To refuse to buy.

What was one major cause of the French and Indian War?
a. the british government passed new tax laws in the colonies
b. american colonists wanted independence from Britain.
c. France and Britain both claimed the same lands in North America.

How did many colonist protest the taxes placed on British goods?
A. They left the colonies.
B.They refused to buy British goods.

Why were the battles at Lexington and Concord so important?
A. They marked the end of the French and Indian War
B. They marked the beginning of the American Revolution
C. They were the first battles led by George Washington.

Who was the commander in chief of the Continental Army?
A. George Washington
B. Samuel Adams

The act of working against one's government.

What did the British government do to help pay the costs of the French and Indian War?
A. It printed colonial currency
B. It forced the colonists to trade only with Britain
C. It passed new tax laws for the colonies

How did Committees of Correspondence help the colonists fight British Rule?
A. They spread information quickly.
B. They housed British soldiers.
C. They coted to declare independence.

What happened on July 4, 1776, that makes it such an important date in American History?
A. The 13 colonies formed their first united government.
B. The colonists won the American Revolution.
C. Congress voted to accept the Declaration of Indepenedence

Who was the head of the committee for the Articles of Confederation?
A. Thomas Jefferson
B. John Dickinson

A sudden change of government.

The Proclomation of 1763 was a public announcement from King George III that said...
A. Colonists could live where ever they wanted
B. Colonists could live with the Native Americans in the Appalacian Mountains
C. All lands west of the Appalachian Mountain

What did the Stamp Act Tax?

What was the first plan of government for the United States?
A.The Albany Plan
B. The Articles of Confederation
C. The Declaration of Independence

Who organized dthe first Committee of Correspondence in Boston and was thought by many people to have planned the Boston Tea Party?
A. Samuel Adams
B. Richard Henry Lee

A plan for spending money.

Many colonists said that Parliament should not tax them because they had no representation.
What does the word REPRESENTATION mean?

What were some of the effects of the Townshend Acts?
A. They paid the taxes
B. They taxed imports
C. They boycotted British goods

What is one effect that the Articles of Confederation had on the new nation?
A. Congress was given the power to control trade.
B. Congreww was able to collect taxes.
C. The power of the states was limited.
D. The states were held together as a nation dur

Was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?

A formal agreement among groups or individuals.

Why did Parliament pass new taxes for the colonists?

Who fired the first shot at the Boston Massacre?

Who was the First person to sign the Declaration of Independence?

Called for a resolution in the Second Continental Congress for independence from Britain