Question

Match the key term with the correct description

Answer 1

1.  French and Indian War

• Conflict in North America that was part of a larger conflict between the French and British knows as the Seven Years’ War; began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763; British won and gained huge territorial gains

2.  1763 Treaty of Paris

• Ended the French and Indian War; French gave up all of its territories in mainland North America

3.  Proclamation of 1763

• Decree by British officials banning colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains

4.  Stamp Act

• British legislation that required colonists to pay for special stamps on most printed documents

5.  Intolerable Acts

• Also known as the Coercive Acts; 1774 laws passed by the British Parliament in retaliation for the Boston Tea Party; closed the Boston Harbor, stripped Massachusetts of its charter, abolished town meetings, increased the power of the appointed royal governor, and renewed the Quartering Act