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| The colonists took such pride in the British victory in the French and Indian War in 1763 because they regarded themselves as _____. The took pride in Britain as both _____ and the ____. Most colonists stood ready to embrace the future as part of the _____ of the British Empire. |
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| British subjects; a rising world power; historic home of liberty; growing glory and power |
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| What territory did the British gain as a result of the French and Indian War? |
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| all the territory as far west as the Mississippi River and from the southern tip of Florida all the way into northern Canada |
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| Why was Britain so deeply in debt in 1763? |
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| the British has spent a lot of money fighting the French and the Indian War for many years, and they faced a lot of expenses administering and defending their enormous empire |
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| The _____ established an imaginary north-south boundary along the crest of the _____ that the colonists were not allowed to cross. The British created the boundary because they did not want to pay to defend the settlers from the Indians in the area beyond the Appalachians. |
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| Proclamation of 1763; Appalachian Mountains |
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| How did the settlers react to the boundary? |
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| The settlers were outraged. They had been eager to settle and farm the flat, fertile land west of the Appalachians. |
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| Most colonists did not object to the ___ because England had never strictly enforced the acts. Also, England was the most advanced industrial country and the best market for colonial products in the world. |
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| which act required the colonies to sell all of their tobacco, furs and other raw materials to England and to buy all of their manufactured goods from England? |
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| The colonists believed the ___ was an example of taxation without representation because they did not have the right to elect any representatives to Parliament. They believed the _____ or ___ were the only ones who should have the right to impose taxes on them. |
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| Sugar Act; colonial legislatures, assemblies |
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| What several other acts did the British government pass that colonists regarded as taxation without representation? |
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- Stamp Act
- Quartering Act
- Townshend Acts |
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| The colonists began to form groups called ____ to declare their opposition to what they saw as tyranny. |
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| The colonists deeply resented the ___ who were sent to Boston to crack down on ___. One evening colonists got into a brawl with the soldiers. It escalated and give colonists were killed. The event became known as the ____. |
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| British troops; smugglers; Boston Massacre |
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| ____ organized a ____ to write letters to people in other colonies telling them about the threats to liberty the Bostonians were experiencing. |
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| Samuel Adams; Committee of Correspondence |
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| When the British schooner ___ ran aground while it was chasing smugglers, a highly respected group of angry colonists set the ship on fire. |
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| Angry colonists who dumped the cargo of tea during the ___ were protesting because ______ and gave the ___ a monopoly on the tea business. |
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| Boston Tea Party; Parliament imposed a tax on tea; British East India Company |
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| At the end of the French and Indian War, the British won territory that was home to many Native Americans who had been loyal to the French. As a reaction, ____ organized the Indians and attacked the British settlers. His goal was to ____. |
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| Pontiac; drive the British out |
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| In response to the Proclamation of 1763, the colonists were ___ because they had fought alongside the British to win the territory. Many colonists decided to ____ and settle beyond the mountains anyway. |
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| When Parliament decided to protect the interests of the sugar planters in the British West Indies, they issued the ___. It lowered the duty on the imported molasses, but tightened enforcement. |
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| The British prime minister thought the colonists should share some of the costs of defending the new territory. He issued the ___, which required the colonists to pay to house and feed the British soldiers in the colonies. |
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| In response to the Quartering Act, many colonists saw no need for a ____, so they refused to offer the soldiers housing or pay for it. |
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| When Parliament wanted to raise revenue from American businesses and government, it issued the ____. It compelled colonists to buy stamps for all printed papers. |
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| As a reaction to the Stamp Act, angry mobs confronted ___. Many courts and newspapers shut down. Colonists united to petition the crown, and Parliament was finally forced to ___ the law. |
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| Parliament passed the ____, which placed a tax imported lead, glass, paint, paper, and tea. Parliament thought the colonists would be more likely to accept duties on imported goods before they entered the colonies. |
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| In response to the Townshend Act, colonists organized a ___. They refused to buy imported goods. |
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| To punish Bostonians for their acts of defiance, the outraged Parliament passed acts that colonists called the ___. The acts closed the port and abolished town meetings. |
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