French & Indian War
Growing Resentment against Britain
Growing Resentment Against the British
Growing Resentment Against the British
Growing Resentment
100
Why did the British want to expand their control into the Ohio Valley in the mid-1700s
They wished to regain access to the wildlife and fur (natural resources); they wanted to take over trade with the Indians to make more money.
100
How would Prime Minister George Grenville explain the concept of mercantilism?
Mercantilism is the idea that the colonies exist to benefit England; the example of this woudl be to increas the tax of imports into the colonies to pay for the British Navy.
100
What is the Boston Massacre?
The Boston Massacre was a protest against the British for the death of a 17 year old in which they shot him when he was innocent. It led colonists to rebel and 5 people were killed.
100
What is a monopoly?
A monopoly is when you can only buy something through one supplier; this happened with the Boston Tea Party, and that supplier had high taxes.
100
The final TICK that led to the BOOM
Petition vs. Traitor act where the American Congress tried to make peace with King George and he called them traitors
200
What caused the failure of Benjamin Franklin's Albany Plan of Union during the French and Indian War?
None of the colonies were willing to give up any of their power to a central council
200
What is this:
The Boston Tea Party was an event where many colonists threw bottles of tea into the Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act, which taxed tea. It did not allow boats to dock in the harbor. This was an act of protest against taxation without representation.
200
How are the Boston Massacre and the Stamp Act related?
Both the Stamp Act and the Boston Massacre increased the colonist's resentment towards the British.
200
Why did some colonists disagree with the Proclamation of 1763 put in place by the British?
The Proclamation of 1763 was passed by the British to forbid colonists from settling west of the Appalachian mountains; it also made traders to obtain licenses from the British goverment; most colonists ignored this, and many were angry because they fought in the French and Indian war for that land, and expected access.
200
What was the Committee of Correspondance?
a network of colonial leaders that formed to organize opposition to British Policies before the American Revolution.
300
What was the Treaty of Paris?
It ended the French and Indian War, with France giving all of its mainland North American territory to Great Britain
300
There is an image of the Sons of Liberty tarring and feathering a British tax collector- what does this mean?
This image is a British picture showing how colonists treated British tax collectors; it showed that the colonists were willing to fight back against unfair taxation without representation.
300
What was the Proclamation of 1763 and the colonial reaction to it?
This was a British decree that prohibited colonial settlement west of the Appalachian mountains. It was not effective, colonists defied the ban and moved there anyway, and it caused increased friction.
300
Name the first TICK that caused the BOOM
The first tick were the Proclamations passed by King George to forbid colonists to settle land in the Ohio River Valley and West
400
Why was the Treaty of Paris important?
It gave Britain control over the colonies and gave them the ability to tax the colonists, which increased tension and led to the American Revolution.
400
What caused Chief Pontiac to rally Native Americans against British Colonists?
Lord Jeffrey Amherst became the commander of the North American colonies after the French gave it up after the treaty of Paris. When he got control, he raised prices on trading, and let the settlers build their farms and forts on Native American land.
400
What are the Writs of Assistance and what was the colonial reaction to them?
This was a search warrant that helped the British government to search any house for smuggled goods without a specific reason. Colonists thought they were unfair.
400
Name another TICK that caused the BOOM
The second tick was the Acts and Taxes, which were a chain of taxed that led up to each other - these acts taxed the colonists, and punished places like Massachusetts for having protests (like the Boston Tea Party)
500
What was the French and Indian War?
A North American conflict between Great Britain and France, which included colonial forces and Native American tribes; fought mainly in the Ohio River Valley; the cost of the war is the reason why Great Britain had to tax the Colonists so much
500
What is the Stamp Act?
This was a British tax on all legal and official papers, newspapers, pamphlets, playing cards, and dice for colonists to pay for the British troops that stayed there after the French and Indian war. It led to colonist protests because of taxation without representation.
500
What were the Townshend Acts?
A series of measures passed by Biritsh Parliment that taxed goods like glass, lead, tea, paper, and paint. Colonists protested and boycotted this.
500
Name another TICK that caused a BOOM
The third tick was he hissy fit rebellion/Boston Tea Party