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