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Unit III Study Guide
French & Indian War & taxes
1.
Who were the main rivals in the French & Indian war? Britain & France
2.
What was the outcome of the war? In North America Britain controlled all the land east of the Mississippi
River
3.
Why would some people say that the French & Indian War caused the American Revolution? Britain
spent lots of money fighting the French in America. Britain wanted to get back that money by taxing the
colonies. This led to “taxation without representation.”
4.
What does the phrase Taxation without Representation mean? Colonists had no elected officials from
the colonies to argue and vote in Parliament (the ones passing these taxes).
What does this quote by Samuel Adams warn the colonists? “For if our trade may be taxed, why not our lands?
5.
Why not the produce of our land and, in short, everything we possess or make use of?” The colonists should protest the tax on
trade, because if they don’t protest now the King will continue issuing more and more taxes.
6.
What was the purpose of the Stamp Act Congress? To discuss the actions of Britain and protest the Stamp
Act
7.
What was the Boston Tea Party? Sons of Liberty dressed like Indians threw 90,000 pounds of tea into
Boston Harbor
How did the Assembly in Charles Town deal with their issue over TEA? The tea was hidden in the basement of
the Exchange building
8.
What was the Quartering Act? Forced colonists to allow British soldiers to stay with them if necessary_
which larger law was it associated with? Coercive Acts/Intolerable Acts
9.
What was the group lead by Christopher Gadsden? Sons of Liberty
What did they do? Organized to
protest the Stamp Act, often resorted to violence against tax collectors
10.
What was the purpose of the Continental Congress? To decide what action should be taken to deal with
the growing tensions between the American colonists and England
11.
What was the purpose of the Declaration of Independence? To explain that the colonies had severed(cut
off/broken) all ties(connections) with Britain and to give the reasons why
12.
Why is Boycotting an effective method of protest? The people losing money(because people are not buying
their product) join with those protesting to bring about change
13.
List the four South Carolina signers of the Declaration of Independence.
a.
Thomas Heyward, Jr.
b.
Thomas Lynch, Jr.
c.
Arthur Middleton
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d.
Edward Rutledge
14.
What did all the signers have in common? Wealthy, White, from the Lowcountry
15.
Why do you think many men at the Continental Congress were AGAINST a split with Britain? Britain
was the strongest country in the world, some still considered themselves loyal to the King
16.
What did the colonists call the Coercive Acts? The Intolerable Acts
17.
What does this quote, spoken by Christopher Gadsden at the Stamp Act Congress, call for? “There ought to
be no New England Man, no New Yorker…but all of us Americans” The colonists needed to unite in opposition to new
taxes
Complete the table below: BE SURE YOU KNOW THIS!!!!!
Act
What was it?
How did the Colonists react?
What was the outcome?
Colonists required to purchase
Sugar Act
molasses from ONLY British
Angry, protested, boycotted
merchants in the West Indies
The tax was repealed (taken
back)
Forced everyone who bought a
Angry, protested, Sons of
paper product to also buy a
Liberty, violence toward tax
The tax was repealed (taken
stamp/seal
collectors and those paying the
back)
Stamp Act
tax, boycotted
Townshend
Tax on glass, paint, paper, and
tea
Act
Coercive
Angry, protested, boycotted

Boston Harbor closed
Colonist call them the

MA gov. dissolved
Intolerable Acts

Brit. Soldiers tried in
Continental Congress meets to
Britain
decide how to handle the
Quartering Act
conflict eventually decided to
Acts

The tax was repealed (taken
back)
The Declaration of
Independence issued
break all ties with Britain
These events led to the American Revolution
Some historians say the French and Indian War caused the American Revolution. How do they come to this
conclusion?
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Britain spent lots of money fighting against the French in the North American colonies. Britain wanted to get
back that money by having Parliament tax the colonies directly. Since Parliament was the legislature passing
the taxes and no colonists were allowed to attend/argue/vote, the colonists saw this as a violation of their
rights (“taxation without representation”).