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5th Grade CATS Review
Times leading up to the American
Revolution
Jamey Herdelin
Maupin Elementary School
Louisville, KY
4/8/05
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Eleanor M. Savko
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Struggles for North America
Territory
French & IndianWar
Key Events
Acts and
Anger
Want aCup of Tea?
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Why was the North America territory so
popular with the British and the
French?
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Because the North America territory
(especially the Ohio River Valley)
had rich resources such as furs and fertile soil.
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Why did the French build forts in the North America
territory?
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The French wanted to
protect their fur trade and
claims on their land by the British.
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Why did the British and the Colonist not like all those
French forts?
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The French forts
interfered with their ability to farm and
trade furs.
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In 1754, 7 colonies sent representativ
es to a meeting with the Iroquois.
What was their goal?
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The colonists wanted the Iroquois to join with
them against the
French. http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/images/2003/Iroquois-Warrior.jpg
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What was the outcome of the
meeting between colonists and
Iroquois in 1754?
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The Iroquois didn’t take the side of the
British
because
they wanted to trade with both the
French and British.
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In 1755, England sent General Braddock over to drive the French out
of the Ohio River Valley.
He was killed by a small band of French and Native Americans.
What did the Native Americans do after that
battle?
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The Native Americans
joined up with the French
hoping to keep the
land out of the hands
of the British.http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/images/2003/Iroquois-Warrior.jpg
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In 1758,
Britain
declared war
against
France.
What was
that war
called?And what were the French and British
fighting over ?
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The French and Indian War.
The war was for control of the
North American Territory.
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Who won the French and Indian War?
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The British
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Why did an Ottawa chief named
Pontiac
lead a number of successful attacks
against British forts
after the French and Indian War was
over?
What was this attack known as?
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The British were moving west to the area the French had
taken over.
The Native Americans
didn’t want it.
The attack was known as Pontiac’s Rebellion.
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The British government issued the
Proclamation of 1763
as a result of Pontiac’s Rebellion.
What was the purpose of this proclamation?
And did the Proclamation of 1763 work?
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To forbid the colonists from moving west into Native American territory.
The Proclamation of 1763 didn’t work the colonists ignored it and moved west.
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Who did King George III
hire to keep the
colonists in order?
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German mercenary
soldiers
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What effect did the
French and Indian War
have on the British government and
its funds?
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The war drained the British
government’s funds and they
needed to raise some
money.
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How did the British
government decide to
raise money to pay for its troops in the
colonies?
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It passed the
Stamp Act.
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What was the Stamp Act?
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An Act that required almost everything
printed on paper
in the American colonies
to have an official stamp before it
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What was the Stamp Act considered in the eyes of the colonists?
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A tax!
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Why did the colonists
protest the Stamp Act?
What happened to the Stamp
Act?
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They had no voice, no
representation in the decision to pass the Stamp
Act.
The Stamp Act was repealed. x
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What was the Townshend
Act?
Why was the Townshend Act passed?
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A tax on imported
goods.
It was passed because the
British needed to raise money.
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What did the colonist do in response to
the Townshend Act
and
did it work?
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The colonists boycotted many of the
British products
and
the British repealed the Townshend
Act.
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What was the cause of the
Boston Massacre?
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A group of colonists were throwing snowballs at
British soldiers.
The group got larger and the soldiers began to
panic.
Suddenly a soldier shot into the crowd and then others followed suit.
5 colonists died altogether.
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What is a massacre
and
was the Boston Massacre a
real massacre?
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The killing of many people,
particularly defenseless
people.
No it was not a real massacre
because only 5 people died and
the colonists were not actually
defenseless.
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What did the colonists do about the Boston Massacre?
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Colonists used the shooting as propaganda,
as a way to convince other colonists that the British troops are trouble.
x x x
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Why did the British pass the
Tea Act in 1773?
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They needed money to bail out the East
India Company, one of Britain’s
largest companies. http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/daybyday/images/east_india.jpg
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Why did the Sons of Liberty
dump all that East
India Company
tea into the Boston Harbor?
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As a way to protest the
way the British
government was taxing
the colonists unjustly.
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What did the British do to
get back at the colonists after the Boston Tea Party?
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They passed the
Intolerable Acts.
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What did the Intolerable Acts do to the people
living in the colonies?
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Split them into two groups –
the patriots and the loyalists.
Vs.
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