Taxation
Who was a strong opponent to the Tax Law’s from Massachusetts? _________________ _____________
Samuel Adams
Great Britain’s 1763 victory in the ________________ and ___________________ War came at a great __________.
French and Indian
Cost
New France was far _______________ than the British Colonies in total land area by much _______________ in population
larger
smaller
In the early 1700’s, _________________ and __________________ were creating colonial empires in North America.
England
France
What two tribes sided with the French during this conflict?
Algonquin and Huron
With the new Act, any colonist who refused to pay was ________________ and _______________.
Arrested
Fined
A _____________ of all colonists remained loyal to King George II. The people were called ________________.
3rd
Loyalists
_______________ ________________ was the lieutenant governor of the British colony of Virginia.
Robert Dinwiddle
There were many British, Patriots, and Loyalists who did ______ wish to go to _______.
War
Washington and his men were allowed to return to __________________, and the French destroyed Fort Necessity. The _____________ and ____________ War had begun.
Virginia
French and Indian War
In 1773, Parliament passed the _______ _______, which gave the British ________ _________ _____________ the exclusive right to sell _______ in the colonies without paying export taxes.
Tea Act
East India Company
Tea
Colonists who demanded that ___________________ have more control of their _____________________ were known as ___________________.
Americans
Government
Patriots
The act of __________________ was known as the __________________ _________ ______________.
Vandalism
Boston Tea Party
They proposed an ________ to ____________ with Britain until their demands were met.
End
Trade
On September 18th, the French surrendered ____________ _________. A year later, they surrendered their last stronghold, _______________. The British now controlled __________ ____________.
Quebec City
Montreal
New France
______________________, the British Legislature, passed the _______________ _________ in 1764. It forced the colonists to pay a ________ on all _______________ products.
Parliament
Sugar Act
tax
Sugar
_________________ ___________ and the ________ of __________________ used the event as fuel to add to the growing movement for _________________ ______-______________________.
Samuel Adams
Sons of Liberty
Colonial Self-Government
In the end, the __________ of the French and Indian War would be to _________ the colonists in opposition to British government ____________. Soon, this would lead them to fight for their own ___________________.
Effect
Unite
Policy
Independence
Britain sent _____________ to __________________, which was the center of ___________________ ________________.
Troops
Boston
Colonial Protests
They ________________ that they be given the same __________— including right to ___________________ — that were granted to other British ____________.
Demanded
Rights
Representation
Citizens
One year later, _____________________ passed the _______________ __________. It forced colonists to buy stamps for all printed documents. This included papers products such as _____________, ______________________, ___________________, and even __________________ ____________.
Parliament
Stamp Act
Letters, newspapers, pamphlets, playing cards
On December 16, 1773, ______ members of the ________ of _______________, dressed like _______________ Indians, boarded the ships, broke open the _______ __________ and _______________ the contents into the _______________.
50
Sons of Liberty
Mohawks
Tea Chests
Dumped / Harbor
A group of colonists gathered at the _________________ ___________, where taxes on imported goods were paid to Great Britain. When soldiers arrived, an exchange of __________ _________ and ____________ quickly turned __________________.
Customs House
Angry Words and Insults
Physical
After rejecting the plan to ______________ with the British Government, the ___________ _____________________________ ______________ decided to write a ________________ to King George III
Reconcile
First Continental Congress
Petition
What is Mr. Lessner's favorite NFL Team?
Washington Commanders