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Two countries that claimed land in the Ohio Valley.
France and England
Who helped the French fight during the French and Indian War?
Native Americans
The French lost all their ___________ in North American after they lost the French and Indian War.
land
The broken up snake made by Ben Franklin encouraged the colonists to ____________ together agained the French.
join
Who made the announcement about the Proclamation of 1763?
King George III
Colonists did not want to pay extra money for the tax on sugar, but there was something even bigger that bothered them. What was it?
Taxation without representation
342 crates of tea were toosed into the _______________ as an act of rebellion in the Boston Tea Party.
Boston Harbor
The Stamp Act taxed all ___________ items.
paper
Why were the Commitees of Correspondence formed?
To discuss how each of the colonies were handling the British.
What two groups were fighting in the Boston Massacre?
British/Red Coats and the colonists
Townshend Acts placed taxes on these items:
glass, lead, paper, paint, and tea
How did the colonists rebel against the Townshend Acts?
Boycott British items
Who formed the first Committee of Correspondence?
Samuel Adams
Colonists were angry about the Tea Act because England gave the East India Company a _________ on tea sales in the colonies.
monopoly
Why did England create the Coercive Acts?
To punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party
Name 3 of the Coercive/ Intollerable Acts.
1. Closed down Boston Harbor 2. Massachusetts legislature no longer allowed to meet. 3. Quartering Act
