Ch. 4: Imperial Wars and Colonial Protest

What is the American name for the Seven Years' War?

The French and Indian War

What territory were the Colonist and French/Native Americans fighting for?

Ohio River Valley, Fort Duquesne

What was the Albany Plan of Union and who started it?

Plan for the colonies to unite under a strong central government and was proposed by Benjamin Franklin.

What were the British views of the colonist in the French and Indian war?

The British thought the "Americans" were poorly trained and thought they were unable and unwilling to defend the new frontiers (Ohio River Valley and Fort Duquesne).

What was the colonial view of their efforts in the French and Indian war?

The Colonist thought they had done a good job and even gained enough confidence to start the belief that they could defend themselves without British help. They were not impressed with British leadership.

What event led to the issuing of the Proclamation of 1763?

Pontiac's Rebellion

What was Pontiac's Rebellion and why?

Chief Pontiac led an "army" of Native Americans to destroy forts and attack settlements because they were angered by the growing westward movement of European settlers.

What is the Proclamation of 1763?

This prohibited colonist from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.

What was the Stamp Act?

A tax on legal documents, newspapers, almanacs, playing cards, and dice

What was the Sons and Daughters of Liberty and who led it?

A resistance group led by Samuel Adams, organized boycotts of British goods, used intimidation and violence.

What was the Declaratory Act?

An act English parliament made which said Britain had total authority over the colonies "in all cases whatsoever".

What were the Townshend Acts?

Acts which placed taxes on glass, lead, paper, paints, and tea; often these taxes were hidden in an effort to fool the colonists. It also allowed the searching of homes for smuggled goods, (goes against 4th amendment).

What was the Boston Massacre?

The killing of 5 civilians by British troops which helped spark the American Revolutionary War.

What was the Committees of Correspondence?

This was a committee organized to exchange letters about suspicious or potentially threatening British activities.

What was the Gaspee?

British customs ship that cracked down on smugglers

What was the Boston Tea Party?

In response to the Tea Act, (which said colonists could only buy tea from one company) colonists dressed like Indians, raided 3 British ships in the Boston harbor and destroyed/dumped the tea into the harbor.

What was the consequence of the Boston Tea Party?

Intolerable Acts (Coercive+Quebec Acts)

What did the Coercive Acts do?

- Closed the port of Boston which prohibited trade in and out of the harbor.
- Reduced the power of the Massachusetts legislature while royal governor power increased.
- Royal Officials accused of crimes were now to be tried in Great Britain.
- Enabled British troops to be quartered in private homes. (goes against 3rd amendment)

What did the Quebec act do?

- Established Roman Catholicism as the official religion of Quebec.
- Government without a representative assembly.
- Expanded Quebec territory to the Ohio River.

Who were some Enlightenment leaders?

- John Locke
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau

What did John Locke believe?

natural rights

What did John Dickinson write and what did it protest?

"Letters From a Farmer in Pennsylvania"
- no taxation without representation.

What was the Quatering Act of 1765?

Required the colonists to provide food and living quarters for British soldiers in Colonies.

Who was Patrick Henry?

He was a Virginia lawyer who spoke against the Stamp Act at the House of Burgesses.

What major event did the French and Indian war lead to?

The American Revolution.

What is Deism?

Belief in God based on reason and natural law

What is Rationalism?

A belief or theory that opinions and actions should be based on reason and knowledge rather than on religious belief or emotional response

Who was George Washington during this period?

He was sent to command a small militia to fight the French and American Indian forces.

What ended the Seven Years' War?

Peace of Paris

What is Salutary Neglect?

British policy of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws meant to keep American colonies obedient to England.