These two groups were separated by the Proclamation Line of 1763.
Who were the colonists and the American Indians?
100
Many colonists didn't want to pay taxes for this important reason.
What is "they had no say in making tax laws."
100
This event led to the death of five colonists.
What is the Boston Massacre?
100
Britain and France fought for control of this area.
What is the Ohio River Valley?
100
At the end of the French and Indian war, Britain and France signed this document.
What is Treaty of Paris?
200
This group of colonists held the Boston Tea Party because Britain tried to make the colonists pay a tax on tea.
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
200
This decision was made at the Stamp Act Congress.
What is "only colonial governments should tax the colonies."
200
The Boston Massacre started for this reason.
What is "a crowd yelled and threw snowballs at soldiers."
200
Britain created this important document to avoid fighting with the Indians.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
300
He was the leader of Great Britain during the French and Indian War and War for Independence.
Who was King George III?
300
This is why Parliament created the Townshend Acts.
What is "to pay for services in the colonies?"
300
The result of this war led to major conflicts between the colonists and Britain. Which in turn led to the war for independence.
What was the French and Indian War?
300
This is the area of land controlled by Britain after the French and Indian War.
What is Canada and most of the land east of the Mississippi River?
300
These groups were started by Samuel Adams and other colonial leaders to share news about what the British soldiers were doing in the colonies.
What was the Committees of Correspondence?
400
This person coined the phrase "Join or Die" and wrote a plan to convince the colonists to unite during the French and Indian War.
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
400
This is why the colonists were upset about the new taxes?
What is "the colonists believed only their representatives could tax them."
400
This tax was created in 1764 by Parliament to help pay for the cost of the French and Indian War. It taxed sugar and other imported goods, such as coffee and cloth.
What was The Sugar Tax?
400
This is the location of the first fight between colonists and British soldiers marking the beginning of the American Revolution?
What is the Battles of Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts?
400
This plan was created to unite the colonists under an overall government to solve common problems such as the French and Indian War.
What was the Albany Plan?
500
This group of colonists stopped buying British goods and made their own cloth.
Who were the Daughters of Liberty?
500
This is the reason why the British Parliament needed to tax the colonies.
What is "The French and Indian War had cost them a lot of money?"
500
This meeting was held in 1774 to discuss the Intolerable Acts.
What was The First Continental Congress?
500
This is the location where in 1754 George Washington and his soldiers went to build a fort on the Ohio River. Washington and his men took over this location from the French showing his leadership abilities as an officer.
What was Fort Duquesne?
500
This document was sent to King George III asking for a peaceful resolution to the conflict between the colonists and the British.