Vocab Unit 3 (APUSH)

Minutemen

A small, elite force of colonial militia members who were required to be highly mobile and ready to assemble and fight at a moment’s notice during the American Revolutionary War. Often reffered to as the “minute men” because they were expected to respond at a minute’s warning.

Battle of Lexington (April 19, 1775)

The first military engagement of the American Revolutionary War. In Massachusetts, between British troops and a small group of colonial militia known as the minutemen. The British encountered arm resistance and resulted in the deaths of several colonists.

Pontiac’s Rebellion (1763-1765)

An armed conflict between the British Empire and a coalition of Algonquian, Iroquoian, and Siouan-speaking Native American tribes, led by Ottawa chief Pontiac.This was a response to British expansionism and policies in the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley.

Proclamation of 1763

A royal decree issues by King George lll of Britain on October 7,1763. Following the French and Indian War it prohibited American colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains and required those already living there to return east.