American History Test 2

1765

Stamp Act Congress

1773

Boston Tea Party

1774

First Continental Congress

April 19, 1775

Lexington and Concord

1775

Second Continental Congress

Navigation Acts of 1660 and 1663

regulated and monopolized trade

Board of Trade

six-man group used to control and create laws or regulations dealing with colonial trade

laissez faire

What system did England practice with the colonies

Mercantile

What theory did England change to

Pontiac’s Conspiracy

A native American war led by Chief Pontiac against British frontier colonists

Writs of assistance

Search warrants

George III

became king in 1760; wanted more control

George Grenville

Became prime minister of England in 1763

Proclamation of 1763

No settlement west of the appalachians

James Otis

“The Right’s of the British Colonies asserted and proved.”

Sons of liberty

Political organization led by Samuel Adams that protested the new taxes

1765

9 colonies met in New York to discuss a response to the stamp act

Edmund Burke

One of Britain's greatest statesmen and political thinkers; defendant of the colonies

Declaratory act

The colonies are subordinate to Great Britain and parliament has the power to pass laws in the colonies

Charles Townshend

Appointed the chancellor of the Exchequer in 1767

Townshend Acts

New taxes passed on imported paper, paint, led, and tea

Patrick Henry

Who defend the house of bourgeois in the parson’s cause court case

Stamp act

What act did colonies especially hated

John Dickinson

Authored a pamphlet entitled “Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania to the Inhabitants of the British Colonies”

Boston Massacre

British soldiers killed 5 American citizens

Lord North

New Prime minister in 1770

Gaspee Incident

British ship burned by the colonists in 1772

Committees of Correspondence

formed by Sam Adams to help inform the colonies of issues with England

British East India Company

tea company of Great Britain

Boston Tea Party

citizens disguised as Native Americans boarded British ships and dumped tea into Boston Harbor

Board of customs

What did the Townshend acts create?

March 5, 1770

What date was the Boston Massacre

Tea act

What act was not repealed from the Townshend Acts

Boston Port Bill

closed the port of Boston

Administration of Justice Act

legal offenses would be tried in Great Britain

Massachusetts Government Act

limited self-government in Massachusetts

Quartering Act

soldiers could live in any structure they chose

Quebec Act

cancelled all western land claims by extending Quebec’s borders

First Continental Congress

12 out of 13 colonies met in Philadelphia in September 1774

March 1775

Henry’s speech summed up the feelings of the colonists toward England

Minutemen

colonial “soldiers” who were trained to fight at a “minute’s notice”

Thomas Gage

British general in charge of the soldiers in Boston

Lexington and Concord

2 small villages located 20 miles outside Boston

Ethan Allen

led a militia group called the Green Montain Boys

Second Continental Congress

provided a government and an army for the colonies

Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Dr. Samuel Prescott

Who were the 3 men who warned the minutemen

April 19, 1775

What date did the British march into Lexington

“The shot heard round the world”

What began the war for Independence

Ticonderoga

What fortress did Green Mountain Boys capture for their 1st victory

Crown Point

What did the Green Mountain Boys capture to protect the Northern colonies

Bunker hill

Where did the patriots lose their first battle

John Hancock

Who was chosen to be president of the Congress

George Washington

Who was chosen to lead the army

1730s-1740s

The Great Awakening

1754-1763

French and Indian War

Halfway Covenant

descendants of church members could become full members even if they weren’t believers

John and Charles Wesley

began the Methodist church

William Tennent

established “Log College” for ministry training

Gilbert Tennent

“The Dangers of an Unconverted Ministry”

Jonathan Edwards

preached the most famous sermon in American history, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”

Wesleys

Who led the Methodist Revival

America

Where was the revival in the Great Awakening

George Whitfield

Most famous preacher of the Great Awakening

David Brainerd

best-known missionary to the Native Americans

Phyllis Wheatley

1st black female writer in America

Fort Duquesne

French fort built strategically along the Ohio River (on British land); captured by the French

Albany Plan

Benjamin Franklin’s plan to unit the colonies against the French (unsuccessful)

British

Larger population gave superior man power

French

Stronger central government

General Braddock

1st Commander of British and American troops

William Pitt the Elder

Became the new Prime Minister of England

Seven Year’s War

What were the 4 wars between 1689 and 1763 called

George Washington

Who did Governor Dinwiddie sent to Ohio territory to force the French to leave

General James Wolfe

Who was the new commander for England to end the war

1759

British attack Quebec, largest French stronghold

Treaty of Paris

ended the French and Indian War (1763)

Wolfe

Who won the battle in 1759

England

What country did France gave Canada and land east of the Mississippi to

Spain

What country received the New Orleans and the Western territory

England

What country did Spain cede Florida to

9

How many colonies met to discuss a response to the stamp act?

12

How many of the 13 colonies met in Philadelphia in 1774

April 19, 1775

What date was "the shot heard round the world"

Benedict arnold

colonial general who committed treason when he handed over westpoint and defected to the british

Independence

What is the one thing the British didn't give America

July 4, 1776

Declaration of Independence adopted

1777

Battle of Saratoga

1781

Battle of Yorktown

1783

Treaty of Paris

Olive Branch Petition

July 1775; colonies sent a petition to George III to repair their relationship

Continental Congress

Issued a document entitled Declaration of the Cause and Necessity of Taking up arms

Hessians

German soldiers

Thomas Paine

Authored an pamphlet entitled Common Sense

Richard Henry Lee

proposed on June 7, 1776 that America should be free from England

Declaration of Independence

most important human statement of political principles in history

John Locke

social contract theory; individuals have rights to life, liberty, and property

William Blackstone

Commentaries on the Laws of England

Patriots

supported independence from England

Loyalists

supported the king and his authority

Proclamation of Rebellion

What did the King issue in England