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Conflict between the Colonies and Britain
French and Indian War
Proclamation of 1763
The Quartering Act
The Stamp Act
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Money that is owed to someone else.
What is a debt?
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Britain, France, and Spain.
What countries fought each other to gain more territory in the 1600s?
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West into the land won by the British from the French.
Where did many British colonists move after the French and Indian War?
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Thousands.
How many British soldiers were left in the colonies for protection?
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A large blue stamp.
How could a colonist show they had paid the tax on a piece of paper?
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A law created or passed by a government.
What is an act?
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Almost ten years
How long did the French and Indian War last?
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Some of them tried to drive settlers away by attacking their forts and houses.
How did some natives respond to settlers moving westward?
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Native Americans or Spanish settlers.
Who were the British afraid would attack the colonies?
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They had no say in making the new law.
What made colonists the angriest about the Stamp Act?
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To complain publicly about something that people believe is wrong or unfair.
What is protest?
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Britain and France.
What two countries claimed the Ohio River valley?
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It said that Native Americans could have all the land west of the Appalachian Mountains and settlers could not move there.
What did the Proclamation of 1763 say?
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The lawmaking part of the British government, similar to the Congress in the United States.
What is Parliament?
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Debt from the war and soldiers still in the colonies.
What was the British government trying to pay for with the Stamp Act?
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Forcing people to pay taxes when they have no say in making the law that created the tax.
What is taxation without representation?
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Control of Canada and the land between the Appalachian Mountains and Mississippi River.
What did the peace treaty of 1763 give Britain?
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To stop fighting between natives and colonists.
Why did Britain issue the Proclamation of 1763?
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Parliament forced colonists to provide housing, supplies, and transportation.
What rules did the Proclamation of 1763 give colonists?
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Nine colonial delegates met in New York in 1765 to discuss the Stamp Act.
What was the Stamp Act Congress?
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Britain created the colonies and expected them to respect its authority and the colonies sometimes refused to obey.
How was Britain and the colonies like a parent and a child?
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Debt equal to more than 30 billion dollars in today's money.
What problem did winning the French and Indian War leave Britain to deal with?
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Many ignored it and continued to move west.
How did the colonists respond to the Proclamation of 1763?
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They were angry, they didn't want to pay for British soldiers, and some treated the soldiers badly.
How did colonists respond to the Quartering Act?
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Merchants, shopkeepers, businesspeople, women.
What type of people opposed or protested the Stamp Act?