Period 3: Evolution of British North America Into Their Own Nation 1754-1800 Flashcards
Who were the opponents in the Seven Years War?
aka French Indian War
British colonists VS. French and the natives
when was the Seven Years War?
not 7 years long
1754-1763
The Seven Years War casued ______ feelings amongst colonists
anti-British
The Seven Years War was pricey, and the British expected the ____ to pay the taxes.
colonists
what was the treaty where France lost all North American land as well as the solution to the Seven Years War
Treaty of Paris 1763
Indian leader named Pontiac united tribes and attacked colonists for fear that the colonists were spreading too much of their culture, especially Christianity
Pontiacs Rebellion
put into affect by the British, a line that the colonists couldnt settle past with the goal to prevent further conflicts
Proclomation Line of 1763
What action by the British caused Colonist retaliation?
TAXATION!
who were the people: inter-colonial association to resist taxation and unfair treatment
Sons of Liberty
colonists threw snowballs at Britsh soldiers, someone fired a gun and in the end, 5 colonists were killed
Boston Massacre
led by Samuel Adams, met in Boston, in order to publicize the patriot cause, many people in attendance were members of Sons of Liberty
Committee of Correspondence
in response to the tea act, sons of liberty dumped 10,000 dollars of tea into Boston Harbor
Boston Tea Party
Revolutionary War was:
Colonists fighting for independence from British control
At the Second Continental Congress, created the ___ army
Continental
Who was appointed to the leader of the Continental Army?
GW
