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