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