Chapetr 5 Grade 7 Flashcards
Governor Dinwiddie sent him when he was 22 to the French concerning the Ohio River
George Washington
Made up of civilians that are trained as soldiers
Militia
An agreement between countries to help each other against another country
Alliance
To give up; surrender
Cede
Was captured by the British in the 1740’s (French Fort)
Louisbourg
Proposed by Ben Franklin; designed to have representatives from each colony to unite them (never accepted)
Albany Plan of Union
“Bull Dog” he lead the British against Fort Duquesne and he needed to drive the French out of the Ohio River Valley
Gen. Braddock
Sent out to capture Louisbourg from the French named Fort Duquesne Fort Pitt
Majors Amherst and Wolfe
A job or task
Duty
Refuse to buy any printed goods
Boycott
A written request formed by many people
Petition
Set up by GB it was a legal document to search the homes of the colonists for smuggled goods
Writs of Assistance
Offered to defend the Red Coats and he becomes the defend attorney
John Adams
Organized “The committed of Corresponding” led the Sons of Liberty
Sam Adams
Ottowan Chief is angered; he fights but he doesn’t have the support of the French anymore
Pontiac
Issued by King George III “all land West of the Appalation Mountains is forbidden territory to all English subjects, English ignored it
Proclamation of 1763
Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses and he is famous for saying “Give me liberty of give me death”
Patrick Henry
Started “the sons of the liberty”
Isaac Sears
British lawyer “Taxation without repersentation is Tyranny”
James Otis
She published plays that made fun of British officials member of the daughters of liberty
Mercy Otis Warren
An African American dock worker that was the first to die at the Massacre and belonged to “Sons of Liberty”
Crispus Attucks
Organized by Sam Adams; they were letters that were written to keep colonists informed about what was going on politically in the other colonies
Committees of Correspondence
what the colonists formed because the Stamp Act wasn’t fair
Stamp Act Congress
P.M. Set up 2 new taxes for the colonists
Grenville
Colonists used it; information designed to influence someone’s opinion
Propaganda
Total control of a market
Monopoly
End
Repeal
Men that were ready to fight in a moments notice
Minutemen
Formed in September 174; 56 delegates met in Philip; they were from the 12 colonies (not Georgia)
1 CC
Replaced the old Governor who was thrown out (British head of Red coat) Lexington and Concord
Gen Gage
A delegate from the 1CC (lawyer)
John Jay
Red coats 1st battle on April 18, 1775 (British won) shot herd round the World
Lexington
British 2nd battle April 19, 775; the colonists won
Concord
An act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or poeple
Blockade
A professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army (killers)
Mercenarys
Colonists who purported independence mostly live in New England colonies
Patriots
Colonists who wanted to remain faithful or loyal to the king mostly lived in souther and middle colonies
Loyalists
Sent by the 2 CC to King George III; they would pledge their loyalty to the kin but they want Parliament to repeal the Intolerable Acts
Olive Branch Petitions
Special unit of soldiers led by Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold; they captured Fort Ticonderoga it was by Lake Champlain from the British
Green Mountain Boys
Takes over as PM (head of Parliament) and the War changes; Fort Pitt
William Pitt
