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Britain and France fought a war over the __________________________
land in the Ohio River Valley
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Why did Britain pass unreasonable taxes that the colonists had to pay?
Britain felt that the colonists should pay some of the costs of the French and Indian War.
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Why did Britain keep the tax on tea?
Britain wanted to prove that it could still tax the colonies.
100
Why did the colonial militia lose the battle at Bunker Hill?
The militia ran out of ammunition.
100
Freedom or freedoms to make your own laws is called?
liberty
200
Britain and the colonists fought against the _________ and the ____________ in the French and Indian War.
French and the Indians
200
Many colonists didn’t want to pay the taxes because ______________.
they had no say in making tax laws, nor could they settle in the Ohio River Valley.
200
The Boston Massacre started because
an angry crowd of colonists yelled and threw snowballs at the soldiers.
200
When soldiers killed five people during a fight in Boston, angry colonists called it a _________________________________________
massacre
200
What the colonists who were against the British called themselves.
patriots
300
The (who) ______________________won the French and Indian War.
British /English
300
At the Stamp Act Congress, the colonists decided that
only colonial governments should tax the colonies
300
The Committees of Correspondence were formed to
share news of the war and ideas with people in other colonies.
300
Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty organized a _____________against the Stamp Act.
protest
300
A ___________ is money that people pay the government.
tax
400
Why were the colonists upset by the Proclamation of 1763?
The proclamation stated that the land west of the Appalachian Mountains could not be settled by the colonists.
400
Why did some merchants smuggle goods into the countries?
They didn’t want to pay the taxes on the goods.
400
Where was the first battle between the colonists and the British?
Lexington and Concord
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In the French and Indian War, France relied on American Indians as an important ___________.
Ally
400
The colonists did not want to house or ____________________ the British soldiers.
quarter
500
What land did Britain control after the war?
Canada and most of the land WEST of the Mississippi River.
500
The Sons of Liberty held the Boston Tea Party because
Britain tried to make the colonists pay a tax on the tea.
500
In July 1775, what was sent to King George III of Britain asking for a peaceful resolution to the conflict between the colonists and the British?
The Olive Branch Petition
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In 1775, many colonists joined a ______________to help the colonies fight the British.
Militia
500
Who rode to warn the colonists in Concord and Lexington that the British were coming?
Paul Revere