5: American Colonies in the British Empire
Samuel Adams: urged protest against British action in Massachusetts
\ Edward Braddock: British general who was defeated near Fort Duquesne
\ Paul Revere: made a ride through the countryside of Massachusetts
\ George Washington: led Virginia forces and acted as an aide to the British during the French and Indian War
\ James Wolfe: British General who led action against Quebec
Relations between France and Britain were not friendly before the French and Indian War
\ \ False: The French controlled a small, heavily populated colony in North America
False: The First Continental Congress called for the overthrow of the king because of his abusive actions
True: One method used by the colonist to protest British taxes was boycotting British goods
True: The British marched to Concord and Lexington in order to destroy colonial arms stockpiles and capture colonial leaders
True: The British colonies in North America lacked cooperation and central colonial organization before the French and Indian War
False: The Marquis de Montcalm and his British troops scaled cliffs to attack Montreal
True: France and Britain had rival interests in the land west of the Appalachians and the fisheries near Newfoundland
False: The Boston Tea Party occurred because British Taxes had caused the price of tea to skyrocket
\ \ \ Committee of Correspondence: Alerted colonies of British threats and promoted opposition
\ Intolerable Acts: 4 laws imposed by the British to punish Massachusetts after the Boston Tea Party
\ Navigation and Trade Acts: Regulated colonial trade with other colonies and with foreign nations
\ Proclamation of 1763: law forbidding English colonists to settle west of the Appalachian mountains
\ Stamp Act: a tax that the British Parliament placed on newspapers and official documents sold in the American colonies
\ \ King George III: King of England at the time of the American Revolution
- The settlement of what valley was the cause of the French and Indian War? * Ohio Valley
\ \ Patrick Henry said:
“Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!”
\ “No taxation without representation”: The argument the colonies used against Parliament for the trade taxes it imposed
\ Fort Pitt: new name for Fort Duquesne
\ What Indian confederation supported the British?
- Iroquois
\ \ Boston Massacre: conflict between colonists and British soldiers in which 5 colonists were killed
\ Mercantilism: The economic system of European countries during the colonial era
\ Where did the first attempt of the American colonies to cooperate politically take place?
- Albany Congress
\ What area was not settled by the French?
- Atlantic Seaboard
\ \ What did the Quebec Act do?:
- Allow French law
- Recognize Roman Catholicism
- Threaten westward expansion
\ \ George Washington: failed to keep the French from occupying Fort Duquesne
Skirmishes of Concord and Lexington mark the beginning of the War for Independence
\ \ Edward Braddock’s most lasting contribution:
- Built a road to the frontier
\ \ What three things did the Stamp Act cause?:
- From groups to protest
- Use violence against British agents
- Meet COngress to insist upon their rights
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