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Proclamation of 1763
Prohibited colonists from settling beyond the Appalachian Mountains.
Writs of assistance
Allowed customs officials to search for smuggled goods.
Stamp Act
Taxed legal documents, newspapers, calenders, playing cards, and other printed items.
Quartering Act (1765)
Required colonists to house British troops in barracks, stables, or other buildings.
Sugar Act
Taxed imported goods such as sugar, molasses, and coffee.
Iroquois
Strongest confederation of Indian tribes in North America
French and Indian
This war was fought in North America from 1754 to 1763
George Washington
The governor of Virginia sent this person to construct a fort at the Ohio River in 1754.
Guerilla Warfare
The tactic of hiding behind trees and ambushing the enemy.
Samuel Adams
A famous member of the Sons of Liberty.
Edward Braddock
The British general who led and was killed in the first major action fo the French and Indian war.
William Pitt
The British politician who changed tactics in the war and gave full support to the war effort in the American colonies.
James Wolfe
British general who besieged Quebec City and devised a daring plan to capture the city.
Marquis De Montecalm
French commander of Quebec City.
Pontiac
The Ottawa Indian chief who strongly opposed British colonists’ expansion into the western frontier.
Sons of Liberty
The main group who organized protests against the Stamp Act.
John Locke
An English philosopher whose writings influenced the colonists’ view on the right to overthrow the government.
Boycott
Refusal to buy imported goods from Britain as a response to taxes is an example of
Stamp Act congress
Delegates from nine colonies who met in an assembly.
Boston Tea Party
Where over 100 men boarded British ships and tossed tea overboard.
Concord
The place where the British destroyed military supplies and then retreated to Boston.
First Continental Congress
Delegates of the colones who met to discuss their opposition to the Intolerable Acts.
Lexington
The first town where British troops reached and where the first casualties of the war happened.
Minutemen
Militiamen who were ready to fight at a moment’s notice.
Casualties
Refers to the number of people killed, wounded, captured, or missing in battle.
Benjamin Franklin
The primary author of Albany Plan of Union
France land east of Mississippi, control of Canada from France, control of Flordia
Britain gained possession over these in the Treaty of Paris.
King George the 3rd
This was the English monarch who was petitioned by the Stamp Act Congress.
Townshed Acts
Placed new taxes on glass, paper, lead, paint, and tea.
Tea
Parliament mainted the tax on this item when they repealed the Townshend Acts.
Intolerable Acts
The British passed the Coercive Acts, which the colonists called:
Patrick Henry
This person made the statement “Give me liberty or give me death”
Paul Revere, William Daws, Doctor Prescott
The three men who warned the colonists that the British were coming to Lexington and Concord.
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