 Great numbers settles in the Ohio Valley.

 Organized several tribes and attacked Colonial Forts.

 King George signed to avoid further trouble with American Indians.  Ordered all settlers to leave the Ohio Valley.  Colonists were opposed to the new law.

 Parliament wanted to tax the colonies in exchange for protection from all enemies.

Parliament- The government of Great Britain.

 Passed in  Taxed sugar, clothes, and any other goods from any place other than Great Britain.

 Passed in  Made it illegal for the colonies to print their own money.

Currency- Printed money.

 Passed in  Demanded that colonies provide housing and goods for all British soldiers in America.

 Passed in 1765; enabling the British government to tax all legal and business papers used in America.  Colonists tried to force its removal by boycotting all British goods.  Parliament repealed the tax in 1766.

Legal- Having to do with law. Boycott- To refuse to do something. Repeal- To remove a law.

 Stated that Great Britain had control over the colonies in all cases.

Tolerate- To allow something to happen. Relationship- Two or more things connected in some way. Tar and Feather- To cover a person with tar and then feathers to punish them.

 Was appointed Minister of Finance for Great Britain in 1766.

Finance- Having to do with money. Revenue- Money gained from something.

 Passed in  New taxes were placed on goods important to settlers.  Colonists boycotted British goods.

 Led the Sons of Liberty in protest against The Stamp Act.

 Started when a crowd of colonists threw stones and snowballs at soldiers.  Crispus Attucks was the first to fall when the soldiers fired.  All of the Townshend Acts were repealed except the tax on tea.

 Colonists lost much of their earlier freedom.  Committees wrote strong statements of American rights and complaints, which were given out to all colonies.  King George III looked upon the colonies as weak.

 East India Trading Company had to pay a tax to Great Britain before shipping tea to other places.  Frederick North wanted to force the colonies to pay a duty on tea.  Colonists refused to pay a duty.

Duty- A tax placed on certain goods brought into a certain place. Frederick North- Great Britain’s prime minister. Prime Minister- Head of parliament.

 On December 16, 1773, colonists dressed as Mohawk Indians boarded a ship carrying tea.  300 chests containing 90,000 pounds of tea were dumped into the harbor.  The British responded by passing the Intolerable Acts and the Quebec Acts.

Intolerable Acts- Laws that closed port of Boston, banned town meetings, made people house British troops in homes. Quebec Acts- Made Ohio Valley part of Quebec, a Canadian province controlled by Great Britain. Province- A part of a country.

 The meeting was called the Continental Congress because the British referred to Americans as Continentals.

Convention- A formal meeting held for a special purpose.

 Were elected for all colonies except Georgia.  Debated for seven weeks starting in September of  Agreed to adopt a Declaration of Rights and to boycott British goods.

Delegate- A person who represents an area or group of people.

 Became furious and threatened the colonies.

 Minutemen agreed to gather a minute’s notice and become soldiers.  British planned to seize all military supplies and capture the gunpowder supply at Concord.  Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Samuel Prescott warned colonists on horseback.  Shots fired on April 18, 1775, were later described as the shots heard around the world.

Minutemen- a group of men trained to be soldiers and who agreed to meet at a minute’s notice. Patriot- Someone who loves his or her country.