Colonies fight for their rights

Both the British and the French wanted control of land called the _____ valley. This rivalry eventually led to the _____ war

The _____ won this war in 1763; in an agreement called the _____, the _____ lost most of their land claims in North America.

In 1754, at a meeting called the _____, colonial leaders began thinking of joining together for the purpose of _____.

To protect American colonists, the British government prohibited settlement west of the _____. This new policy was called the _____.

The policy of taxing colonists to pay for British debt was enacted with the _____ Act and later the _____. These laws prompted the colonial expression, “_____.”

Colonists began to protest these new taxes by forming groups such as the _____ to organize demonstrations.

• Sons of Liberty

• Minuteman

• Redcoats

New taxes which put customs duties on glass, lead, paper, paint, and tea were called the _____.

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Acts

• Coercive Act

The shooting of a colonist by a British soldier in 1770 was known as the _____.

• Run for your life

• Tea Act

• Boston Massacre

After the French and Indian War, the British asked the colonies to

• return Colonial territory to the French.

• give up their weapons and militias.

• pay their share of the war’s costs.

• join the Anglican church.

The colonists protested the Stamp Act by refusing to

• buy British goods.

• sell goods to British soldiers.

• allow British troops into their homes.

• buy stamps.