French + Indian war
The French and Indian war was started because of conflict over this territory
Ohio River valley
The name of the British officer who led the inciting incident in the French and Indian war
George Washington
In response to the Boston tea party, parliament passed these four acts which came to be known as…
The coercive / intolerable acts
This tax act in 1764 placed a tax on foreign sugar
The sugar act
Great Britain participated in this system where they imported raw materials for cheap and exported finished products, selling them at a higher price and making more money
Mercantilism
The year the French and Indian war was started
1754
This man proposed the Albany plan of union in hopes of uniting the colonies during the French and Indian war. Alas, the plan did not pass
Benjamin Franklin
The Boston massacre of 1768 resulted in the deaths of this many people
5
This act placed a tax on all paper goods
The stamp act
This famous phrase was coined by the colonists in protest of being taxed without a say
No taxation without representation
The French and Indian war was ended by this treaty (you also need the year in your answer)
Treaty of Paris 1763
This Native American chief led a rebellion after the French and Indian war
Pontiac
In response to the tea act, Boston citizens dumped crates of British tea in this harbor
Boston harbor
This act banned colonists from printing their own currency and forced them to use British money
The currency/revenue act
Although Parliament repealed tax acts after protests by the colonists in the 1760s, in 1766, they passed this act which declared that they still had the right to tax the colonists
The declaratory act
While the two main sides in the war were the French and British, they enlisted the help of Native American tribes. Two tribes: the Iroquois and the Algonquian chose of the sides. Which side did they join?
The Algonquian joined the French and the Iroquois joined the British
The British prime minister in charge of recouping money Britain lost from the war
George Greenville
In response to the Boston tea party, parliament passed this act which stripped Massachusetts of its governing power
The Massachusetts governing act
This act made colonists pay taxes on lead, glass, and paint
The townshend acts
After the French and Indian war, Britain forbade the colonists from settling west of the Appalachian mountains in this law
The proclamation of 1763
The French and Indian war escalated outside of America, going to Europe and starting this war
The seven years war
This group of colonists protested the stamp act by boycotting British goods and harassing tax agents
The sons of liberty
This act punished Boston citizens by forcing them to house British soldiers
The quartering act
This act lowered the cost of British tea in 1773, but colonists still wouldn’t buy British tea.
The tea act
This act forced the colonies to only trade with Britain and forbade them from trading with other countries—though the British often did not enforce this law
The navigation acts