The French and Indian War
Early Conflicts with Britain
Conflicts Grow
War Begins
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Who was an ally of the French in the French and Indian War?
The American Indians
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How did Britain plan on raising money for the cost of war and the soldiers?
They planned on making the colonists pay taxes.
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How many colonists were killed in the Boston Massacre?
There were 5.
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What is a patriot?
A Patriot is an American colonist who opposes the British.
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What area were France and Britain fighting over?
The Ohio River Valley
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How did some merchants avoid paying taxes?
They smuggled goods into the colonies.
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Why did colonists set up the Committees of Correspondence?
They wanted to be able to share new more easily between the colonies.
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Who was Thomas Gage?
He was the new British governor of Massachusetts.
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Why was the Battle of Quebec and important victory for the British?
Quebec was a center of French power in Canada.
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Why did the colonists object to the new taxes?
The colonists objected to the taxes because they had no say in the decision to tax. They were not represented in the British Parliament.
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What did Britain do in response to the Boston Tea Party?
They set up laws against the colonists called the Coercive Acts.
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What did colonists do to respond to the news of the Battles of Lexington and Concord?
Thousands of armed colonists rushed to Boston to trap the British in Boston.
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Why did Britain make the Proclamation of 1763?
To prevent more fighting with the American Indians.
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Why did Britian repeal the Stamp Act?
Because the colonists were boycotting British goods, which in turn hurt British trade.
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What did the First Continental Congress ask George III after the Coercive Acts were made?
They asked him to stop taxing the colonists and to repeal the Intolerable Acts.
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Why did the Continental Congress decide that it needed to create an army?
They wanted soldiers that would be better trained to fight than the militia. They would also fight until the war was over.
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Why did colonists oppose the Proclamation of 1763?
They were told they could not settle in the Ohio River Valley, which meant they could not farm or trade furs.
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What were the names of the three tax acts that were made between 1764 and 1767?
The Sugar Act The Stamp Act The Townshend Act
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How did George III respond to the letter from the Committees of Correspondence?
He declared that the colonists had begun a rebellion.
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What was the Olive Branch Petition?
The colonists wanted one more chance at peace with the British.
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