Relacionar Columnas American Evolution UT ReviewVersión en línea The French and Indian War The Acts First and Second Continental Congress The Declaration of Independence por Cardelia Brewer Brewer 1 Why was the Declaration of Independence written? 2 Who met to address concerns about the Coercive Acts imposed upon the colonist by Britain? 3 Why did the French and Indian War exist? 4 What did the grievance list? 5 What was most important to the newly forming nation by the Second Continental Congress? 6 When did King George III rule Great Britain? 7 How was the war's debt paid? 8 Who dressed like First Americans (Indians) and dumped tea into Boston Harbor? 9 Who benefited when a colonist purchased one of the stamps? 10 What did the Declaration of Independence consist of? 11 Why did the colonists feel that the laws and taxes passed by the British were unfair? 12 How was the British East India Company able to sell tea? 13 When did the Second Continental Congress met? 14 Who wrote the Declaration of Independence and addressed it with King George III? 15 What happened when the British Parliament closed the port of Boston and took away the rights of the Massachusetts Bay colonial assembly? 16 Who decided that the debt from the French and Indian War must be paid by the American colonists? 17 Who were allies for both sides (British and French)? 18 What came as a result of the Boston Tea Party? 19 What did King George III refuse? 20 What was the American Revolution to the French and Indian War? 21 Why was the Stamp Act abolished after one year? 22 What did the Stamp Act require? 23 Why were slaves and women not allowed to vote? a series of acts (laws) were passed Because the colonists protested the taxes on paper goods. The British Parliament A direct tax on paper items/printed goods including newspapers, legal documents, and playing cards. The creation of the Continental Army and the adoption of the Declaration of Independence Ideas of freedom 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. The Sons of Liberty They began to self-govern. a catalyst The Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts) Different groups of Native Americans To accept the American petitions Although the Declaration of Independence stated that all men equal, they were not considered equal. Because the colonists were unhappy with British rules and wanted their independence. The First Continental Congress King George III of England On May 10, 1775 in Philadephia Thomas Jefferson before, during, and after the American Revolution Because they had no representation in British Parliament A list of grievances against King George III.