Terms/IDs

Question 1

French and Indian War

Answer 1

a war that took place from 1754 to 1763 that led to the end of French power in North America

Question 2

Seven Years War

Answer 2

world war between France and England that French and Indian War was a part of

Question 3

Huron

Answer 3

Indian tribe, allied with French

Question 4

Iroquois

Answer 4

Indian tribe, allied with British

Question 5

Albany Congress

Answer 5

delegates from 7 colonies that proposed unified government for 13 colonies

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Albany Plan of Union

Answer 6

proposal by Benjamin Franklin to create one government for the 13 colonies

Question 7

Benjamin Franklin

Answer 7

colonial delegate for Pennsylvania, proposed Albany Plan of Union

Question 8

Fort Duquesne

Answer 8

• fort established by French
• first British attacked and lost
• 3 years later they won and renamed it Fort Pitt (Pittsburg)

Question 9

Ohio River Valley

Answer 9

center of French and Indian War dispute

Question 10

General Braddock

Answer 10

lead the fist attack on Duquesne in 1755

- lost & died

Question 11

George Washington

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a young man who was a leader of British troops (Fort Necessity)

• ended up loosing at Fort Necessity
• captured by French then released

Question 12

Fort Necessity

Answer 12

a makeshift stockade made by Washington and his men in response to the French counterattack
- named it Fort Necessity

Question 13

William Pitt

Answer 13

head of British government in 1757

- made it priority to win the war

Question 14

Battle of Quebec

Answer 14

1759 last battle marking French defeat

Question 15

General Montcalm

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French general in Battle of Quebec

- lost and died

Question 16

General Wolfe

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British general at battle of Quebec

Question 17

Plains of Abraham

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a field near Quebec; site of major British victory over the French in the French and Indian War

Question 18

Treaty of Paris

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a 1763 agreement between Britain and France that ended the French Indian War

Question 19

Pontiac’s War

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a 1763 conflict between Native Americans and the British over settlement of Indian lands in the Great Lakes area

Question 20

Proclamation of 1763

Answer 20

law forbidding English colonists to settle west of Appalachian Mountains

Question 21

Sugar Act

Answer 21

1764, enforced tax on Molasses

Question 22

Stamp Act

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a 1765 law that placed new duties on legal documents, and taxed newspapers, almanacs, playing cards and dice

Question 23

Stamp Act Congress

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1765, nine colonies sent delegates to draw up a petition against Stamp Act

Question 24

Townshend Acts

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laws passed that taxed goods such as glass, paper, pain, lead, and tea

Question 25

Charles Townshend

Answer 25

in charge of British treasury

- passed Townshend Acts

Question 26

Boston Massacre

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a 1770 conflict in which five colonists were killed by British troops

Question 27

John Adams

Answer 27

lawyer that defended the British soldiers accused in Boston Massacre

Question 28

Samuel Adams

Answer 28

Massachusetts leader

• good at organizing people
• formed Committee of Correspondence

Question 29

Tea Act

Answer 29

a 1773 law that let the British India Company bypass tea merchants and sell directly to colonists

Question 30

Boston Tea Party

Answer 30

a protest in which colonists dressed as Indians and dumped British tea into Boston harbor

Question 31

Intolerable Acts

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four series of laws passed to punish Boston for Tea Party

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Quartering Act

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colonists had to house and provide food for British soldiers in their homes when no other housing was available

Question 33

Lexington/Concord

Answer 33

1775 conflict between MA colonists and British soldiers that started Revolutionary War

Question 34

Paul Revere

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warned minutemen at Lexington and Concord “the redcoats are coming!”

• part of the Sons of Liberty
• Engraved “The Bloody Massacre Perpetrated in Kind-Street…” in Boston, MA 1770

Question 35

Quebec Act

Answer 35

law that set up government for Canada and protected the rights of French Catholics

Question 36

writs of assistance

Answer 36

legal document that allowed British customs officials to inspect a ship’s cargo without giving a reason

Question 37

Sons/Daughters of Liberty

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group of colonists organizing to be revolutionary

Question 38

militia

Answer 38

army of citizens who serve as soldiers during an emergency

Question 39

minutemen

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colonial militia volunteer who was prepared to fight at a minute’s notice

Question 40

Boycott

Answer 40

to refuse to buy or use certain goods or services

Question 41

Mercantilism

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theory that a nations economic strength came from keeping a strict control over it’s colonial trade

Question 42

Effigy

Answer 42

something that stands in place of the real thing