French & Indian War
Britain and France competed for control of this important area in North America.
What is the Ohio River Valley?
This 1763 British order limited colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
Colonists used this famous phrase to argue that Parliament should not tax them without elected representatives.
What is “No taxation without representation”?
This man proposed the Albany Plan of Union.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
Britain needed more money after the French and Indian War because it had accumulated this.
What is war debt?
This young Virginia militia officer was involved in early fighting against the French.
Who is George Washington?
This law placed a direct tax on newspapers, legal documents, licenses, and other printed materials.
What is the Stamp Act?
This colonial protest group organized resistance against British policies.
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
This Native American leader organized resistance to British expansion after the French and Indian War.
Who is Pontiac?
Many colonists were angry about the Proclamation of 1763 because it prevented them from doing this.
What is settling west of the Appalachian Mountains?
This 1754 proposal by Benjamin Franklin encouraged the colonies to work together for defense.
What is the Albany Plan of Union?
These 1767 laws taxed imported goods such as glass, lead, paper, paint, and tea.
What are the Townshend Acts?
Colonial merchants used these agreements to refuse to purchase British goods.
What are nonimportation agreements?
This British official supported new policies designed to raise money from the colonies.
Who is George Grenville?
Britain passed new taxes after the French and Indian War mainly for this reason.
What is to raise money to pay its debt and help defend its expanded empire.
Britain defeated this European country in the French and Indian War.
What is France?
This type of tax was placed on goods entering or leaving a country.
What is a customs duty?
Representatives from nine colonies met in 1765 at this gathering to protest the Stamp Act.
What is the Stamp Act Congress?
This Massachusetts leader helped organize resistance to British policies.
Who is Samuel Adams?
Growing tension between colonists and British soldiers led to this violent event on March 5, 1770.
What is the Boston Massacre?
Name two major results of Britain's victory in the French and Indian War.
Britain gained more territory but was left with a large war debt and more land to defend.
These broad search warrants allowed customs officials to search places for smuggled goods.
What are writs of assistance?
Give two methods colonists used to resist British policies.
This man of African and Native American ancestry was one of the colonists killed during the Boston Massacre.
Who is Crispus Attucks?
Put these ideas in the correct cause-and-effect order. Protest * War * Taxes * Debt * Violence
War → Debt → Taxes → Protest → Violence