Militia
An army made up of ordinary citizens not professional soldiers
Protest
a gathering of people to show disapproval of something
Massacre
the killing of many people, particularly defenseless people
Ally
a person or group that has joined with another group to accomplish a goal
France and Britain fought for control over ______________
the Ohio River Valley
The militia lost the Battle of Bunker Hill because _____________
they ran out of ammunition
Why did the Boston Massacre take place?
A crowd yelled and threw snowballs at soldiers
Why did many colonist not want to pay taxes?
They had no say in making tax laws
Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty organized a __________ against the Stamp Act.
protest
The Indians were an _________ to France in the French and Indian War.
Ally
Many colonists joined a __________ in 1775 to help the colonies prepare for war.
Militia
England controlled Canada and the land ______________ after the French and Indian War
East of the Mississippi River
The ____________ was signed at the end of the French and Indian War
Treaty of Paris
The Daughters of Liberty made their own cloth and __________ buying British goods
Stopped
Some merchants smuggled goods into the colonies because
they didn't want to pay taxes on the goods
At the Stamp Act Congress, colonist decided that only colonial governments should tax the colonist
True
The Sons of Liberty held the Boston Tea Party because Britain tried to make the colonists pay a tax on tea
True
In 1775 an army of trained soldiers was created to win a war against Britain
True
Britain made the Proclamation of 1763 to avoid fighting with the _________
Indians
Who sent soldiers to capture colonists military supplies
General Thomas Gage
Why were the Committees of Correspondence formed?
To share news and ideas with people in other colonies
Why did the British keep the tax on tea?
Britain wanted to prove it could still tax the colonies
The first fight between the colonist and the British soldiers was at ________________
Lexington and Concord
In July 1775, what was sent to King George III asking for a peaceful Resolution to the conflict between the colonists and the British?
The Olive Branch Petition
What did the First Continental Congress do in order to try and solve the conflict over the tea tax?
Wrote a letter to the British government
The British gained a large amount of ________ after the French and Indian War.
land