Vocabulary
To cancel or undo a law
repeal
What were the British and French fighting over?
Ohio River Valley
What was the main purpose of the Proclamation of 1763?
To protect the colonists from Native American attacks
snowballs, rocks, ice
Another word for a law
act
People who represent others at a conference or convention
delegate
Who fought against the British and colonists? (You must name both)
French and Native Americans
Who was the King of England during the time that tensions grew between the colonies and Great Britain
King George III
What was the event where colonists dressed up like Native Americans and dumped tea into the ocean?
Boston Tea Party
Ordered that colonists provide British soldiers a place to live
Quartering Act
To bring something into a country, especially for sale
imported
debt
Where was the First Continental Congress held?
Philadelphia
March 5, 1770, tensions grew between the soldiers and the colonists that led to a violent event known as the
Boston Massacre
Law that said colonists had to pay taxes on all important papers
Stamp Act
An official public announcement
proclamation
The French wanted to use the land in the Ohio River Valley to
trap beavers and trade their fur
What was the name of the only company allowed to sell tea to the colonies?
British East India
How many crates of tea were dumped into the Boston Harbor?
342
These laws said that the colonists had to pay taxes on imported goods such as: lead, glass, paint, paper, and tea
Townshend Acts
The lawmaking part of British government
parliament
farm its rich soil
Members of what groups let one another know through letters what was going on in their region?
Committees of Correspondence
What law did the British pass to force Boston to pay for the lost tea from the Boston Tea Party?
Boston Port Act or Intolerable Acts
These acts were also known as the Coercive Acts
Intolerable Acts