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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.

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.

The French and Indian War created a lot of _______________, for the English.

debts or unpaid bills

This act passed by the British government said colonists had to house British soldiers in their homes.

The Quartering Act

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

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

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.

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.

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.

A colonist who no longer wanted to be controlled by Britain was called a.................

Patriot

Colonists who wanted to remain loyal to Britain were called.............

Loyalists

Those who were undecided about independence were called..........

Neutralists

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.

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

The next day, April 19th, two battles ocurred at __________ and


________________________________.

Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts.

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.

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!

On July 4, 1776 Congress voted to approve the Declaration. It was written by ...................

Thomas Jefferson.

The Declaration of Independence has five main parts. The first part is called the..............................

Preamble and explains why the Declaration is written.

The second part lists human rights such as: "Life, Liberty and the.............................

pursuit of Happiness.

This person was president of Congress and had the largest signature on the Declaration. He was .................................

John Hancock