Unit 3 Topic 1 Social Studies 4th Grade

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FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR:
The French wanted to claim the Ohio River Valley because
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FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR:
The French wanted to claim the Ohio River Valley because
they wanted to expand its colony as well as trap and trade furs.
The British wanted to claim the Ohio River Valley because
they wanted to expand the 13 colonies as well as claim the fertile soil to farm
The Native Americans joined the French because
they did not like how the British had treated them.
They also wanted to keep their lands so they could grow crops and trade.
END OF THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR:
The Proclamation of 1763
prohibited the colonists from settling land west of the Appalachian Mountains.
The Proclamation of 1763 also...
gave Indians the right to the land west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Colonists became angry because they did not like being told
where they could settle.
Great Britain taxed the colonies to cover the cost of the
French and Indian War and to pay troops to protect the colonies.
The colonists considered British taxes unjust because
they had no representation in Parliament, which was on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.
STAMP ACT/SUGAR ACT:
Stamp Act is...
a law that required colonists to buy stamps for paper goods and documents.
Sugar Act is...
a law that increased the prices of sugar, molasses, and several other colonial goods.
PROTEST: American colonists protested against...the acts that were imposed onto them by the British Parliament.TOWNSHEND REVENUE ACT: The Townsend Revenue Act was...a tax placed on imported goods such as paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea.The Townsend Revenue Act also...allowed the collection of these levees and created courts that could prosecute smugglers without a jury.The Townsend Revenue Act went further than just taxing imported goods, it allowed...British officials the right to search colonists' houses."No Taxation without Representation" was a slogan created by thePatriots that argued against taxes that were enforced by the Townshend Revenue Act.Explain in your own words what Patriots and Loyalists are.THE BOSTON MASSACRE: The Boston Massacre was a clash betweencolonists and British soldiers at the Custom House in Boston.During the Boston Massacre, colonists attacked the soldiers with...snowballs, clubs, and sticks.Shots were fired by the soldiers killing how many of the protesting colonists? (Boston Massacre)fiveBOSTON TEA PARTY: The British imposed a new tax on the American Colonies that all tea had to be traded and purchased through the...East India Tea Company.The colonists reacted to the new act imposed on them by...dressing as Native Americans and pushing all the tea into the Boston Harbor.