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- 2. An act that taxed things colonists could not make themselves and allowed soldiers to search people’s houses to look for smuggled items.
- 6. An act that put a tax on tea coming into the colonies.
- 7. An act that declared that the colonists were dependent on the king and that all laws passed in the colonies had no effect.
- 8. An act that caused colonists to put expensive tax stamps on almost all of their documents.
- 10. A proclamation that did not let the colonists pass into the Ohio River Valley even though it was British land.
- 11. The piece of land that was fought over during the French and Indian War.
- 13. The chamber of government in which each state gets two votes.
- 16. An event during which colonists dressed as Native Americans dropped tons of tea into Boston harbor to boycott it.
- 17. An important British colonel who had several misfortunes early on and sparked the French and Indian War.
- 18. An act that required colonists to give food and a place to sleep to any British troops that asked for it.
- 20. The country that made allies with the Native American tribes the most during the French and Indian War.
- 22. The government branch that is responsible for representing states and making laws.
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- 1. Before the French and Indian War, the French had two colonies: Louisiana and _____.
- 3. The colonist’s first attempt at creating a government for their new nation.
- 4. The government branch that interprets and enforces laws.
- 5. The colonist’s second attempt at creating a government that is still in force today.
- 9. A document in which the colonists declared their independence from the king.
- 12. A series of acts that lessened rebellious activity in the colonies and restrained the colonists.
- 14. The country that won the French and Indian War.
- 15. The chamber of government in which the number of votes each state gets depends on its population.
- 19. The treaty that ended the French and Indian War.
- 21. A war during which the colonists got their independence from Great Britain.
