Name:______________________________ Crisis in the Colonies Review Sheet
1. ________________________ - British and the colonists vs. the French and their Indian Allies for the Ohio River
Valley. The British are successful.
2. _________________ – was proposed by Benjamin Franklin and its goal was to create one general government for the colonies to be united under and a joint colonial defense . However, none of the colonies approved it because they did not want to give up any of their power.
3.Benjamin Franklin created the snake cartoon and the idea of it is that the colonies cannot survive unless they are ______
4. ______________ was the fort at the beginning of the Ohio River. George Washington, & Edward Braddock attempted to capture it and the British General William Pitt was successful. He would call it Fort Pitt and today it is Pittsburgh.
5. The _____________ ended French power in North America. Through it Britain gained Canada and all French lands east of the Mississippi River . Spain gave up Florida to Britain and Spain in got all the land West of the Mississippi River.
6. _________________ came about when the Colonists tried to move West towards the Mississippi River and the Native
Americans did not like it which caused war and fighting to break out.
7. _______________________ said that colonists were forbidden to settle West of the Appalachian Mountains and any settlers out there were to remove themselves.
8. The French and Indian war put the Great Britain in ________ which is why they decided to tax the colonists. Taxing the colonists fits perfectly with ___________ which is the belief that the colonies exist to benefit the mother country.
9. ________________ put a tax on legal documents such as wills, diplomas, and marriage papers. It also taxed newspapers, almanacs, and even dice. To show you paid the tax a stamp was placed on the documents.
10. What is Meant by no taxation without representation? __________________________________________________
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11. How did the colonists protest British Taxes? (your paragraph)
Some Colonists threw _________ at tax collectors/ Some colonists ______________________ the agents
Colonists drew up a __________ a formal written request to someone in authority, signed by a group of people
Colonists decide to________________ which means they refused to buy British goods (reduce British Profits)
Colonists formed groups like the _______________________________________ who protested
12. ____________________ – taxed glass, paper, paint, lead, and tea and said you could be searched at any time(writs)
13. ______________ law that said colonists had to provide housing, candles, bedding, and beverages to British Soldiers
14. ______________________ a 1770 conflict where five colonists who were unarmed were killed by British Troops
15. _________________ - colonists had to pay a tax on tea but they didn’t have to buy the tea from Merchants they could buy it from British East India Company which made the price of tea go down but they still said no taxation without representation.
16. _________________________ December 16,1773 men dressed up as Native Americans boarded the three ships and dumped over 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. Did this because they did not approve of the tax on tea.
17. _______________________ –Laws passed by the king to punish the colonists in Boston (for their intolerable actions). Shut down the Port (no ships could enter or leave until all the tea was paid for).No Town Meetings (only meet once a year with governors permission/jury members chose by king).No British official (soldier, tax collector, customs) could be tried in America for a crime.Quartering Act – all soldiers had to stay in the Boston Peoples’ homes.
18. _____________________ September 1774, 12 Colonies met in Philadelphia (Georgia did not go).After Much debate they decide (the colonies) they will support Boston. Colonies agree to boycott all British goods, and stop exporting until the Intolerable acts were repealed. Urge each colony to set up a Militia - an army of citizens who serve as soldiers during an emergency.
19. What happened at Lexington and Concord? There was an Arsenal (storage of weapons) in Concord. British Set out at night with a sneak attack to get the weapons. _______________ sets out on horseback waking up everyone from Boston to Concord yelling the British are coming. ______________- men ready to fight in a minute were preparing to stop the
British. _________________ 700 British and 70 minutemen meet Minutemen turn around to go home and SOMEONE
FIRES a shot… the beginning of the American revolution! At Concord the British find an Empty Arsenal and turn around to come back to Boston. Outside of Concord British meet up with 300 minute men and the British are defeated!
Be able to label New France, New Spain, 13 Colonies / Lexington, Concord, Boston