Chapter 4 Flashcards
Albany Congress
The 1754 convention to form a colonial alliance, with representatives sent by the legislatures of Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island
Plan of Union
A failed proposal put forth in Albany in 1754 by representatives of seven English colonies advocating unification against the French and their Native allies
Seven Years’ War
The last-and the most important - of four colonial wars fought among England, France, and indigenous allies for control of North America east of the Mississippi River.
Indians Great Awakening
A period of spiritual renewal and unity among some Native American
Treaty of Paris
The settlement between Great Britain and France that ended the Seven Years’ war; Under its terms, France ceded al territorial claims in mainland North America
Pontiac’s War
An armed conflict between a confederation of Native Americans and the British after France ceded to the British its territory east of the Mississippi River, as part of the Treaty of Paris, without consulting France’s Indian allies
Proclamation of 1763
A decree by the English King George III drawing a boundary along the Appalachian Mountains from Canada to Georgia in an attempt to minimize occurrences of violence between settlers and Indians; colonists were technically forbidden to settle lands west of the line
Sugar Act
The 1764 act of Parliament that reduced the preexisting tac on sugar but increased enforcement of tax collection, leading many colonists to raise prices and limit their potential markets; also known as the Revenue Act of 1764
taxation without representation
The policy requiring citizens or subjects to pay taxes without allowing them any means of voicing their own opinions in government
stamp act
Sons of Liberty
Daughters of Liberty
Somerset v. Stewart
Coercive Acts
First Continental Congress
