French and Indian war
Name the countries involved in the French and Indian wars
Britain and France
What year was the Sugar Act and the Currency Act?
1764
What year was the Stamp Act and Quartering Act?
1765
What year were the towshend acts?
1767
Name five events that led to the American revolution
The French and Indian war, the sugar act, currency act, stamp act, quartering act, stamp act congress, declaratory act, townshend acts, boston massacre
Where did the French and Indian war take place
America
What phrase was born from the sugar act?
No taxation without representation
Describe the stamp act
the first direct tax used by the British to collect revenues from the colonists
What did the townshend act tax?
glass, lead, paper, paint, and tea
How did the British pay for the war
They taxed the colonists
When did the french and Indian war occur
1754-1763
The currency act required that....
What does quartering mean?
providing food and shelter
What was the Declaratory Act
the colonists; because they were getting heavily taxed and didn't have a say
Who won the war?
The british
What was the first tax placed on the colonists?
The sugar act
How did these acts contribute to the revolution?
It continued to create resentment.
Describe how The Declaratory Act contributed to the revolution.
It asserted parliament's authority to laws that were binding on the American colonies.
Define mercantilism
An economic system used by European Empires between 1500-1800
Name the treaty that ended the war
Treaty of Paris
How did these acts contribute to the revolution?
Creating resentment
Who did these acts affect?
the colonists