Road to the Revolutionary War

Who was Britain's biggest rival by the mid 1700s?

• The Spanish

• The French

• The colonies

• Germany

What war broke between Britain/Colonies and France?

• The French and Indian War

• Civil War

• The Battle of Lexington

• French and 13 Colonies War

What treaty was signed after the British won the French and Indian War?

• Treaty of Paris 1776

• Treaty of Versailles

• Treaty of Paris 1763

• Treaty of Ghent

The Treaty of Paris issued the following:

• French would be able to keep their land but have to teach the British about fur trade

• French would give up their land, the borders of GA increased, and the Spanish had to give their land to the British

• The Native Americans would gain all their land back in all colonies

• The British would share the land the with the French if they would pay the British Parliament taxes

After the French and Indian War, what did the King issue to make peace with the Natives and enforce the colonists to move back to the original colonies

• Articles of Confederation

• Proclamation of 1756

• Declaration of Independence

• Proclamation of 1763

Why didn't the Proclamation of 1763 affect the colonists of Georgia as much?

• Because they ignored it

• GA didn't want to expand out West anyways

• GA colonists just wanted to focus on their WRIST crops and make a living

• he Georgians were happy about the border expansions received for their colony and many of them lived on the coastline of GA already

Why did the British Parliament enforce taxes on the colonists after the Proclamation of 1763?

• It was just the new way of life

• To raise money and repay the debt that the French and Indian War caused

• The Mother Country participates in Mercantilism and they wanted more money to fund them

• To help build forts to protect the colonists from the French if they tried to attack and get their land back

How did the colonists feel about the taxation placed on them by the King and British Parliament?

• They were upset and felt like they didn't have a voice. No representation from the colonist in Parliament.

• They just paid the taxes and followed the rules set by the King

• The colonists didn't care, it was just something that they were use to

What was the first tax enforced on the colonies?

• Sugar Tax

• Stamp Tax

• Land Tax

• Tea Tax

What is the best way to describe the Stamp Act?

• A tax on food

• A tax that required you to pay for postage to mail your letters

• A tax that stamped out the French from the colonies

• A tax place on printed materials and all legal documents