Road to Revolution 1
The ___________ Act of 1764 (taxed sugar, molasses, and other goods) was Britain’s first attempt to raise money after the French and Indian War.
The Sugar Act
Who was the leader of England during this time?
King George III
This was an act of rebellion against the Tea Act of 1773
The Boston Tea Party
This was the primary reason colonists were angry with British Parliament
The colonists wanted representation in Parliament
The Proclamation of 1763 prevented the colonists from doing what?
This prevented colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains
What were the main reasons for the French and Indian War?
Disputes over land in North America
Trade disagreements between France and Britain.
This is the name of Britain's law-making assembly?
What is Parliament?
He fought in the French & Indian War and later became the commander or the Continental Army
George Washington
What is the title of Chapter 4?
What is Road to Revolution?
How did Britain aim to control the colonies?
Britain tried to control the colonies with taxes.
Britain was in __________ after the French & Indian War.
debt
This treaty ended the French and Indian War (provide the year the treaty was signed).
What is the Treaty of Paris of 1763?
This was a tax on all paper goods
the Stamp Act?
True or False?
Almost all colonists believed that the colonies should be independent and free from England.
False. John Adams once estimated that 1/3 of the colonists were for the Revolution, 1/3 were neutral, and 1/3 opposed.
Where was the "Shot Heard Around the World?
The Battle of Lexington
This act stated that the colonists had to house and feed the British soldiers.
What is the Quartering Act of 1765?
What group helped to lead the Patriots leading up to the revolution?
The Sons of Liberty
This land was being fought over in the French and Indian War.
What is the Ohio River Valley?
This said that Colonists could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
A form of protest that involves refusing to purchase goods or services.
What is a boycott?
True or False. The British were allied with the Iroquois Confederacy in the French and Indian War.
True.
True or False?
Colonists were angry that as part of the Coercive/Intolerable acts colonists had to house British soldiers, feed them, etc.
True
This first act of violence committed against the colonist further causing hatred towards the British. 5 American colonists were killed.
Boston Massacre
What was the significance of the First Continental Congress?
They met in response to the Coercive Acts of 1774 and it was the first time the colonies united to address British policies.
Give one of the reasons colonists wanted to move west after the French and Indian War
Opportunity
Space
Colonists that wanted independence from England.
Patriot
This was the slogan used after the Stamp Act was passed to stir up anti tax feelings
What is 'no taxation without representation'?
Who said these famous words, "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!"
Patrick Henry
These battles marked the beginning of the American Revolution
The Battles of Lexington & Concord
Name two Native tribes allied with the French in the French and Indian War.
The Algonquin and Huron.