Colonies
An event that was recorded in history but doesn't really meet the criteria to be called this
What is the Boston Massacre?
What was the taxing of all paper including playing cards called?
What is the Stamp Act.
Why did the Daughters of Liberty make a kind of cloth known as homespun?
What is to avoid buying British products.
What does boycott mean?
Refusal to do business or have contact with a person, company, country or product?
Who was fatally wounded early on leaving young George Washington in command?
Who is General Edward Braddock?
How were the colonists disguised the night of the Boston Tea Party?
They were disguised as Mohawk Indians.
A colonial tax on all imported molasses and sugar in which colonists who refused to pay would be fined and arrested.
What is the Sugar Act
What was the difference between a patriot and a loyalist?
Patriots were colonists that demanded Americans have more control of their government and Loyalists were known as colonists that wanted to remain loyal to the British government.
What is imposing?
What is put in place by a government order?
Dinwiddie sent Washington with a small force to the Ohio River Valley. As Washington neared the post he realized it was already seized, so he quickly built a temporary post and successfully attacked the French but they counterattacked. What did this force Washington to do?
It forced him to surrender.
What two reasons did the colonists use to pretend to be someone else for the Boston Tea Party?
To disguise themselves and to claim to be Americans rather than British citizens.
This act required colonial governments to pay for the housing of British troops and allows the British government to force colonists to let soldiers live on their property.
What is the Quartering Act.
How were Native Americans pulled into the Ohio River Valley conflict?
They wanted to protect their way of life, they also wanted to protect the land and the animals.
What is recession?
Recession is a temporary downturn in business activity.
What was the first conflict in the Ohio River Valley regarding?
The French wanted to preserve the forested wilderness for fur-bearing animals and the British wanted more land for farming.
Which conclusion best explains the importance of the Boston Massacre?
It turned many colonists against rule by Great Britain.
A tax on goods such as tea, glass, paper, lead, and paint.
What are the Townshend Acts.
What is the conflict in the Ohio River Valley about?
The British wanted more land for farming and the French were worried about preserving the habitat of the fur bearing animals.
When taxes are repealed what does that mean?
They are canceled or withdrawn, taken back.
How were the Native Americans drawn in to the conflict in the Ohio River Valley?
They were trying to protect their way of life and they were joining forces to go against their traditional enemies.
What is one reason why Pontiac’s War was different from other conflicts between Native American groups and the British?
Pontiac organized an extremely large force of Native American groups to attack the British.
Parliament declares the right to tax the colonies and repeals the Stamp Act, what is this called?
What is the Declaratory Act?
What are 3 reasons the Loyalists did not want independence?
They wanted to stay British citizens, they feared independence would lead to chaos, and they thought it would be bad for the economy.
Why did the Quartering Act anger colonists so much?
It angered them mainly because no law like this existed in Britain. It forced the colonists to feed and house the British soldiers.
What did Britain gain from the French and Indian war?
Lots of land.