history section 1-2 test Flashcards
The treaty that ended the French and Indian war
Treaty of Paris 1763
The Ottawa chief who attacked settlers west of the Appalachians
Pontiac
The “shot heard around the world” was fired there
Concord–Lexington
The president of the continental congress who was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence
John Hancock
This British General was made governor of Massachusetts by the King
Gage
French and Indian war was called this in Europe
7 Years War
The Coercive Act and the Quebec Act became known as these acts to the colonists
Intolerable Acts
This name was given by colonists to the skirmish with British soldiers on Boston Common
Boston Massacre
Patriot group that held the Boston Tea Party
Sons of Liberty
He was made head of the continental army
George Washington
The stockade fort built by Washington in the wilderness near Great Meadows
Fort Necessity
The continental congress met in this city
Philadelphia
Militia members were called
Minutemen
These acts were meant to punish the colonists of Boston for dumping tea in the harbor
Coercive Acts
The British prime minister who sent ships to blockade the St. Lawrence
Pitt
This act placed the first direct tax on the colonists
Stamp Act of 1765
The Battle of Quebec took place on these plains
Plains of Abraham
The British and the French both wanted to control this valley
Ohio River Valley
This act banned the use of paper money in the colonies
Currency Act of 1764
Americans who backed Britain
Loyalists or Tories
This act said the colonists could not settle west of the Appalachian Mt.
Proclamation of 1763
The leader of the sons of liberty
Sam Adams
Wrote the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
This petition was sent to King George by the second continental congress
Olive Branch Petition
This pamphlet that was widely read by colonists and encouraged them toward revolution
Common Sense
Colonial delegates met with Iroquois leaders at this conference
Albany Conference
Committees created to communicate with other colonies about British activities
Committee of Correspondence
These allowed custom agents to enter any location to look for evidence of smuggling
Writs of Assistance
Who was the first person killed at the Boston Massacre and what was going to become of the Revolutionary War
Crispus Attucks at the Boston Massacre
Who was the first postmaster?
Benjamin Franklin
What was the first newspaper?
The Boston Gazette
List three parts of the Treaty of Paris 1763
- French lost all territory in North America
- Spain got NOLA
- Britain got Florida
List the four laws of the Coercive Acts
- Shut down Boston’s port until the city paid for the tea they destroyed
- All council members, judges, & sheriffs in Mass. are appointed by the gov. & they banned town meetings
- Allowed the gov. to transfer trials of British soldiers & officials to England to protect them from American juries
- Local officials provide lodging for British soldiers
What are the four parts of the Constitution and what do they mean?
- Preamble - explains why the Continental Congress drew up the Declaration
- Natural Rights - ppl have certain basic rights & gov’t should protect those rights.
- List of Grievances - lists the complaints against British gov’t
- Resolution of Independence - declares that the colonists are “free & independent states” with the full power to make war, form alliances, & trade w/ other countries
When the colonists refused to buy British goods until Parliament repealed the Stamp Act
Nonimportation Agreement
Taxes on imports and exports
Custom duties
Name two of the three men that warned the people that the British were coming
Paul Revere, Willian Dawes, (Samuel Prescott)
The Battle of Bunker Hill was actually fought on…
Breed’s Hill
Many backcountry farmers regarded the king as their protector against the _______ and ________ who controlled the local governments
Planters; merchants
The Second Continental Congress “adopted” the militia army and named it the _________________. The head was ________________.
Continental Army; George Washington
King George issued the __________________ in which he stated that the colonies were now “open and avowed enemies”
Proclamation for Suppressing Rebellion & Sedition
Gov. Dunmore of Virginia proclaimed that _______________ would be freed if they fought for the Loyalists
Africans enslaved by rebels
The defeat of the British troops at ______________ by the French and Native Americans inspired the _________ people of western Pennsylvania to attack British settlers in their territory
Fort Duquesne; Deleware
____________ wanted to stop American merchants from smuggling goods in and out of America without paying ____________
George Grenville; custom duties
The _________ changed the tax rates for raw sugar and molasses imported from foreign colonies
Sugar Act
In May 1769, Virginia’s House of Burgesses passed the ___________, stating that only the House had the right to tax Virginians
Virginia Resolves
How many ppl signed the Declaration of Independence
56
Turning point in the French and Indian war in N.A.
The British victory at Quebec
Forced the colonists to pay for their own defense
Quartering Act
The __________ proposed that the colonies unite to form a federal gov’t
Albany Plan of Union
Why did Spain give up Florida
To get Cuba and the Philippines back
Founder of the Sons of Liberty
Issac Sears
