Part I. COMPETITION FOR EMPIRE
King Philip's War Dominion of New England Port Royal
George Washington Nathaniel Bacon William & Mary
Sir William Berkeley The Glorious Revolution mercantilism
Iroquois Confederation Queen Anne's War James Wolfe
King William's War William Pitt (the Elder) Louisbourg
King George's War Edward Braddock Fort Necessity
Lord Jeffrey Amherst Albany Plan Fort Duquesne
Edmund Andros Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle Pequot War
Peace of Paris (1763) Louis Joseph de Montcalm James II
Charles II Great War for the Empire Oliver Cromwell
The Great Awakening Leisler's Rebellion Seven Years' War
Quebec Montreal
What were the causes and results of the Pequot War, King Philip's War, and Bacon's Rebellion?
What impact did the Glorious Revolution in England have on the English colonies in America?
What role did colonies play in the mercantilist economic system?
What were the causes and results of the four colonial wars in North America between Great Britain and France?
Why is the term French and Indian War a misnomer for the last of those conflicts?
Although the English colonists vastly outnumbered their French opponents, the former was still hard-pressed to defeat the latter. Why?
How did the origin of the last war differ from its three predecessors?
What role did the British Army play in defeating the French in North America? How effective and reliable was the colonial militia in that effort?
What was William Pitt's successful strategy for defeating the French during the Great War for the Empire (AKA-The French & Indian War)?
What did Great Britain gain from the Great War for the Empire?
Part II. THE ROAD TO REBELLION
"virtual" representation Patrick Henry James Otis
Proclamation of 1763 Thomas Hutchinson Lord North
The Navigation Acts The Declaratory Act John Adams
The Sugar Act Thomas Gage George III
Townshend Duties The Stamp Act Benjamin Franklin
Samuel Adams The Sons of Liberty The Boston Massacre
The Boston Tea Party The Coercive Acts The Quartering Act
Intolerable Acts Paul Revere 1st Continental Congress
Stamp Act Congress The Sons of Liberty John Hancock
Pontiac's Rebellion Lexington & Concord The Enlightenment
"Taxation without representation is tyranny!"
How did British colonial policy change after the Great War for the Empire?
What new policies did the British government introduce immediately after the Great War for the Empire that disturbed many of their American colonists?
What grievances did the American colonists have against the British government, and were their complaints valid?
What were the causes and consequences of Pontiac's Rebellion?
What were the causes and results of the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party?
What was the 1st Continental Congress convened, and what were its results?
Describe the events which led to the outbreak of fighting between the British and Americans in April of 1775.