Events 1
This event was a war that put the British Government into massive amounts of debt
The French and Indian War
This event involved a small riot that ended up with 5 colonists killed by Redcoats
What vocab term matches the definition: A small army trained to fight in an emergency
Militia
King George III
This event put a tax on paper products including newspapers, wills, legal documents, pamphlets, and playing cards
The Stamp Act
This event was accidentally started by a young George Washington
The French and Indian War
What vocab term matches the definition:A government/ruler who takes away the freedom of the people
tyranny
Based only on what we have covered so far, who was George Washington at this point in history?
This event forced colonists to house, feed, and provide items to British Redcoats
The Quartering Act
This event involved a tax on an item in the colonies. But Parliament repealed this tax because colonists were committing acts of violence against tax collectors
The Stamp Act
What term matches the definition: a cancel or take back a law
Repeal
Who were Patriots?
Colonists who opposed the British government and wanted independence.
This event involved King George III drawing a big red line and forbade the colonists from crossing it
Proclamation of 1763
Paul Revere created an image for this event titled "The Bloody Massacre"
The Boston Massacre
What term matches the definition: The law making group in the British Government
Who were Loyalists?
Colonists who still felt loyalty to the King of England
This event involved a new tax on everyday items in the colonies, including: paint, lead glass, paper (again), and tea
The Townshend Acts
This event was a new rule put into place because colonists and Native People kept killing each other as the colonists moved West
Proclamation of 1763
What term matches the definition: a major change in government or society, brought about by the people who want to change how they are ruled
Revolution
What does it mean to boycott something?
To refuse to buy something from a certain source