Chapter 5 Flashcards
Metacomet
Wampanoag leader who led American Indian groups in King Philip’s War
militia
body of civilians serving as soldiers
casualties
people who are killed, wounded, captured, or missing in a war
backcountry
frontier region between the colonies’ coastal settlements and the Appalachian Mountains
Pontiac
Ottawa leader who led the American Indians against the British
boycott
refusal to buy certain goods
Samuel Adams
person whose ideas helped inspire the slogan “No taxation without representation”
writs of assistance
special search warrants that allowed tax collectors to search for smuggled goods
Sugar Act
- law intended to raise money in the colonies
- Taxes on molasses and sugar
propaganda
stories and images designed to support a particular point of view
Sons of Liberty
secret group of people who used violence to protest taxes
Patrick Henry
tried to use politics in the House of Burgesses to revoke the Stamp Act
House of Burgesses
a group of representatives in Virginia who helped pass laws and communicated between the King of Britain and colonists
Albany Plan of Union
written by Benjamin Franklin, called for all the colonies except Georgia to unite
in the 1760s Ottawa leader Pontiac and his followers rebelled by _______________
attacking British forts