French Indian War
an extremely profitable trading resource between French and Indians
What is fur?
name at least 2 strategies colonists would use against Britain to revolt against the implementation of taxes
What is boycott, protest, tar & feather?
In protest for taxes on tea, colonists dumped 342 chests of British tea into the Boston harbor known as this event......
What is the Boston Tea Party?
name given to colonial civilian soldiers who were ready to fight against the British at a moments notice
Who are minutemen or militia?
Name given for British Government that passed acts on the colonies
What is Parliament?
name 2 causes for the French Indian War
What is land/colonial expansion, new raw materials/resources, power
This act put a tax on all printed paper material in the colonies
What is the stamp act?
a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770, between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. Several colonists were killed.
What is the Boston Massacre?
This person fought in the French and Indian War and would become a general in the Continental Army of the American Revolution.
Who is George Washington?
A secret society formed by the colonists that met often in Boston to fight for independence against Great Britain
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
this treaty officially ended the French Indian war
What is the Treaty of Paris of 1763?
Name 1 reason colonists gave for not paying British imposed taxes (it became a slogan)
What is no taxation without representation, only colonial gov'ts should tax colonists, colonists do not have vote in Parliament
In 1774, Parliament passed a series of laws meant to punish Massachusetts after the Boston Tea Party
What is the intolerable/Coercive acts?
This man rode his horse all over Boston to warn colonists "The regulars are coming out!" and eventually made his way to Lexington to warn Sam Adams and John Hancock of that they were being sought for arrest.
Who is Paul Revere?
This battle in Massachusetts sparked the start of the American Revolution
What is the battle of Lexington & Concord?
Name at least 1 new territory gained by Britain as a result of the French Indian War
What is all land east of Mississippi river (Ohio River valley), Caribbean islands, parts of modern day Canada, Spanish Florida
Name 1 reason why Britain felt colonists should pay taxes
What is re-pay war debt for French Indian war, Britain's sovereign power, colonists should help pay for protection in the western frontier
a meeting of colonial delegates 12 out of 13 colonies (except Georgia) in Philadelphia to discuss actions to take against British in response to intolerable acts.
What is the 1st Continental Congress
In 1773 the Tea Act lowered the price of tea but required the colonists to buy it from a particular company. What was the name of the company?
East India Company
These groups were formed to allow the colonies to communicate with each other and spread revolutionary actions.
Committees of Coorespondence
this imaginary line was England’s attempt to control the colonies by banning settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation Line of 1763?
tax on all molasses, tax lowered as an attempt to reduce colonial smuggling
What is the Sugar Act?
a series of acts (taxes) passed on items such as glass, paint, oil, lead, paper, and tea, beginning in 1767, by Great Britain onto the colonies.
What are the Townshend Acts?
He was the leader of the Sons of Liberty in Boston.
Who is Samuel Adams?
act that forced colonists to house, feed, clothe British soldiers
What is the Quartering Act?