The French & Indian War gave _____ invaluable military experience even though many unfortunate personal mistakes were also made during this period including the killing of French soldiers on a diplomatic mission and a friendly-fire incident

Identify what TYPE of tax characterizes the Stamp Act.

The ancestors of this tribe are best known for homes built of adobe brick and for the cliff remains located in the American southwest pictured here.

This pamphlet, authored by Thomas Paine, was written to rally colonists around the idea of independence and the establishment of a republic as form of government.

Turning point battle during the Revolutionary War because as a result of the Patriots’ victory here it persuaded the French to create a military alliance with the colonies.

This was the FIRST piece of legislation passed by Parliament after the French-Indian War in an effort to raise revenue to pay off England's debt?

What event(s) is also known as "the shot heard around the world"?

This region of the British colonies are BEST known for its plantation system of agriculture and heavy reliance on slave labor.

Identify ONE characteristic of the southern plantation system during height of the colonial era?

This colonial region was largely settled by Puritans who sought to create a refuge for themselves by creating a society where the government and religion were united into one (a theocracy)

The image pictured here represents the first time that Parliament passed a direct tax over the colonies on goods created internally within the colonies. Needless to say, it was extremely unpopular with many colonists!

Common targets/victims of this event were unmarried (or widowed) women who owned property and were economically independent.

What event caused (or led) to the meeting of the First Continental Congress