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Question 1

What two countries fought in the French and Indian War

Answer 1

France and Britain

Question 2

Over what area of land did Britain and France fight over

Answer 2

the ohio river valley

Question 3

Both the British and the French wanted the ohio river valley to trade what

Answer 3

fur

Question 4

Who believed that if the colonies united they would have a better chance at winning the war.

Answer 4

Benjamin Franklin

Question 5

After France was ready to make peace with Britain, the two countries signed an agreement called the _______ __ ______

Answer 5

Treaty of Paris

Question 6

Why did the British parliament decide to start taxing the American colonists.

Answer 6

To help pay off the debt of the French and Indian war

Question 7

What is a tax.

Answer 7

Money that people pay to their government in return for a service

Question 8

What five items were taxed under the sugar act of 1764.

Answer 8

Sugar, coffee, wine, indigo, cloth

Question 9

What was taxed under the stamp act of 1765

Answer 9

Any item printed on paper

Question 10

To buy an item printed on paper colonists had to pay for a what

Answer 10

tax stamp

Question 11

Colonists felt as though their local representatives should to pass taxes, not who

Answer 11

British Parliament

Question 12

Explain what taxation without representation means.

Answer 12

Colonists felt they should have representatives in their local government and not by British parliament

Question 13

Who made an angry speech against the stamp act.

Answer 13

Patrick Henry

Question 14

who were the sons of liberty

Answer 14

a group formed across many colonies to fight for freedom from other countries.

Question 15

Name the leader of the sons of liberty in Boston

Answer 15

Samuel Adams

Question 16

Samuel Adams and who led protests against the stamp act.

Answer 16

sons of liberty.

Question 17

What happened to the stamp act in 1766

Answer 17

it was repealed

Question 18

The acts that taxed tea, lead, paint, glass, and paper were called the what

Answer 18

Townshend acts

Question 19

How did the colonists feel about the townshend acts

Answer 19

The colonists were angry about the new taxes and threatened violence against British tax officials

Question 20

Why did the colonists boycott buying British goods

Answer 20

To avoid paying taxes, they made their own goods instead

Question 21

What did parliament eventually do to the townshend acts

Answer 21

they repealed them all except for the tax on tea

Question 22

Where did the British government send soldiers to protect British tax officials

Answer 22

Boston

Question 23

Explain what happened in the Boston Massacre

Answer 23

A fight broke out between angry colonists and British troops where five colonists were killed

Question 24

How many colonists were killed in the Boston Massacre

Answer 24

five

Question 25

The tea act allowed _________ _____ _____ company of Britain to sell tea in America at a cheap price

Answer 25

East India Tea