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