Assemblies & Ohio Valley Conflict
Name three powers that colonial governments had.
Elect members, create laws, tax, spend tax money
Who did American Indians fight alongside with?
France
What did the Proclamation of 1763 say?
Colonists had to remain east of the Appalacians.
What did the Stamp Act say?
Colonists would have to buy a stamp for every piece of paper used.
What were three taxed items according to the Townshend Acts?
Paper, glass, paint, tea
Which two countries claimed the Ohio Valley?
Great Britain and France
What was the turning point in the war?
When Great Britain captured Canadian land.
What was the dividing line between American Indians and colonists?
The crest of the Appalacians
The purpose of the Stamp Act was to ___________
pay off a large war debt from the French and Indian War.
What did the British Parliament do about the Townshend Acts after British protesting?
They repealed all taxes except for tea.
Why did some colonists want to move to the Ohio Valley to live?
More farmland
What was an unfortunate result of the war for Great Britain?
Many lives were lost; OR a large war debt.
What was King George's reason for the proclamation?
Colonists and American Indians were fighting with one another; he feared another war.
Colonists were angered by the tax mainly because____
they did not have any representation (or a voice) in the new law.
What did Samuel Adams inspire colonists to do about the Townshend Acts?
Boycott; women made homemade items and refused to buy British goods.
Who built a fort in the Ohio Valley?
France
What agreement was made in the treaty at the war's end?
France seceded Canada to Great Britain.
What did King George do when colonists responded in anger to the proclamation?
He sent 7,500 more troops to keep the peace.
What did the Quarter Act say?
Colonists would have to take care of British soldiers by letting them stay in their homes and feed them.
Who convinced colonists that the massacre was the fault of the British soldiers?
Samuel Adams (and Paul Revere)
What did the New York Assembly decide to do about the Quartering Act?
They refused to fund more supplies for the soldiers.
Who represented the British soldiers in a court of law after the massacre?
John Adams