Vocabulary
Ally
person on the same side
tax on tea
Why did England need to tax the colonies
the French and Indian War had cost a lot of money
Colonist threw snowballs and rocks at Soldiers
Boston Massacre
What two countries were fighting the French and Indian War
The France and England
protest
organized demonstration against something
stamp act
Why did Parliament create the Townshend Acts
to pay for services in the colonies
What were the British looking for at Lexington and Concord.
gunpowder and weapons
What was the Proclamation of 1763
Colonist could not go over the mountains
massacre
killing of many
another tax on tea, syrup, and sugar
The Sugar Act
How did the colonist work to get rid of the taxes
they created Committees of Correspondence
Was fought in Boston on Breeds Hill
Battle of Bunker Hill
What area of land were the French trying to take over
Ohio River Valley
militia
untrained army
soldiers could live in your home
quartering act
Why were the colonist upset about the new taxes
Who rode a horse and warned the colonist the British were coming
Who built Fort Necessity
George Washington
refuge
placed curfews on Boston and did not allow trading
Intolerable Acts
Who said "No Taxation without representation"
Patrick Henry
The colonist dressed up like indians at this event
Boston Tea Party
In England the French and Indian War is called
the Seven Year War