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History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the seven year war know as | The French and Indian War |
| Who fought in this war? | British and Iroquois vrs the French and the Algonquins |
| Who assured the British | George Washington and Benjamin Franklin |
| When did the British capture Quebec? | September 18 1759 |
| When did the Treaty of Paris end | 1763 |
| What country did Britain gain? | Canada |
| What did the French gain? | Land of the east of the Mississippi and Florida |
| What does Assiduous mean? | Showing great care and perseverance |
| What are the two major changes? | Settlers move west and Growth of consumer economy |
| What happen in the Winter of American Discontent? | Proclamation of 1763 settlement in the west British troops stationed in the colonies to guard against conflict with American Indians Paying war debts fell on the colonies Just and unjust |
| Define Acidulous | Biting caustic, harsh |
| Define Death and taxes | New taxation under Prime Minister George Grenville Sugar Act 1764 Lower the tax on molasses but made it harder to avoid Stamp Act 1765 Taxed legal documents, news papers, almanacs, playing cards, and dice All products needed a stamp proving the tax has |
| No Taxation without Representation what does this mean? | The people wanted a voice before they are taxed |
| The crisis Deepens because congress did what? | Congress sends a petition to King George 111 and parliament |
| What did king George 3 do to the petition | He ignores it |
| When was the stamp act repealed | 1766 |
| Supercilious | Behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others |
| What happened in the Townshend Acts | Taxes introduced on glass paper paint lead and tea |
| What did whits of assistance allow the British to do | Search merchant ships without cause |
| Which amendment would the search without cause violate | The 4th amendment |
| Who organized the protest under the townshend act | The sons of liberty and daughters |
| Massacre in Boston caused the colonies to do what | The quartering act causing the colonist to house and feed the British soldiers |
| What did the crowds do on March 5 1770 | Threw snowballs, ice, and oysters shells |
| What did the British soldiers do to retaliate | Fired into the crowd killing 5 people and wounding many |
| Boston tea party was because | 1770 taxes was repealed except on tea |
| What happened in 1773 | Tea act lowered but cut out American merchants |
| What happened on December 16 1776 | Colonist dump tea into Boston harbor |
| What are the four result of the intolerance act | 1 Boston Harbor close To town meeting limited to once a year Three Boston officials in the colonies will be tried for major crimes in Britain or Canada For new quartering at pass |
| What are minutemen | Volunteers |
| What did General Thomas Gage sent to Massachusetts? | The red coats to see his arms |
| Who wrote through the night to warn the Minutemen? | Paul Revere |