Chapter 5 Flashcards
French priest who explored the upper Mississippi River
Jaques marquette
British commander who was badly defeated by French and Indian forces
Edward Braddock
Resourceful French commander during king Williams war.
Comte de frontenic
British king who antagonized colonist
George the third
Talented French leader during the French and Indian war
Marquis de montcalm
Indian chief whose confederacy devastated the frontier
Pontiac
Talented British general who died while capturing Quebec
James Wolfe
Primarily European conflicts that began in the new world and is also known as the seven year war
The French and Indian war
Leader of the sons of Liberty
Samuel Adams
Author of letters from a famer
John dickinson
Author of a proposal to unite the colonies against France
Benjamin Franklin
British prime minister who attempted to collect new taxes from the colonies
George Grenville
Orator (speaker) from Virginia who opposed the British tyranny
Patrick Henry
French trapper who explored the upper Mississippi river
Louis joliet
Prime minister of Great Britain who won the seven year war
William Pitt
Colonial commander who fought in the first skirmish of the French and Indian war
George Washington
Supervise attacks from hidden small groups
Guerrilla warfare
Any tax on goods that are produced and consumed entirely within a country
Internal tax
Requirements that salaries, taxes, and expenditures be scrutinized by elected officials
Power of the purse
Ban on colonization beyond the Appalachian mountains
Proclamation line
Requirements that the colonist help supply the British army and give them a place to stay
Quartering act
Organization that opposed the tyranny of British rule
Sons of Liberty
British attempts to tax legal and commercial documents in the colonies
Stamp act
Battle that would merge from the war from Austrian succession and would conclude with the truce in Europe with the piece of aix la chapelle
King George’s war