Complete the definitions for the following terms. There are 16 words total. My suggestion is that you use the text
Do the stuff that ain't highlighted, but I still want you to know first, then do the highlighted/bolded stuff...
Navigation Acts
French and Indian War
"No Taxation without representation"
Boston Massacre
Boston Tea Party
George III
Stamp Act
The Navigation Acts were a series of laws passed by the British Parliament in the 17th and 18th centuries that regulated colonial trade and manufacturing.
The French and Indian War was a conflict between the British and French empires in North America that lasted from 1754 to 1763 and resulted in the British victory and acquisition of French territory.
"No Taxation without representation" was a slogan used by colonists to protest against British taxation without colonial representation in Parliament, a key grievance leading to the American Revolution.
The Boston Massacre was a clash between British soldiers and colonists in Boston in 1770 in which five colonists were killed, fueling anti-British sentiment in the American colonies.
The Boston Tea Party was a protest in 1773 in which American colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor to protest a British tax on tea, leading to the implementation of the Intolerable Acts.
George III was the King of England during the American Revolution, known for his policies that exacerbated tensions between Britain and its American colonies.
The Stamp Act was a tax imposed by the British Parliament on all printed materials in the American colonies, leading to widespread protests and the eventual repeal of the tax.