Chapters 3 and 4
True or False: All Englishmen had the right to trial by jury.
True
The two sides in the French and Indian War were ______________________ VS ______________________. Both sides had Native American allies.
France and England (including the colonists)
Who founded the Sons of Liberty?
Sam Adams
What was the Committee of Correspondence?
It was a way for colonists to share information about their rights being taken away by the British. Sam Adams founded it and this committee began to be a way for colonists to share their ideas about independence.
Who was Patrick Henry?
He was a Virginian who spoke out passionately against the Stamp Act. His speech was printed and widespread. It made people examine the treatment of the colonies by England more closely.
Who could vote in the colonies prior to the American Revolution?
White, land-owning men.
The ______________ had forts on the Ohio River. The British wanted them gone.
French
What was the Sons of Liberty?
A group founded to fight the Stamp Act and then continued to fight against 'taxation without representation.'
Why did the colonists of Massachusetts participate in the Boston Tea Party?
The colonists wanted to show the British that the time for talking and making deals was past. They were not going to pay any taxes in which they had no representation in establishing.
What does the term 'taxation without representation mean?'
Taxation without representation was the idea that American colonists did not have a say in the English Parliament, which enacted taxes in the colonies without their consent.
Before George Washington was the leader of the Continental Army, he was a young military leader in the _____________________ on behalf of England.
Virginia Militia
The English ___________ the French and Indian War. The agreement that ended it was called the ________________________.
The Boston Massacre was an event in which __________________ were tormenting British soldiers with snowballs (some of which were filled with rocks.) No one knows exactly what happened but the ___________ opened fire on the tormentors.
citizens of Boston
British soldiers
What happened in Boston on the night of December 16, 1773?
This was the night that many Sons of Liberty and other colonists disguised themselves and boarded the three boats carrying tea into Boston Harbor. They methodically and carefully dumped all of the tea overboard. They did not damage any other cargo or the ships themselves. They were sure to make it clear their issue was with the TEA tax.
Who was Sam Adams?
Sam Adams was a Boston citizen who founded both the Committee of Correspondence and the Sons of Liberty. He was a fierce fighter for the colonies' independence.
True or False: George Washington was able to capture Fort Duquesne prior to the French and Indian War.
False, his mission was a complete disaster!
Following the French and Indian War King George III issued the Proclamation of 1763. This said that ___________________________________________. Why did he issue this proclamation?
the colonists could not live west of the 'Proclamation Line."
He issued this because he did not want to fight another war against the Native Americans in the area.
Paul Revere made an engraving depicting the Boston Massacre. This made people _____________ at the British.
As a result of the Boston Tea Party the British enforced the ________________________ upon the people of Massachusetts.
Intolerable Acts
Did the colonists approved of the Proclamation of 1763?
No, they had just fought the French and Indian War to be able to have access to that land and now the King told them they could not.
______________ was the first African American to die for the cause of American Independence. He was killed during the Boston Massacre.
Crispus Attucks
These Intolerable Acts enraged people throughout the colonies so they _______________________.
Sent support for the people of Massachusetts in the form of money, food, and other goods. The colonists were uniting behind a common cause. The Intolerable Acts backfired on the British.