French&IndianWar
Beginning of Am. Rev.
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Who was the war between?
France & Great Britain
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What did the Proclamation of 1763 attempt to do?
Stop colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains
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What were they fighting over?
Control of Eastern North America
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What was Boston Tea Party protesting?
Taxes
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Why did many Native Americans feel less threatened by the French?
French were more interested in trading with the Native Americans than the British who were taking over the land to build towns and farms.
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What did the Quartering Act say colonists had to do?
They had to provided housing and supplies for British Troops.
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What style of fighting did the French and Native Americans use?
Guerilla warfare
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What act taxed newspapers, pamphlets, legal documents and most other printed material?
Stamp Act
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Why were the British bad at fighting in North America?
They were used to fighting in straight lines in open fields. That style of fighting doesn't work in the woods. They wore red uniforms that made them easy to spot.
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What group started that used violence or the threat of violence to get rid of these acts?
Sons of Liberty
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What are the two local forts from the F&I War?
Ft. Ticonderoga and Ft. William Henry
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Give a brief description of the Boston Massacre.
A group of colonists were throwing snowballs and stuff at a British soldier. He called more British Troops over, and they fired at the colonists. 5 colonists died.
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Who proposed the Albany Plan of Union?
Benjamin Franklin
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Who was the new king of England in 1760?
King George III
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What did he propose in the plan?
He proposed that representatives of the 7 northern colonies should join together to make a unified effort to fight.
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In what two towns were the first shots of the Revolutionary War fired?
Lexington and Concord
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The war came to an end when these two cities fell
Quebec and Montreal
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What is the name of the treaty that ended the French and Indian War?
Treaty of Paris
