Relier Pairs American Evolution UT ReviewVersion en ligne The French and Indian War The Acts First and Second Continental Congress The Declaration of Independence par Cardelia Brewer Brewer 1 Who met to address concerns about the Coercive Acts imposed upon the colonist by Britain? 2 Why was the Stamp Act abolished after one year? 3 Who decided that the debt from the French and Indian War must be paid by the American colonists? 4 Why was the Declaration of Independence written? 5 Who were allies for both sides (British and French)? 6 What came as a result of the Boston Tea Party? 7 Why did the French and Indian War exist? 8 How was the war's debt paid? 9 Who benefited when a colonist purchased one of the stamps? 10 When did the Second Continental Congress met? 11 Who dressed like First Americans (Indians) and dumped tea into Boston Harbor? 12 What did the Stamp Act require? 13 What did King George III refuse? 14 Why were slaves and women not allowed to vote? 15 How was the British East India Company able to sell tea? 16 Why did the colonists feel that the laws and taxes passed by the British were unfair? 17 What was most important to the newly forming nation by the Second Continental Congress? 18 Who wrote the Declaration of Independence and addressed it with King George III? 19 When did King George III rule Great Britain? 20 What happened when the British Parliament closed the port of Boston and took away the rights of the Massachusetts Bay colonial assembly? 21 What was the American Revolution to the French and Indian War? 22 What did the grievance list? 23 What did the Declaration of Independence consist of? To accept the American petitions a series of acts (laws) were passed The Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts) Because the British and French were fighting over land that both countries had claimed. King George III of England Because the colonists were unhappy with British rules and wanted their independence. A list of grievances against King George III. Although the Declaration of Independence stated that all men equal, they were not considered equal. Because they had no representation in British Parliament On May 10, 1775 in Philadephia Different groups of Native Americans They began to self-govern. Ideas of freedom The creation of the Continental Army and the adoption of the Declaration of Independence Through the Tea Act which gave them exclusive rights to sell tea before, during, and after the American Revolution a catalyst The First Continental Congress Because the colonists protested the taxes on paper goods. A direct tax on paper items/printed goods including newspapers, legal documents, and playing cards. Thomas Jefferson The Sons of Liberty The British Parliament