislatures on their governors.What is power of the purse?



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