APUSH Chapter 6 Quiz List

French and Indian War

War between Britain and France in North America; Britain won and gained Canada.

Albany Congress

1754 colonial meeting for defense; Franklin’s plan for unity rejected.

Battle of Québec

1759 British victory over France; turning point in French and Indian War.

Pontiac’s War

1763 Native uprising against British forts after French defeat.

Proclamation of 1763

Banned colonial settlement west of Appalachians.

Republicanism

Idea of government based on citizens’ virtue and opposition to corruption.

Radical Whigs

British writers warning against tyranny; influenced colonists.

Mercantilism

Economic system where colonies exist to benefit the mother country.

Sugar Act

1764 tax on sugar and molasses; first revenue-raising act.

Quartering Act

Required colonists to house and supply British soldiers.

Stamp Act

1765 tax on printed goods; angered colonists.

Admiralty Courts

British courts without juries for smuggling cases.

Stamp Act Congress

1765 colonial meeting protesting the Stamp Act.

Nonimportation Agreements

Colonial boycotts of British goods.

Sons of Liberty

Radical protest group resisting British taxes.

Daughters of Liberty

Women supporting boycotts by making homemade goods.

Declaratory Act

1766 law asserting Britain’s right to tax colonies after repealing Stamp Act.

Townshend Acts

1767 taxes on imports like glass, lead, paint, paper, tea.

Boston Massacre

1770 clash; British soldiers killed 5 colonists.

Committees of Correspondence

Colonial groups spreading resistance and unity.

Boston Tea Party

1773 protest where colonists dumped tea into harbor.

Intolerable Acts

1774 British punishments for Boston Tea Party; closed harbor, limited self-rule.

Québec Act

1774 extended Quebec territory, allowed Catholicism; angered colonists.

First Continental Congress

1774 meeting of colonies to plan resistance.

The Association

Continental Congress agreement to boycott British goods.

Battles of Lexington & Concord

1775 first battles of the American Revolution.

Valley Forge

1777–78 harsh winter camp; army trained by von Steuben.

William Pitt

British leader who helped win French and Indian War.

Pontiac

Native leader of 1763 rebellion.

George Grenville

Prime minister behind Sugar and Stamp Acts.

Charles Townshend

Proposed the Townshend Acts.

Crispus Attucks

First killed in Boston Massacre.

George III

King of Britain during the Revolution.

Lord North

Prime minister during Revolution; repealed Townshend Acts but kept tea tax.

Samuel Adams

Revolutionary leader; founded Sons of Liberty, Committees of Correspondence.

Marquis de Lafayette

French nobleman aiding American Revolution.

Baron von Steuben

Prussian officer who trained troops at Valley Forge.