APUSH

Fort Necessity

The fort which George Washington built in the Ohio Valley to protect the English from the French.

French & Indian War

Lasting from 1754-1763, the war was fought between the French and Indian allies against the British and their Indian allies.

Treaty of Paris 1763

ended the French & Indian war/ Seven years war between Great Britain and France as well as their respective allies.

Proclamation Line 1763

an edict made by King George III after the conclusion of the French Indian war

Quartering Act

an act passed by British Parliament to ensure that British soldiers would be properly billeted and fed during their times of service in the North American colonies.

Sugar act of 1764

First law passed by Parliament that raised tax revenues in the colonies for the crown

Stamp Act 1765

imposed a tax on all printed materials, including newspaper, legal documents, and even playing cards

Townshend Acts

a new tax legislation that was put in place by Charles Townshend once he gained control over the parliament.

Boston Massacre

a deadly confrontation between British Soldiers and American Colonists that took place in Boston Massachusetts in March 1770

Paul Revere

silversmith and patriot who alerted the colonists that the British were coming before Lexington and Concord by taking a midnight horse ride to spread the word and to prepare colonists

Sons of Liberty

an organization formed by American colonists in the early years of the American revolution.

Samuel Adams

An American statesman, political philosopher, and one of the founding fathers

John Adams

second president of the United States and a federalist

Patrick Henry

a leader of the American Revolution and a famous orator who spoke out against British rule of the American colonies (“Give me liberty of give me death”

First Continental Congress

A convention of delegates from twelve of the 13 colonies

Boston Tea Party

a group of Massachusetts colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians board three British teas ships and dump 342 chests of tea into the harbor.

Coercive Acts

a series of harsh and grudging laws constructed by the British in response to the Boston Tea party

Navigation Acts

Laws that governed trade between England and its colonies

Middle Passage

middle segment of the forced journey that slaves made from Africa to America thought the 1600’s

William Pitt

A Whig statesman who shifted British efforts in the French and Indian war from colonial skirmishes to the capturing of Canada.

Fort Duquesne

French fort that was site of the first major battle in the French & Indian War

Second Continental Congress

a convention of delegates from the thirteen colonies that met beginning on May 10, 1775 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania soon after warfare in the American Revolutionary War

Declaration of Independence

a formal document in which the Continental Congress representing the American colonies detailed its reasons for breaking political bonds with Great Britain.

Thomas Jefferson

3rd President of the United States. He favored limited central government. He was chief drafter of the Declaration of Independence; approved of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 

Benjamin Franklin

American public official, writer, scientist, and printer

George Washington

1st president of the united states

George III

The mentally unstable King of England from 1760-1820, whom the colonists were torn between loyalty and resistance, but after his rejection of the Olive Branch Petition he was largely considered a tyrant. 

Lexington & Concord

The battles of Lexington and Concord initiated the Revolutionary War between the American colonists and the British.