Vocabulary
Allies
to be friendly
Who was the French and Indian war fought between?
France and Great Britain
The Stamp act was a tax on what?
Paper
What did the colonists do with all the tea they stole?
Threw it into the Boston Harbor
The colonists were mad because people were coming to sleep in their beds. Who were those people?
British Soldiers
to agree
France and Great Britain wanted control of land in the ___.
West
How did this lead to the war?
Cost settlers a lot of money.
It was unfair, they were mad about it
What did the tea act put a tax on?
Tea
How many people died in the Boston Massacre?
5
Constitution
Set of rules
True or false: The French and Indian war was 10 years long
False- 7 years
Who was taxing the colonists?
King George
The tea act made the colonists ___
What did the colonists throw at the soldier?
Rocks
Congress
Rule Makers
1754
Why did the people not pay the tax?
It was unfair because they did not vote on it.
How did the Boston Tea Party lead to the war?
The harbor would not open until the money was paid on the tea in the harbor and the people were mad.
Where did the Boston Massacre take place?
Boston
Petition
Paper people sign to make a change
The war cost a lot of what?
Money
What year was the Stamp act?
1765
How many boxes of tea was thrown in the harbor?
342
Who is Crispus Attucks?
First African American who died in the war