Section 1
By the middle of the 1700s, Britain and France each controlled large areas of this continent.
What is North America?
Which Native American tribe did British soldiers hope to create an alliance with?
Who is the Iroquois Tribe?
Name This Conflict/Event:
In 1763, a Native American leader formed an alliance with other Native American tribes. This alliance began attacking British forts and settlements. The settlers reacted by killing Native Americans, even those who had not attacked them. By the fall of 1764, the Native American leader had been defeated by the British.
What is Pontiac's War?
A tax put on imported goods (products brought in to a country).
What is a duty?
A ________ is an organized campaign to refuse to buy certain products.
What is a boycott?
Fill in the Blank (be specific):
There were very few French settlers; because of this, most Native Americans lived on the _______________.
What is
"land claimed by France?"
General _______ ________ was not used to the fighting tactics that were used in North America. He was warned by multiple people like Ben Franklin and other soldiers but did not listen.
Who is Edward Braddock?
The Proclamation of 1763 was issued by the British government, and it banned colonial settlement west of a line drawn along the ____________ Mountains. Settlers on the west side of the line were told to move back east of the line.
What is the Appalachian?
Name This Act:
In 1765 the British government passed the _______ ___. It required colonists to house British troops and provide them with food and other supplies.
(This Act was to save the British Government money on the care of the 10,000 soldiers stationed in the colonies.)
What is the Quartering Act?
The Declaratory Act said that British __________ had total authority over the colonies.
(Arrow Pass for the first person to correctly define this word!)
In 1756, Britain declared war on France, marking the official beginning of the _____ ______’ ___ between the two countries. (Fighting took place in both Europe and North America. The fighting in North America became known as the French and Indian War.)
What is the Seven Years' War?
General Edward Braddock did not respect the militia soldiers and, in early July, his troops were ambushed by _____ troops and their ____ ________ allies. More than half of Braddock’s men were killed or wounded, with the general himself among the dead.
Who is the French and Native American allies?
The French and Indian War left Britain deeply in debt. The British government had to keep troops in North America to make sure France did not try to regain its lost territory and to protect settlers against Native American attacks. British leaders believed the ________ should pay part of the debt.
Who are the American/British colonists?
Fill in the Blank:
The _____ ___ required that all colonists buy special tax stamps for all kinds of products and activities. The stamps had to be placed on newspapers, wills, licenses,insurance policies, land titles, contracts, and other _________.
What are the Stamp Act; documents?
Fill in the Blank:
In October of 1765, colonists sent a _________ – written _______, to replace the Stamp Act.
What is a petition; request?
THREE ANSWERS/BLANKS
In 1753, the French began building forts to defend their North American territory. Virginia’s governor decided to send soldiers to order the French to leave. He chose 21-year-old _____ ____________ to lead the _______.
What are
"George Washington and militia?"
(45 SECONDS) - The Treaty of Paris was signed by Britain and France in February 1763. In the treaty _____ lost almost all of its North American territory. _______ gained French Canada & all French land east of the Mississippi River, except New Orleans. Britain would receive _______ from Spain. All land west of the Mississippi River and New Orleans went to _____.
IN ORDER:
1. France
2. Britain
3. Florida
4. Spain
What was the main reason Britain started taxing the colonies after the French and Indian War?
What is...
The British were in debt because of the French & Indian War, so they started taxing the colonists to pay back for the war.
In protest of the Stamp Act, Virginia’s House of Burgesses passed several resolutions declaring that it alone had the right to tax the people of Virginia, not the British government.
Other colonial assemblies followed Virginia’s example. Merchants in what 3 cities organized a boycott of English goods? (25 seconds)
What are New York, Boston, and Philadelphia?
Describe the Boston Massacre (45 seconds)
In Boston, an angry crowd of workers and sailors surrounded a small group of British soldiers. They shouted and threw snowballs and rocks at the soldiers.
The frightened soldiers fired into the crowd, killing five and wounding six.
(The first to fall was an African American sailor, named Crispus Attucks)
The British wanted the colonies to agree to cooperate in defending themselves against the French.
Expecting a war to break out soon, the British government called a meeting of colonial leaders in what town and colony?
Where is Albany, New York?
Name This Law:
Colonists were not allowed to settle West of the Appalachian Mountains because that land was Native American territory after the French and Indian War
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
Describe The Sugar Act. (1 min - other teams 10 seconds)
To make money back from the French and Indian War, In 1764 the British government put a duty on several goods such as molasses. It also called for harsh punishment of smugglers.
In 1766, Parliament ______ the Stamp Act, however, ________ the ________ Act at the same time.
What are repealed; passing; Declaratory?
Describe the Townshend Act?
Under the Townshend Acts of 1767, Britain would no longer tax products or activities inside the colonies. It would only tax products brought into the colonies.