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French & Indian War Began Because ______________________. |
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Britian and France wanted to control the Ohio River Valley. |
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Britian and France formed alliances with the ____________ in the French and Indian War. |
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The Albany Plan of Union Was ____________.
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Ben Franklin's proposal to unite the colonies during the French & Indian War. |
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Proclamation of 1763 kept ______________________________. |
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British colonists from buying land, hunting, or exploring west of the Appalachian Mountians. |
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Daniel Boone crossed the ______________________.
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The Sugar Act was taxes on _________________________________. |
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Sugar and other goods coming into the colonies. |
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Colonists felt that the Sugar Act violated their rights as _________ citizens. |
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Stamp Act was taxes on _____________________________. |
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Paper items, such as newspapers and legal documents. |
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Colonists started to _______ goods and made their own. |
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The Boston Tea Part was ________ |
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Sons of Liberty dressed like Native Americans and went into a ship and dumped the tea into the harbor. |
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Townshend Acts were __________ |
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Laws passed by Parliament that taxed lead, glass, paint, paper, and tea. |
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The Colonies' Delegates sent the Declaration of Rights and Grievances to the king to voice their concerns over tax laws. This became known as the _________ |
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The Boston Massacre was __________ |
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A fight between colonists and British soldiers in which five colonists died. |
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The Intolerable Acts were _____________- |
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British Laws passed to punish colonists in Boston for the Boston Tea Party. |
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Continental Congress was ________________ |
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Colony representatives sent a petition to Parliament stating their rights and belief that only colonial governement should make laws for the colonies. |
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What happened at Lexington and Concord? |
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Minutemen gathered weapons to defend themselves against soldiers and the British came to take them, but at the two towns they fought and this started the War. |
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