Unit 3, First Continental Congress

British controlled colonial trade; angered colonists

Claim territory, new trade routes to Asia through Northwest Passage

First anti-slavery group who lived in Pennsylvania

Rich farmland, moderate climate, grew oats, wheat, and grain

Natives began to prosper economically

colonists were able to expand into the Ohio River Valley

French were executed for their failure to defeat the British

British issued taxes on the colonists to help pay for the war debt

A

B

C

D

E

feared it would provoke attacks from American Indians

did not want to share control of the fur trade with France

resented the limits it imposed on westward expansion

wanted to be able to trade freely with foreign nations

Virginia

Maryland

Georgia

Massachusetts

Taxes placed on Bostonians in response to the Boston Tea Party

A play that was occurring in the colonies

A play that was occurring in England

Taxes placed on Americans because of the American Revolution