Trouble brews in the Colonies

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Who fought against each other in the French & Indian War?

• French vs. Indians

• French vs. Spain

• French vs. Canada

• French vs. British

What were the two sides fighting over in the French and Indian War?

• 1 Territory in Canada

• 2 land in the Ohio River Valley

• 3 control of the 3 colonies

• 4 the land called Louisiana

What is another name for the "French and Indian war" ?

• 7 Years war

• French and Native American war

• Revolutionary War

• World War 1

What land feature served as the boundary for colonists as a result of The Proclamation of 1763?

• 1 The Great Lakes

• 2 The Appalachian Mountains

• 3 The Florida-Georgia border

• 4 The Mississippi River

What happened to France as a result of the French and Indian War? Select ALL that apply.

• 1 They expanded their land in North America

• 2 They signed the Treaty of Paris

• 3 They lost almost all of their land in North America

• 4 They became the most wealthy country

Why did Britain seek to tax the colonists in the 1760s?

• The colonists were wealthier than most British citizens.
• Britain needed money to pay for the French and Indian War.
• The British wanted to punish the colonists for rebelling against the Proclamation.
• Britain needed money to protect the colonists from the French.

Why didn't the colonists want to pay for the war?

• Because they could fight off the Native Americans by themselves and didn't need the British to help.

• Because they believed the British had no right to tax them because they had no representative to speak for them

• Because they were too poor to help pay for such an expensive war

• Because the colonists didn't want to live in North America. They were all forced to come here.

The first tax that the British passed on the American colonists was the.......

• Townsend Act

• Stamp Act

• Paper Act

• French Act

What did the Stamp Act do?

• Forced colonists to put stamps on everything they sold in their business

• Forced colonists to burn down their towns and collect stamps as treasure

• Forced colonists to get a stamp on their hand in order to come and work in the American colonies

• Forced colonists to pay tax on printed good such as newspapers, magazines, and legal documents.