APUSH Chapter 6 Quiz List
French and Indian War – War between Britain and France in North America; Britain won and gained Canada.
Albany Congress – 1754 colonial meeting for defense; Franklin’s plan for unity rejected.
Battle of Québec – 1759 British victory over France; turning point in French and Indian War.
Pontiac’s War – 1763 Native uprising against British forts after French defeat.
Proclamation of 1763 – Banned colonial settlement west of Appalachians.
Republicanism – Idea of government based on citizens’ virtue and opposition to corruption.
Radical Whigs – British writers warning against tyranny; influenced colonists.
Mercantilism – Economic system where colonies exist to benefit the mother country.
Sugar Act – 1764 tax on sugar and molasses; first revenue-raising act.
Quartering Act – Required colonists to house and supply British soldiers.
Stamp Act – 1765 tax on printed goods; angered colonists.
Admiralty Courts – British courts without juries for smuggling cases.
Stamp Act Congress – 1765 colonial meeting protesting the Stamp Act.
Nonimportation Agreements – Colonial boycotts of British goods.
Sons of Liberty – Radical protest group resisting British taxes.
Daughters of Liberty – Women supporting boycotts by making homemade goods.
Declaratory Act – 1766 law asserting Britain’s right to tax colonies after repealing Stamp Act.
Townshend Acts – 1767 taxes on imports like glass, lead, paint, paper, tea.
Boston Massacre – 1770 clash; British soldiers killed 5 colonists.
Committees of Correspondence – Colonial groups spreading resistance and unity.
Boston Tea Party – 1773 protest where colonists dumped tea into harbor.
“Intolerable Acts” – 1774 British punishments for Boston Tea Party; closed harbor, limited self-rule.
Québec Act – 1774 extended Quebec territory, allowed Catholicism; angered colonists.
First Continental Congress – 1774 meeting of colonies to plan resistance.
The Association – Continental Congress agreement to boycott British goods.
Battles of Lexington & Concord – 1775 first battles of the American Revolution.
Valley Forge – 1777–78 harsh winter camp; army trained by von Steuben
William Pitt – British leader who helped win French and Indian War.
Pontiac – Native leader of 1763 rebellion.
George Grenville – Prime minister behind Sugar and Stamp Acts.
Charles Townshend – Proposed the Townshend Acts.
Crispus Attucks – First killed in Boston Massacre.
George III – King of Britain during the Revolution.
Lord North – Prime minister during Revolution; repealed Townshend Acts but kept tea tax.
Samuel Adams – Revolutionary leader; founded Sons of Liberty, Committees of Correspondence.
Marquis de Lafayette – French nobleman aiding American Revolution.
Baron von Steuben – Prussian officer who trained troops at Valley Forge.