Road to Revolution Vocabulary Practice

This is when the British fought for control of territory in North America, called the Ohio River Valley.

• French and Indian War

• Proclamation of 1763

• Boston Tea Party

• Treaty of Paris

This is a person sent or authorized to represent others, in particular an elected representative sent to a conference.

• Delegates

• Sons of Liberty

• Daughters of Liberty

This is a contribution to state revenue on income, business profits, or added to the cost of goods and services.

• Tax

• Proclamation of 1763

• Boston Tea Party

• Treaty of Paris

This is a British produced boundary that said all lands west of the Appalachian Mountains belonged to the Native Americans.

• Proclamation of 1763

• Treaty of Paris

• French and Indian War

• Boston Tea Party

This ended the French and Indian War and gave Britain most of Canada, all French lands east of the Mississippi River, and Spanish Florida.

• Treaty of Paris

• Proclamation of 1763

• Boston Tea Party

• French and Indian War

This is an act of the British Parliament in 1765 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents.

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Act

• Tea Act

• Intolerable Acts

This is any of several patriotic societies, originally secret, that opposed the Stamp Act and thereafter supported moves for American independence.

• Delegates

• Sons of Liberty

• Daughters of Liberty

This is a group of political dissidents that formed in the North American British colonies during the early days of the American Revolution.

• Delegates

• Sons of Liberty

• Daughters of Liberty

This was a series of measures, passed by the British Parliament in 1767, that taxed goods (glass, paint, lead, paper, and tea) imported to the American colonies.

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Act

• Tea Act

• Intolerable Acts

This was one of several measures imposed on the American colonists by the heavily indebted British government in the decade leading up to the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783)

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Act

• Tea Act

• Intolerable Acts