French and Indian War and the Proclamation
This war ended with the Treaty of Paris.
What is the French and Indian War?
This 1765 act taxed almost all printed materials.
What is the Stamp Act?
This group led protests against the Stamp Act.
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
This Boston event took place on December 16, 1773.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
This political body was formed when delegates met in September 1774.
What is the First Continental Congress?
Britain’s Proclamation of 1763 restricted colonists from moving west of this mountain range.
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
This 1765 act required Bostonians to house British soldiers.
What is the Quartering Act?
This protest tactic means refusing to buy certain goods.
What is a boycott?
On March 5, 1770, British soldiers killed colonists in this event.
What is the Boston Massacre?
This Virginia delegate said, “I am not a Virginian, but an American.”
Who is Patrick Henry?
This 1763 treaty ended the French and Indian War, removed the French from the New World, and transferred land from the French to the British.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
This 1767 set of laws taxed basic items such as glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea.
What are the Townshend Acts?
These women made goods at home and encouraged others to produce goods that were normally imported.
Who are the Daughters of Liberty?
Members of the Sons of Liberty disguised themselves as these people before boarding ships and destroying tea.
Who are Native Americans?
These colonial militia groups boasted they would be ready to fight at a moment’s notice.
Who are the minutemen?
This was the boundary west of which the Proclamation of 1763 prohibited colonists from settling.
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
Passed the same day the Stamp Act was repealed, this act stated that Parliament could make laws for the colonies “in all cases.”
What is the Declaratory Act?
Under these agreements, merchants, artisans, and farmers pledged not to buy or use goods imported from Britain.
What are nonimportation agreements?
In this 1768 event, British customs officials seized a ship owned by John Hancock and charged him with smuggling.
What is the Liberty Affair?
This British general had several thousand soldiers in and around Boston and was instructed to seize Massachusetts weapons and arrest its leaders.
Who is Sir Thomas Gage?
Britain hoped the Proclamation of 1763 would prevent conflict with these people.
Who are Native Americans?
This 1764 act taxed sugar and molasses, tightened customs enforcement, and allowed customs officers to search for smuggled goods.
What is the Sugar Act?
At this October 1765 meeting, delegates claimed that the colonies could not be taxed except by their own assemblies.
What is the Stamp Act Congress?
The Tea Act allowed the East India Company to bypass these colonial businesspeople, angering colonists.
Who are colonial merchants?
This doctor noticed British soldiers moving on April 18, 1775, and informed leading members of the Sons of Liberty.
Who is Dr. Joseph Warren?