Government in the Colonies
Britain's elected leaders were part of this body of government
What is Parliament?
The French and British were fighting over land in this area
What is the Ohio River Valley?
This Act put a tax on imported goods, like sugar & molasses.
What is the Sugar Act?
This group's members dumped tea into the Boston Harbor
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
This act forced colonists to pay a tax on everything written or printed on paper.
What is the Stamp Act?
A government, like we have today in the United States, in which the people take part is called this
What is democracy?
Name the 2 groups that fought alongside the colonists in the French and Indian War.
What are their Native American allies and the British army?
Colonists dressed up as members of this Native group when they protested the Tea Act.
What are Mohawk Indians?
The Quartering Act forced colonists to house these people in their own homes.
Who are British soldiers?
Colonists could be forced to go HERE to face a trial in front of a judge if they were arrested.
Where is England (or Great Britain)?
In order to be a part of the colonial legislatures you had to be a wealthy male AND own this.
What is own land (be a landowner)?
THIS British monarch said the colonist must help pay back the cost of the war
Who is King George III?
Jame Otis' chanted THIS rhyme to remind colonists to not pay unless they were allowed to have a say in government.
What is "No taxation without representation"?
This group wrote letters to other colonists about what was being done to protest British rule.
What is the Committee of Correspondence?
This famous Patriot went to England to ask for representation in Parliament for the colonists
Who is Ben Franklin?
The colonial legislatures were allowed to make rules for their own colonies and set up these local military groups.
What are militias?
After winning the war, the King made the Proclamation of 1763 which said that the colonists were not allowed to do this
What is settle in the western lands just won from France?
This group met in September 1774 to discuss what could be done to insure Colonial rights and freedoms
What is the Continental Congress?
These Massachusetts's soldiers were ready to defend in a moment's notice
Who are the Minutemen?
Name the 2 of the 3 groups/people that had a say in colonial government
What are the colonial legislature, British monarch, and British Parliament?
Besides more taxes and not being able to settle on newly won land in the west, what else did the king do that angered the colonists.
What is give more power/control to the King's royal governors?
This was the only colony that did not attend the first Continental Congress?
What is Georgia?
The battles of Lexington and Concord began the American Revolution and are often referred to as...
What is "the shot heard round the world"?