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DEFINITIONS TO KNOW…
War between Britain and the French for land in the Americas.
French and Indian War
The Quartering Act
After the French and Indian War, Britain left soldiers in the colonies to protect them from French, Spanish and Native American attacks. They created a law to force colonist to provide a room, food, supplies and transportation to the soldiers. This law was called ______________________.
acts
The laws or ________ that Britain created in the American colonies, angered the citizens in the
13 colonies.
Taxation without representation
The British Parliament created the Stamp Act in 1765, the colonists were being forced to pay taxes when they had no say in making the law. They were protesting against ______________.
Stamp Act Congress
Nine delegates from the 13 colonies travelled to New York to discuss the Stamp Act with
representatives from the British Government. This meeting was called
the_________________________.
repealed
After the Stamp Act Congress meeting, the Stamp Act was __________________ by the British Government.
The Boston Massacre
After 5 years of colonist and soldier tensions, a violent confrontation left 5 colonists dead. The colonists referred to this event as ____________________, to make it sound more awful and gain support to protest against the British Government.
The ___________________of 1773 tried to force colonists to pay taxes for tea from the British East Indian
Company of Britain.
Tea Act
The Boston Tea Party
Angry colonists dressed up as Native Americans and climbed on the tea ships and dumped 90,000 pounds of tea into the water. This even was known as…
The Intolerable Acts
King George and the British Parliament was angry about the Boston Tea Party, they passed new laws that the colonists called….
First Continental Congress
To fight the Intolerable Acts like the Boston Port Act, leaders from 12 of the 13 colonies met in Philidelphia to discuss the problems with Britain. This group was called the_________________________.