5: American Colonies in the British Empire

Boston Massacre

________: conflict between colonists and British soldiers in which 5 colonists were killed.

Samuel Adams

________: urged protest against British action in Massachusetts.

Marquis de Montcalm

False: The ________ and his British troops scaled cliffs to attack Montreal.

Mercantilism

________: The economic system of European countries during the colonial era.

George Washington

________: led Virginia forces and acted as an aide to the British during the French and Indian War.

James Wolfe

________: British General who led action against Quebec.

Paul Revere

________: made a ride through the countryside of Massachusetts.

France

Relations between ________ and Britain were not friendly before the French and Indian War.

Navigation

________ and Trade Acts: Regulated colonial trade with other colonies and with foreign nations.

Intolerable Acts

________: 4 laws imposed by the British to punish Massachusetts after the Boston Tea Party.

Edward Braddock

________: British general who was defeated near Fort Duquesne.

Stamp Act

________: a tax that the British Parliament placed on newspapers and official documents sold in the American colonies.

Continental Congress

False: The First ________ called for the overthrow of the king because of his abusive actions.

Boston Tea Party

False: The ________ occurred because British Taxes had caused the price of tea to skyrocket.

French

False: The ________ controlled a small, heavily populated colony in North America.

George III

King ________: King of England at the time of the American Revolution.

Skirmishes of Concord

________ and Lexington mark the beginning of the War for Independence.

Committee of Correspondence

________: Alerted colonies of British threats and promoted opposition.

Proclamation of 1763

________: law forbidding English colonists to settle west of the Appalachian mountains.

George Washington

________: failed to keep the French from occupying Fort Duquesne.