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