late 18th and 19th centuries

Question 1

Albany Plan of Union

Answer 1

A plan to place the colonies under a more centralized government. It was suggested by Benjamin Franklin because he wanted higher colonial deffence.

Question 2

The French and Indian War (1754-1763)

Answer 2

Began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. The war provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America but disputes over frontier policy and paying the war’s expenses led to colonial discontent, and ultimately to the American Revolution

Question 3

The Boston Massacre

Answer 3

Caused by the occupation of Boston by Redcoats in 1768. Redcoats were sent to Boston to quell riots in the wake of the Townsend Duties and to protect customs officials.

Question 4

The Intolerable Acts

Answer 4

The Boston Port Act, the Massachusetts Government Act, the Administration of Justice Act, and the Quartering Act. They were laws passed by the British Parliament to punish colonists for the Boston Tea Party.

Question 5

Boston Tea Party

Answer 5

American colonists, frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation,” dumped tea into the Boston harbor.

Question 6

First and Second Continental Congress

Answer 6

The First Continental Congress was a compact among the colonies to boycott British goods beginning on December 1, 1774, unless parliament should rescind the Intolerable Acts. The second Congress established a Continental Army and elected George Washington as Commander-in-Chief.