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Strain or Stress
What is tension?
Assisted the French in their attempt to maintain control of the Ohio Valley.
Who were the Native Americans?
As a result of this event, Britain ended up having to pay large debts to pay for the war.
French and Indian War
These Acts were given their name because the colonists thought they were harsh and unreasonable.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
The first continental congress urged colonists to purchase or boycott British goods.
What is the boycott?
Money that is owed to someone else
What is a debt?
Someone who is loyal to the king.
Who is a Loyalist?
Colonists called soldiers names, threw stones, ice and snowballs at them
What is the Boston Massacre?
This Act put a tax on colonial newspapers and other paper documentation.
What is Stamp Act?
Daily Double!
The Proclamation of 1763 was a royal announcement made by ........ that forbade the Colonists from....
-King George III
-Settling west of the Appalachian Mountains
To complain publicly about something people believe is unfair or wrong.
What is a protest?
Someone who is loyal to the Colonies.
Who is a Partiot?
Colonists were protesting the Tea Act by boycotting buying tea
What is the Boston Tea Party?
The British government did this to help pay the expenses of the French and Indian War.
Passed Laws/Acts
Why did the Proclamation of 1763 anger colonists?
It angered colonists because it did not allow them to settle in the new land west of the Appalachians Mountains.
To take back or Cancel a Law
What is repeal?
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Britain gained new land west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is French and Indian War?
Colonists were forced to let British soldiers live with them in their homes.
What is the Quartering Act?
Why was the Declaration needed for the colonists?
The Declaration was needed to separate from Britain.
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The King of England
King George III
British soldiers fired at the colonists, killing 5 people
What is the Boston Massacre?
This was a British policy that set aside the lands west of the Appalachian Mountains for American Indians. Many colonists were angry about the proclamation, and many ignored it by continuing to settle on those lands.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
What is the purpose of the Declaration of Independence?
The purpose of the Declaration was to send a message to the King that the colonies would be declaring their independence from Britain and to list their reasons.