13 Colonies

Question 1

The French and Indian War was also known as…

Answer 1

The Seven years war

Question 2

the French and Indian war was from…

Answer 2

1754-1763

Question 3

During the French and Indian War…

Answer 3

-Britain + France fought land in North America
-Colonists + George Washington fought
-Colonists gave money and men to the war
-England wins the war
-England acquires France’s land

Question 4

What was the Proclamation of 1763?

Answer 4

A line that prohibited colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains

Question 5

What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?

Answer 5

-Allowed Britain to control colonists
-Prevented people from moving away from the coast where Britain’s markets and investments were
-puts 10,000 British troops in America

Question 6

What was the Impact of the French and Indian War?

Answer 6

-England’s economy suffers
-Starts to tax colonists to make up for their war costs
-Colonists lost trust in British government

Question 7

What is a patriot?

Answer 7

Colonists who wanted to be independent from britain

Question 8

What is a loyalist?

Answer 8

Colonists who were loyal to Britain

Question 9

When was the Sugar Act?

Answer 9

1764

Question 10

What did the Sugar act do?

Answer 10

Lowered tax on imported molasses

Question 11

What did the Parliament hoped to engourage when passing the Sugar Act

Answer 11

Encouraged the colonists to stop smuggling/trading illegally with other nations

Question 12

When was the Stamp Act?

Answer 12

1765

Question 13

What did the Stamp Act do?

Answer 13

-Taxed ALL paper products
-taxes had to be paid in “Hard money”
-Threatened all americans
-Drained all coinage from the colonies

Question 14

How did the colonists react to all of the acts placed on them?

Answer 14

-9 colonies sent representatives to New York for Stamp Act Congress
- Sent letter to Parliament asking to only be taxed on assemblies
-Colonists boycott British goods

Question 15

What did the Parliament do when the letters were sent?

Answer 15

Parliament cancelled the stamp act but passes the Declaratory act

Question 16

What does the Declaratory Act do?

Answer 16

British Parliament gains the right to make decisions for British colonies in ALL cases

Question 17

What was the currency act?

Answer 17

Prohibited american colonists from issuing their own currency

Question 18

What was the Quartering Act?

Answer 18

Required the colonists to provide shelter and supplies for the British troops

Question 19

What was the Townshed Act?

Answer 19

Taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea /all imported goods

Question 20

What was the Tea Act?

Answer 20

Permitted the British East India Tea Comp. to sell tea at a lower price than colonial tea companies

Question 21

Who were the Sons and Daughters of Liberty

Answer 21

Men and Woman who met in secret to boycott and fight the British

Question 22

What is a political cartoon?

Answer 22

A graphic cartoon with exaggerated/simplified images that express the artists opinion that combine artistic skill, hyperbole, and satire in order to question authority/draw attention to corruption, political violence and other social ills.