French and Indian War
What two countries clamed the Ohio Valley territory?
The French and the British
Who created the Proclamation of 1763? What did it do?
King George III, to keep colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
How did colonists react to the Townsend Acts?
They boycotted taxed items.
Why were the Committees of Correspondence created?
To share information/
The Boston Massacre was a clash between ______ and ________.
British soldiers, the colonists
Who assisted the French during the French and Indian War?
The Native Americans
The Sugar Act was an attampy to raise money in the colonies to pay for the French and Indian War. Colonists did not want to pay for the tax. However, they were more angry about a larger issue. What were the colonists so angry about?
Taxation without representation.
What was the Boston Tea Party?
Crates of tea were tossed into the Boston Harbor in an act of rebellion.
The first Committee of Correspondence was formed by _________.
Samuel Adams
True or False. The colonists were angry about the Tea Act because England game the East India Company a monopoly on tea sales in the colonies.
True
What happened when the French lost the war?
They gave up their claim to the Ohio Valley.
What did the Stamp Act tax?
All paper items.
England punished the colonists for the Boston Tea Party by creating the __________.
Coercive Acts
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of colonial leaders. They sent a petition to King George III stating __________.
Parliament's taxation without representation was unfair.
What were two reasons for the British to march to Lexington and Concord?
1. To capture rebel leaders (John Hancock and Samuel Adams).
2. To destroy colonial weapons.
Ben Franklin created a segmented snake to encourage the colonists to _______ together against the French.
9 representatives met to declare that the colonies should not be taxed, what was this committee called?
The Stamp Act Congress
This the 3 parts of the Coercive Acts.
1. The Massachusetts Legislature was no longer allowed to meet.
2. The Quartering Act
3. The Boston Harbor was closed.
The Battles of Lexington and Concord signaled the beginning of the ___________.
American Revolution
What did the Townsend Act tax?
Glass, paper, tea, and paint.
What did the minutemen do while the British were retreating?
Minutemen hid behind walls, buildings, and trees and fired on the British soldiers.