Colonial crisis ? What did John Dickinson?s ?Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania? urge? The letter had circulated and had caused an early call to resistance. It urged the colonists to be against parliamentary taxes and to remember their ancestors and posterity. ? What was the Quebec Act and the colonial reaction to it? This Act allowed Roman Catholic practice allowed in Quebec. 2. ?What was the French and Indian War?? ?How did it set the stage for the coming of the Revolution? Do you think that the Stamp Act and Townshend Act were justifiable? ?What, after all, was the English Parliament attempting to go through such enactments? Why did Adams rebel against them?? Why was the Boston Tea Party such a powerful symbol? The French and Indian