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| Why did King George III and Parliament impose the Sugar and Stamp Acts on the colonists? | To help pay for the French and Indian War as well as the soldiers who were protecting the colonists from the Indians |
| What lands were added to the British colonies as as result of winning the French and Indian War? | Lands west of the Appalachian Mts. (the Ohio R. valley) |
| Why were the colonists unhappy with British rule after the French and Indian War? | They resented the restrictions to settling the wilderness (Ohio R Valley) and the taxes in which they had had no say. |
| Why did Parliament pass the Proclamation of 1763? | To avoid further conflict with the Native Americans. |
| How did the Proclamation of 1763 affect the colonists? | The colonists were prohibited from settling in the Ohio R. Valley. |
| What was the act of treason the Patriots were committing? | They were opposing and trying to overthrow the powers of the King and Parliament. |
| What was the first congress by colonists? | The Stamp Act Congress held in 1765. |
| Why did the Sugar Act anger the colonists? | Because they had no part in making the law |
| How did the colonists work to make changes in the British government? | They called for boycotts, voted against paying the stamp tax, sent petitions to King George III, attacked the homes of tax collectors, sent colonists to Britain to ask for representation in Parliament, and held a Stamp Act Congress |
| What happened as a result of the British government reducing the price of tea to influence the colonists so they would buy tea (and thus pay the tax)? | The Boston Tea Party |
| What happened as a result of the Boston Tea Party? | The Intolerable Acts: colonists were forced to quarter British soldiers, Boston Harbor closed, MA Assembly shut down & Gen Gage named as Governor of MA |
| What meeting took place in September 1774 in Philadelphia? | The First Continental Congress (there will be another one) |
| What did the First Continental Congress decide? | To stop all trade w/ Britain, to no longer obey British laws that took away their liberty as citizens, to pursue peaceful means of getting their rights met, but to prepare by raising militias in each colony, and to meet again in May 1775 to decide what to do next |
| Why were the British marching to Lexington and Concord? | To capture Sam Adams and John Hancock and to find weapons they learned were hidden in Concord |
| Who warned the colonists of the British march to Lexington and Concord | Paul Revere and William Dawes |
| Why was the battle at Lexington so important? | It was the beginning of the American Revolution |
| Who planned and carried out the Boston Tea Party? | The Sons of Liberty |
| Who was the first African American killed as part of the fight for independence from England--during the Boston Massacre? | Crispus Attucks |
