Question | Answer |
a formal meeting of representatives | congress |
to refuse to buy | boycott |
a tax on paper items such as legal documents, newspapers, and playing cards | Stamp Act |
a tax on sugar and molasses | Sugar Act |
to take back | repeal |
a group of Patriots who protested against Parliament and tax collectors | Sons of Liberty |
a tax on British imports such as glass, paint, tea, and paper | Townshend Acts |
a public announcement | proclamation |
the lawmaking branch of the British government | Parliament |
a formal agreement between groups or individuals | alliance |
The peace treaty signed at the end of the French and Indian War that gave much of France's land to Britain. | Treaty of Paris |
George Washington was sent with 150 soldiers to ask the French to leave what region that the British claimed was theirs? | Ohio Valley |
What was the name of the fort that George Washington and his men needed to build when attacked by the French in the Ohio Valley? | Fort Necessity |
Who organized the Committee of Correspondence which was formed to get information to all colonies quickly? | Samuel Adams |
On the night of March 5, 1770, five colonists were killed by British soldiers when an angry mob provoked the soldiers. What was this event called? | Boston Massacre |
How many soldiers did King George III send to the colonies after the Townshend Act? | 9,000 |
The Proclamation of 1763 stated that all the land between what two landmarks was reserved for Native Americans? | the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River |