Events Leading to the American Revolution

Dressed as Mohawk Indians and dumped the tea into the Boston Harbor

boys throwing snowballs at soldiers, shots fired in crowd killing five colonist

importing goods illegally

What land were they fighting over in the French and Indian War? 

first person to be killed in the Boston Massacre

fought each other in the French and Indian War

At the end of the French and Indian war, Britain and France signed this peace treaty

Who won the French and Indian War?

freedom from being controlled by another government

to cancel something, or take away, such as law

a fight against a government

order given to reserve Ohio River Valley for the Native Americans as their hunting grounds

to prove it could still tax the colonies, the British Parliament kept a tax on

stopped buying British goods and made their own cloth

Britain closed the Boston Harbor and made colonist quarter soldiers 

Colonies could share news with the other colonies in efforts to oppose British actions

a tax on every item printed on paper

to give people food or shelter

the killing of many people

an official public statement

Colonists boycotted tea, dressed up as Mohawks, and dumped tea into Boston Harbor

Only colonial governments should tax colonists

This was made to avoid any more fighting with the Indians after the French and Indian War

written communication

refusal to buy, sale, or use certain goods

an event that people complain about an issue

This act taxed sugar,coffee, cloth and other imported goods

In 1775, the first fight between colonists and British soldiers

someone chosen to speak or act for others

tax placed on tea, glass, lead, paint, and paper to help pay for soldiers in the colonies

During the French and Indian War, who were the Indians an ally of? 

a group of representatives who meet to discuss a subject

money people pay their government for services

a person or group that joins another to work towards a goal

This is how Britain planned on paying for the French and Indian war