| A | B |
|---|
| to stop English settlers from moving west | why did the French build forts throughout New France |
| the rivalry between the iroquois and the Algonquins | what caused the Iroquois to help the English |
| William Pitt's leadership | why did the tide of battle turn in the French and Indian War |
| Lord Amherst allowed english settlers to build forts on Indian lands | why did chief Pontiac lead Indian nations in the war against the British |
| all legal documents | The Stamp Act put a tax on these |
| they resented paying taxes to Britain | the colonists believed that Parliament did not have the right to tax them because of this |
| they were clearing forests for farms | why were Native Americans angered by English settlers |
| charging less for trade goods | Britain won allies among Native Americans by doing this |
| Albany Plan of Union | delegates agreed to unite to defend the colonies against France |
| France lost Canada | one result of the French and Indian War |
| Proclamation of 1763 | stopped British colonists from moving west of the Appalachians |
| one reason colonists objected to the Stamp Act | colonists did not want to pay so much for stamps |
| The Sons and Daughters of Liberty | organized to protest British policies |
| writ of assistance | document that allowed customes officers to search a ship's cargo |
| Tea Act | used to raise money for the British East India Company |
| imported tea | the Intolerable Acts did not include a law raising taxes on this |
| indirect taxes | hidden taxes included in the price of a product |
| to keep each colony informed about events in other colonies | the purpose of the Committes of Correspondence |
| The Intolerable Acts | the First Continental Congress met to protest these |
| hurt trade | the American boycott of British goods |
| train their own militia | what did the Continental congress urge each colony to do so they could fight the British |
| Stamp Act | what did Parliament repeal that made colonists celebrate |
| Samuel Adams | leader of the Sons of Liberty; started the committees of Correspondence |
| minutemen | ready to fight on short notice |
| Quartering Acts | required colonists to pay for housing British soldiers |
| Boston Tea Party | a protest by the Sons of Liberty against the Tea Act |
| Townshend Acts | taxed glass, paper, silk, lead, and tea |
| Sons of Liberty | patriotic group responsible for the Boston Tea Party |
| George Grenville | Prime Minister who started the Stamp Act |
| Boston, Massachusetts | most revolutionary town in colonial America |
| Proclamation Line | kept the colonists from crossing the Appalachian Mountains |
| things accomplished by the First Continental Congress | 1) letter of protests; 2) passed a resolution backing Massachusettes; 3) boycott all British goods and stop exporting goods to Britain; 4) urged colonists to set up and train own militia; 5) will meet again in 1775 |
