Vocab
The British passed many_______, or laws for the colonies to follow after the French and Indian War
A. Grievances
B. Acts
C. Repeal
D. Propaganda
B. Acts
This act lowered the price of tea in the colonies, but the British sold the tea directly to the colonists
Tea Act
The Proclamation of 1763 was passed because of the increased conflict with colonists and who?
Native Americans
Which territory were the British and French fighting over during the war.
Ohio River Valley
The Boston Tea Party was a result of which act being passed.
Tea Act
Many of these acts ended up being__________, or canceled because of colonial protests.
A. Propaganda
B. Revenue
C. Repeal
D. Duties
C. Repealed
This act taxed items such as Newspapers, playing cards, court documents, and sale receipts for land grants.
Stamp Act
This was the first act passed by the British which lowered the price of molasses.
Sugar Act
This treaty ended the French and Indian War. Name AND year needed
Treaty of Paris 1763
The most effective for of protest in the colonies was?
Boycotts
Ironically, many of the__________, or taxes on these imports was cheaper for the colonists, but they still refused to pay
Duties
This act allowed soldiers to stay in colonists homes and eventually became the foundation for the 3rd amendment.
Quartering Act
This act taxed paper, glass, paint, lead, and tea
Townshend Act
What was the name of the famous political cartoon by Benjamin Franklin trying to unite the colonies
Join or Die
The sons of Liberty were founded by this person.
Samuel Adams
The Virginia House of Burgesses sent many ___________ or complaints to Parliament about these acts passed in the colonies.
Grievances
This acts repealed the Stamp Act and declared the Britain had the right to tax the colonists "in all cases"
Declaratory Act
What was the reason for the colonists anger towards the acts Britain was passing in the colonies?
They had no representation in Parliament, therefore they should not be taxed.
Benjamin Franklin tries to establish this plan which would unite the 13 colonies into one government prior to the French and Indian War
Albany Plan of Union
This group kept the colonies informed of British actions through letter writing.
Committee of Correspondence
Paul Revere's engraving of the Boston Massacre is an example of ___________ to influence colonists opinions about the British in America.
Propaganda.
Why did Britain pass the Coercive Acts(also known as the Intolerable Acts)
To punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party
Put the following acts in order of when they were passed.
1. Tea Act 2.Stamp Act 3. Sugar Act 4. Townshend Act 5. Coercive Acts
3
2
4
1
5
List 2 terms of the Treaty of Paris 1763
France gave up all territory in North America, Britain has all land east of Mississippi River, Spain has all territory west of the Mississippi River, Florida is now a British territory.
List two ways the Sons of Liberty protested the Stamp Act.
Burning tax buildings, breaking into the colonial governors house, tar and feathering tax collectors, and creating effigies of tax collectors, hanging them and burning them