French & Indian War
Who fought in the French and Indian War?
The British & The French
Who was involved?
The British & the colonists
What did the law make the colonists provide to the British soldiers?
Housing, food, transportation
The stamp act made the colonists pay taxes on?
All paper goods
What is parliment?
The British Government
What year did the war begin?
1754
What was the proclamation of 1763?
The colonists could not move further west.
How did the colonists treat the British soilders?
Very badly
What did the colonists do when they found out about the taxes?
Refused to buy products, rebelled and rioted.
Where did Spain settle?
Southern states
What did the Native Americans have to do with the war?
The had an alliance with the French
Who was the proclimation of 1763 protecting?
The native americans and their land
Why did the colonists need to house the British Soilders?
1. The government said it would keep them safe
2. Britain was in great debt
Britian put a large stamp on your paid goods, what color was the stamp?
Blue
What was the piece of land they were fighting over?
The Ohio River Valley
How did the colonists react to this law?
The simply ignored it and continued to move west anyway.
What does "quarters" mean?
places to live
The colonists were very upset about the tax but also about something else regarding the formation of the law. Why we're they mad?
They had no say in the creation
Who was George Washington?
He led the first British battle
Name one of the first battles during the war. (think fort...)
Fort Necessity or Fort Duquesne
Because of the fighting, how many settlers died?
Nearly 2,000
The British thought the colonists would be attacked. Who did they think would attack them?
Native Americans or Spanish settlers
The colonists tried to have the law ______ in 1766.
Repealed or taken away
How was Benjamin Franklin Involved during this time?
He wanted the colonies to join together to make one large government instead of individual