Revolutionary War Events

What was the French and Indian War?

• A war fought in the 13 colonies between the French and Indians and the Colonists and British.

• A war fought between the colonists and the British for independence.

• A war between the Spanish and the British about gold.

Select the one of the effects of the French and Indian War:

• Great Britain taxed the colonists to pay for the war.

• Great Britain lost all of their land in North America.

• Great Britain left the colonists alone.

What did The Proclamation Line of 1763 stop the colonists from doing?

• Moving north

• Moving back to Great Britain

• Moving westward

How did the colonists feel about The Proclamation Line of 1763?

• They did NOT like it

• They LOVED IT

Select two reasons why the colonists were mad at Great Britain:

• Great Britain taxed the colonists.

• Great Britain did not let the colonists own their own businesses.

• The colonists did not have any say in Parliament.

• The colonists were not allowed to drink tea.

What is the Sugar Act?

• It was a law that said colonists could not eat sugar

• It taxed sugar and molasses

• It taxed paper

What is the Stamp Act?

• It taxed paper products

• It taxed tea

What are the Townshend Acts?

• They made the colonists give the British soldiers food

• They taxed things like tea and glass.

• They stopped colonists from having their own legislatures.

What was the Boston Massacre?

• An event where two colonists died after taunting British soldiers

• A British action that was a response to the Boston Tea Party

• An event when the Colonists killed British soldiers

What was the Boston Tea Party?

• A British action to punish the colonists for the Boston Massacre

• When the British and Colonists had a tea party

• In protest of tea taxes Colonists threw British tea into Boston Harbor