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The French and Indian War began in 1754 and was a war between England on one side and the French and Native American Indians on the other side. The war was over................ |
the land along the Ohio River valley. |
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After England won the French and Indian War, England got a lot more land. Colonists wanted to move west, but England passed the Proclamation of 1763 to............................ |
protect colonists from being attacked by Native American Indians. This law said colonists could not move west of the Appalachian mountains. |
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The French and Indian War created a lot of _______________, for the English. |
debts or unpaid bills |
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This act passed by the British government said colonists had to house British soldiers in their homes. |
The Quartering Act |
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This act said the colonists had to pay a tax on all printed papers including newspapers, pamphlets, marriage licenses, playing cards, etc. |
The Stamp Act |
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On March 5, 1770, colonists taunted British soldiers in Boston. Noone knows who fired the first shot, but five colonists were killed and six were injured. This event was called................... |
The Boston Massacre |
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In order to save the British East India tea company, an act was passed that said colonists had to buy this specific tea. It was called the........................... |
Tea Act which was passed in 1773. |
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On December 16, 1773, a group of men dressed as American Indians dumped 342 chests of tea in Boston Harbor. This was called |
the Boston Tea Party. |
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After the Boston Tea Party, the British government passed the Intolerable Acts. One of these laws was called the Boston Port Act because it..................... |
closed Boston Harbor and trade ships could not enter or leave until Boston paid for the tea. |
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A colonist who no longer wanted to be controlled by Britain was called a................. |
Patriot |
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Colonists who wanted to remain loyal to Britain were called............. |
Loyalists |
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Those who were undecided about independence were called.......... |
Neutralists |
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This silversmith sets out on April 18, 1775 to warn colonists that the British were coming to take away the colonists' guns and supplies. His name was .................................. |
Paul Revere. |
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There actually were two other riders that night, but Revere was made famous by the poem...... |
The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
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The next day, April 19th, two battles ocurred at __________ and ________________________________. |
Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts. |
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In May 1775, the Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia. It became the government for the colonists and ............................................ |
appointed George Washington as commander of the army. |
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Battles and fighting had begun, but still many colonists were undecided. Then Thomas Paine wrote a pamphlet that changed many people's minds. It was called................. |
Common Sense and sold more than 500,000 copies! |
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On July 4, 1776 Congress voted to approve the Declaration. It was written by ................... |
Thomas Jefferson. |
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The Declaration of Independence has five main parts. The first part is called the.............................. |
Preamble and explains why the Declaration is written. |
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The second part lists human rights such as: "Life, Liberty and the............................. |
pursuit of Happiness. |
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This person was president of Congress and had the largest signature on the Declaration. He was ................................. |
John Hancock |