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History
5th Grade
12/09/2010

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Term
French & Indian War Began Because ______________________.
Definition
Britian and France wanted to control the Ohio River Valley.
Term
Britian and France formed alliances with the ____________ in the French and Indian War.
Definition
Native Americans
Term

The Albany Plan of Union Was ____________.

 

Definition
Ben Franklin's proposal to unite the colonies during the French & Indian War.
Term
Proclamation of 1763 kept ______________________________.
Definition
British colonists from buying land, hunting, or exploring west of the Appalachian Mountians.
Term

Daniel Boone crossed the ______________________.

 

Definition
Cumberland Gap
Term
The Sugar Act was taxes on _________________________________.
Definition
Sugar and other goods coming into the colonies.
Term
Colonists felt that the Sugar Act violated their rights as _________ citizens.
Definition
British
Term
Stamp Act was taxes on _____________________________.
Definition
Paper items, such as newspapers and legal documents.
Term
Colonists started to _______ goods and made their own.
Definition
Boycott
Term
The Boston Tea Part was ________
Definition
Sons of Liberty dressed like Native Americans and went into a ship and dumped the tea into the harbor.
Term
Townshend Acts were __________
Definition
Laws passed by Parliament that taxed lead, glass, paint, paper, and tea.
Term
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 _________
Definition
Stamp Act Congress
Term
The Boston Massacre was __________
Definition
A fight between colonists and British soldiers in which five colonists died.
Term
The Intolerable Acts were _____________-
Definition
British Laws passed to punish colonists in Boston for the Boston Tea Party.
Term
Continental Congress was ________________
Definition
Colony representatives sent a petition to Parliament stating their rights and belief that only colonial governement should make laws for the colonies.
Term
What happened at Lexington and Concord?
Definition
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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