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100
1st person killed by British soldiers during the Boston Massacre for American freedom
Who is Crispus Attucks?
100
The defeater (winner) in the French and Indian War
Who is the British?
100
agreement
What is an alliance?
100
put a tax on all newspapers, legal documents, and even playing cards
What is the Stamp Act?
100
To refuse to buy
What is boycott?
200
Spoke out against British Rule
Who is Patrick Henry?
200
This ended the French and Indian War
What is the Treaty of Paris?
200
a voice in one's government; when a person can speak for its people
What is representation?
200
A famous quote by Patrick Henry to show that the taxes were unfair to the colonists
What is "No taxation without representation."
300
Wrote plays against British rule
Who is Mercy Otis Warren?
300
The land that the French and British began to compete for
What is the Ohio Valley?
300
a plan for spending money
What is a budget?
300
This country lost most of is lands to these two countries
What are Britain and Spain?
300
to work against
What is protest?
400
Made a picture of the Boston Massacre
Who is Paul Revere?
400
In 1763 the king made a public announcement that all lands west of Appalachian mountains belonged to Native Americans
What is Proclamation of 1763?
400
when someone announces something publicly
What is a proclamation?
400
The reason British Parliament pass new taxes on the colonists
What is to pay for the cost of the French and Indian War?
500
Protested (spoke out against) tax laws in Parliament(British government)
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
500
They were easy targets in the open fields, and did not hide behind trees and large rocks like native Americans
Who were the British soldiers?
500
guilty of working against one's own government
What is treason?
500
A group created by Samuel Adams to share information among the colonists about unfair treatment by the Parliament
What is the Committee of Correspondence?
500
The event when colonists boycotted British goods; as a result sales of British goods went down
What are the Townshend Acts?