Cool Vocab Terms
French and Indian War
Act I
Act II
Action!
100
A law passed by Parliament
What is an ACT
100
Who fought alongside the French?
Who are the Indians?
100
The first rule passed was a Proclamation in this year.
What is 1763
100
The Stamp Act simply raised the price a bit on paper and paper products through a ___.
What is tax
100
The Boston ___ happened before the Boston ___. (In the blanks, use the terms MASSACRE and TEA PARTY.)
What is The Boston Massacre happened before the Boston Tea Party?
200
Colonists began to ____ the laws passed by Great Britain, meaning they objected to them.
What is protest
200
Who fought with Great Britain?
Who are the colonists?
200
The Proclamation of 1763 said that colonists could not do what?
What is cross the Appalachian Mountains?
200
The Stamp Act required colonists to get a ___ on legal documents and papers to prove they had paid the tax.
What is a stamp
200
This event took place in Boston Harbor and destroyed over 300 cases of British tea.
What is Boston Tea Party
300
A common phrase used in the colonies was "no taxation without" this.
What is representation
300
At the end of the war, France gave up much of its holding in North America, doubling the amount of ____ held by Great Britain.
What is land?
300
Land to the west of the Appalachian Mountains was reserved for who?
What is Native Americans
300
To save the British East India Company, Parliament lowered the price of this popular beverage, but still taxed it!
What is tea
300
Colonists dressed as these people in the BTP because they wanted to be recognized as "American."
Who are Mohawk Indians?
400
To bring goods into a country
What is import
400
The biggest loss for France was this modern day country to our north
What is Canada
400
The Quartering Act said that colonists had to do what?
What is pay for protection of His Majesty's soldiers by providing places to live, food, fuel, and transportation.
400
The Boston Port Act had what consequence?
What is close Boston Harbor until the tea was repaid.
400
This Congress was held in response to the Intolerable Acts.
What is First Continental Congress.
500
To refuse to buy a good or service
What is boycott
500
After the war, Great Britain's this nearly tripled; they owed a lot of money!
What is debt
500
This Act taxed lead, glass, paint, paper, and tea, all products the colonies needed to import.
What is the Townshend Act?
500
The Intolerable Acts were also known as the ___ Acts.
What is Coercive
500
What is the significance of naming of the Boston Massacre?
What is massacre implies that there were hundreds of people killed, when in reality only 5 were.