5: American Colonies in the British Empire

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Boston Massacre
________: conflict between colonists and British soldiers in which 5 colonists were killed.
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Samuel Adams
________: urged protest against British action in Massachusetts.
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Marquis de Montcalm
False: The ________ and his British troops scaled cliffs to attack Montreal.
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Mercantilism
________: The economic system of European countries during the colonial era.
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George Washington
________: led Virginia forces and acted as an aide to the British during the French and Indian War.
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James Wolfe
________: British General who led action against Quebec.
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Paul Revere
________: made a ride through the countryside of Massachusetts.
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France
Relations between ________ and Britain were not friendly before the French and Indian War.
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Navigation
________ and Trade Acts: Regulated colonial trade with other colonies and with foreign nations.
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Intolerable Acts
________: 4 laws imposed by the British to punish Massachusetts after the Boston Tea Party.
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Edward Braddock
________: British general who was defeated near Fort Duquesne.
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Stamp Act
________: a tax that the British Parliament placed on newspapers and official documents sold in the American colonies.
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Continental Congress
False: The First ________ called for the overthrow of the king because of his abusive actions.
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Boston Tea Party
False: The ________ occurred because British Taxes had caused the price of tea to skyrocket.
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French
False: The ________ controlled a small, heavily populated colony in North America.
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George III
King ________: King of England at the time of the American Revolution.
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Skirmishes of Concord
________ and Lexington mark the beginning of the War for Independence.
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Committee of Correspondence
________: Alerted colonies of British threats and promoted opposition.
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Proclamation of 1763
________: law forbidding English colonists to settle west of the Appalachian mountains.
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George Washington
________: failed to keep the French from occupying Fort Duquesne.