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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what resulted in the french and Indian war? | a rivalry between Great Britain and France in competition for North America land. |
| When and why did the French and Indian break out? | 1754 and Great Britain challenged the French for control of land(now know as Ohio and Western Pennsylvania). |
| Why did Native Americans tend to support the French? | They built forts rather permanent settlements as fur traders |
| Who won the French and Indian war? | Great Britain |
| What end the French and Indian War? | The Treaty of Paris, 1763 |
| What did the Treaty of Paris, 1763 cause France to do? | Turn over control of Canada to Great Britain |
| What did France surrender to Great Britain? | It's claim to all land East of the Mississippi River with exception to New Orleans |
| What did the treaty give the British government control of? | All Britain's American colonies |
| What did the colonist object to? | The colonist objected to loss of control of their own affairs. |
| What idea did some Americans get? | American Revolution |
| What did the Parliament do that caused tension to grow? | They passed a law to tax colonist to pay for the cost of keeping large standing Armies in North America |
| What was the tax formed for? | To protect both British possessions and the American colonist from attacks |
| What increased during the Proclamation of 1763 | tensions |
| What was Americans forbidden from? | Settling beyond the Appalachian Mountains in effort to limit their conflicts with Native Americans |
| What did the British American colonist believe? | The King and Parliament was violating their rights as Englishmen |
| What rights did the Englishmen think were being violated? | Protection from taxation without representation, the right to a trial by a jury of their peers, the protection from searches without warrants, protection from having troops quartered on their property |
| What parliamentary actions caused the colonist to lead to an open rebellion? | To tax the colonist or force the tax laws (Stamp Act or Intolerable Act) |
| What did the Stamp Act require colonist to do? | It required colonist to print any documents on paper bearing special stamps |
| What was buying stamps equal to? | Paying taxes |
| Why was the Sons of Liberty created? | American colonist opposed to British authority |
| What did the Sons of Liberty do to show their dislike to British rule | They damaged British properties. |
| What did the Daughters of Liberty do? | Join the Sons of Liberty in protesting British rule in North America |
| What did the Daughters of Liberty do so they would not rely on British imports? | Wove hand-spun fabric to make clothes and other goods |
| What did the Intolerable Act do? | Close ports of Boston as punishment for the Boston Tea party |
| What did the colonist call on the Continental Congress to do? | Protest these action and form colonial militia to resist enforcement of these acts |
| Who did much of the planning for the first Continental Congress | Committees of Correspondence |
| Why was the Committees of Correspondence formed? | Because American Patriots could not communicate publicly |
| What did committees do within or between the colonies | They would exchange written communication with other committees |
| What was the first organization linking the colonies and their opposition to British rule | Committees of Correspondence |
| What did Thomas Payne publish and what month and year? | Common Sense (pamphlet) in January 1776 |
| What was Thomas Payne? | A patriot philosopher |
| What did the Common Since do? | Move many Americans to support independence from Great Britain |
| What was one way Payne persuaded Americans | The Atlantic Ocean was to wide to allow British to rule America as well as American government |
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