Chapter 5
What are the two causes of the French and Indian War?
The fur trade in the Ohio Valley and the fishing around modern-day Maine.
The law that prohibited colonists from exploring past the Appalachian Mountains.
the Proclamation of 1763
The act that taxed the colonists on tea, paper, lead, glass, and paint.
the Townshend Acts
The location where the First Continental Congress met for seven weeks to discuss what actions to take against the British.
Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The day that the Revolutionary War started.
April 19, 1775
The Treaty of Paris of 1763- The area given to England by France.
Canada and everything east of the Mississippi River
The French and Indian War- What was a French strength?
forts along waterways and support from Spain
The act that stated that Britain could tax the colonists on anything they wanted to.
the Declaratory Act
The colony where the majority of the protests against England were taking place.
Massachusetts
The reasons why the British were heading to Lexington and Concord.
trying to arrest Samuel Adams and John Hancock and destroying a weapons stockpile
The Treaty of Paris 1763- The area given to Spain by France.
everything west of the Mississippi River
What French and Indian War- were the British strengths?
Support from the Iroquois & a strong Navy
The acts that closed the Boston harbor until the cost of the tea is repaid, the British took control of Massachusetts, British officers could not be tried within the colonies, and the Quartering Act of 1774 were initiated.
the Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts are the real name)
The groups that were responsible in the colonies for writing down every bad deed the British did.
the Committees of Correspondence
The city where colonists fired shots at British soldiers and 100 colonists and 300 British were either killed or wounded.
Concord
The Treaty of Paris 1763- The only two countries that remained in North America after the treaty was signed.
Spain and England
The act that stated the colonists could only purchase tea from the British East India Tea Company.
the Tea Act of 1773
The body of government that was dissolved after calling for a day of fasting and prayer.
the Virginia House of Burgesses
The official name of the Intolerable Acts.
the Coercive Acts
The city where the eight militiamen were killed and the Revolutionary War began.
Lexington
The law that required colonists to house British soldiers.
the Quartering Act of 1765
The act that extended old French territory to the Ohio River, allowed French laws in the courts, and allowed Catholicism to be the official religion in the old French territory.
the Quebec Act
The group of delegates that came from the colonies to determine what actions to take against the British.
the First Continental Congress
The act that stated the colonists could only buy tea from the British East India Tea Company.
the Tea Act of 1773
The militiaman that is known for notifying the colonists that the British were on their way on the night of April 18, 1775.
Paul Revere