Conflict in the Ohio River Valley
These two European nations fought over land in North America during the French and Indian War.
What are France and Britain?
This battle marked the beginning of the French and Indian War.
What is the Battle at Fort Duquesne?
Britain began taxing the colonies for this reason after the war.
What is to pay off war debts?
This Patriot believed the Stamp Act violated colonists’ rights.
Who is George Mason?
This law banned colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
The French wanted to protect the forests for this profitable business.
What is the fur trade?
This Virginia lieutenant governor sent George Washington to the Ohio Valley.
Who is Robert Dinwiddie?
This act taxed sugar and molasses products.
What is the Sugar Act?
This Loyalist supported Parliament’s right to tax the colonies.
Who is Joseph Galloway?
This treaty ended the French and Indian War.
What is the Treaty of Paris(1763)?
The British cleared forests for this purpose.
What is to make farmland for settlers?
This British general was killed in a French ambush near Fort Duquesne.
Who is General Braddock?
This act taxed all printed documents.
What is the Stamp Act?
Samuel Adams helped form this group to protest the Stamp Act.
What is the Sons of Liberty?
After the war, this group lost much of its land and power to the British.
Who are Native Americans?
The Algonquin and Huron sided with the French for this reason.
What is they wanted to keep their forests and traditional way of life?
These three changes helped Britain start winning the war.
What are spending more money, using a naval blockade, and learning Native tactics?
These acts placed taxes on factory-made goods like tea, glass, and paper.
What are the Townshend Acts?
These powerful people in Britain had more influence on Parliament than the colonists did.
Who are British merchants?
The French and Indian War led to this major change in Britain’s relationship with the colonies.
What is Britain taxing the colonies more, causing resentment?
This Native rebellion aimed to stop British settlers from taking hunting lands.
What is Pontiac’s Rebellion?
This British commander’s victory was both a triumph and a tragedy because he died in battle.
Who is James Wolfe?
This famous protest phrase summed up colonists’ anger at unfair taxes.
What is “No taxation without representation”?
This form of protest meant refusing to buy British goods.
What is a boycott?
This was one major reason the colonists began thinking about independence from Britain.
What is unfair taxation and lack of representation in government?