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Social Studies.
French and Indian War/Revolution.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What years was the French and Indian War through? | 1754-1763. |
| Why did the French and Indian War happen? | The French and English were fighting over the Ohio River Valley. |
| What Native American tribes were on the French side? | Algonquin and Huron. |
| What Native American tribe was on the English side? | Iroquoian. |
| What did the Sugar Act tax? | Molasses, coffee, and indigo. (1764.) |
| Quartering Act. | British troops can stay in colonial homes, colonists supply them with needed objects/shelter, 1765. |
| Stamp Act. | Tax on documents, wax stamp showed on payment, resulted in protests, 1765. |
| Stamp Act Congress. | 9 colonists met in NYC, wrote a petition to King George and parliament, colonists boycotted, stamp act was repelled, 1765. |
| Why did the colonists believe the taxes were not fair? | Because colonists had no representatives in parliament. |
| What were the boycotts like? | Fires and effigy, 1765. |
| Sons and Daughters of Liberty. | Groups of men and women who organized protests, mock-hangings, liberty tea. |
| Patrick Henry. | VA, lawyer, made speeches, "Give me liberty or give me death", 1775. |
| George Washington. | VA, French and Indian War, Revolution. |
| Mercy Warren. | MA, wrote plays that made fun of English colonies. |
| Samuel Adams. | MA, leader of sons of liberty, Boston tea party. |
| John Adams. | MA. lawyer, thought to be arrogant. |
| What was signed after the French and Indian War was over? | Treaty of Paris 1763. |
| What were the consequences of the French and Indian War? | British won, Britain gets land east of the Mississippi River, English is in debt. |
| Why didnt the English go to the Ohio River Valley after they won it? | Native Americans lived there, and they could not afford another war. |
| What document told colonists they couldn't move to the Ohio River Valley? | Proclamation of 1763. |
| Why were cartoons used in newspapers? | They were entertaining, and not everyone could read. |