The British ______ made laws for all British people
What was the first colonial legislature called?
What is The House of Burgesses?
After the French and Indian war _______ became a British colony
What is French Canada?
American colonists were asked to pay for the French and Indian War by paying _____________
What is taxes?
The Sugar Act angered many colonists because it required them to pay a _______, or tax, on goods brought in to the colonies
What is a tariff?
Colonists who supported the actions of the British government were known as Tories, or _______
What is Loyalists?
Many colonists were against the Stamp Act because it was an example of taxation without ___________
What is representation?
Many colonists protested the Stamp Act with a ______________ of British goods
What is a boycott?
___________ was a runaway slave who was killed by British soldiers in the Boston Massacre
Who was Crispus Attucks?
The colonists formed the ____________ to keep colonists informed about protests against British laws
What is the Committees of Correspondence?
The Sons of Liberty protested the tax on tea with an action that later became known as the ______________
What is the Boston Tea Party?
Colonists in Massachusetts felt that to _____________, or provide housing for, British soldiers was intolerable
What is to quarter?
______________ were members of the Massachusetts militia who were always ready to defend the colony
Who are the Minutemen?
The fighting between the colonists and the British army that took place in the towns of Lexington and ___________ marked the beginning of the Revolutionary War
What is Concord?
Which was not one of the 13 colonies?
South Carolina?
Georgia?
Ohio?
New Hampshire?
What is Ohio?
Small, local Parliaments, who made most of the decisions were called ___________
What is legislatures?
Who did the Proclamation of 1763 reserve land for?
Who are the Native Americans?
What was the tax on everything written or printed in paper in the colonies called?
What is The Stamp Act?
Working against the government is called ______
What is treason?
What is a request for action called?
What is a petition?
What was the meeting of representatives called who decided to work together instead of separately called?
What is the Stamp Act Congress?
What is it called when you use warships to prevent other ships from entering or leaving a harbor?
What is a blockade?
Where did the first Continental Congress take place?
What is Philadelphia?
The colonists who were against the British called themselves ____________
What are Patriots?
Another word for results
What are consequences?