Lesson 1 The Colonies Fight for their rights

The first skirmish of the French and Indian War occurred because

1.  

• 1. the French organized Native American attacks on frontier settlements.

• 1.  both the French and the British wanted the Ohio River valley.

      

• 1. the French ambushed a British detachment near Quebec City.

      

• 1. both the French and the British claimed Louisiana.

What effect did the Albany Plan of Union have on the colonies during the French and Indian War?

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• 1. It created an alliance with the Iroquois Confederation.

• 1. It got colonists to think about joining together for common defense.

      

• 1. It made Benjamin Franklin a hero of the French and Indian War.

      

• 1. It created a treaty that ended the French and Indian War.

• What result did Britain's war with France have on the colonies?

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• 1. Britain tried to raise money from colonists, increasing colonial resentment.

      

• 1. Britain lost the war and the colonists were now under French rule.

• 1. The colonists suffered devastating land losses and had to retreat to the coast.

      

• 1. Many colonial leaders were killed, leaving control of the colonies to British governors.

The Proclamation of 1763 declared that colonists

• 1.  would have to pay a war tax.

      

• 1. could not settle west of the Appalachians.

• 1.  had to make peace with Pontiac's people.

      

• 1. would be impressed into the British military.

• How did the British government deal with merchants who smuggled goods without paying customs taxes?

  1.  

• 1.  They created a customs board that policed the rivers of North America.

     smugglers.

• 1.  

      They created the Stamp Act to help recoup their losses on customs income.

      

• 1.  They began to try merchants in admiralty courts which had no juries.

      

• 1. They built a fort in Nova Scotia that was charged with guarding against smugglers.

One argument posed by colonists against the Sugar Act was that

1.  A.American colonists had a desperate need for sugar.

    B.King George III was not the legitimate ruler of Britain.

    C.smugglers were vital to the economy of the colonies.

    D.colonists were being taxed without representation in Parliament.

• 1. American colonists had a desperate need for sugar.

      

• 1.  King George III was not the legitimate ruler of Britain.

      

• 1. smugglers were vital to the economy of the colonies.

      

• 1. colonists were being taxed without representation in Parliament.

The leaders of the Virginia House of Burgesses included George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and

• 1. Patrick Henry.

• 1.  Benjamin Franklin.

• 1.  John Adams.

      

• 1. John Hancock.

When colonists began boycotting British goods in response to the Stamp Act,

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• 1. Parliament repealed the act.

• 1. the royal governors began arresting colonists.

• 1. the king stationed British troops in Boston.

• 1. the British traded with France and Spain instead.

Samuel Johnson expressed Britain's view that Britain

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• 1. would arrest anyone who protested British laws.

      

• 1. would reenact the Stamp Act in five years.

      

• 1. had the right to govern the colonists because it protected them.

      

• 1. had no ability to tax the colonies without representation.

How did Parliament respond to the Boston Massacre?

• 1.  repealed most of the Townshend Acts.

• 1. stationed more British troops throughout the colonies.

      

• 1. strengthened the Townshend Acts.

• 1. moved troops out of Boston.