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