The French and Indian War

Question 1

Albany Plan of Union

Answer 1

First formal proposal to unite the colonies

Question 2

Treaty that ended the French and Indian war

Answer 2

Treaty of Paris 1763

Question 3

Navigation Acts

Answer 3

ensured that England made money from its colonies.

Question 4

Smuggling

Answer 4

act of illegally importing or exporting goods

Question 5

Freedom of the Press

Answer 5

right to report news or circulate opinion without censorship from the government

Question 6

Albany congress

Answer 6

meeting of colonial leaders to secure an alliance with the Iroquis confederacy and discuss inter colonial cooperation.

Question 7

quartering act

Answer 7

law that required the colonies to house and supply the British soldiers

Question 8

Stamp act

Answer 8

all legal and commercial documents to carry an official stamp showing a tax has been paid.

Question 9

writs of assistance

Answer 9

a search warrant that allowed British officers to enter colonial homes or businesses to search for illegal goods.

Question 10

townshend act

Answer 10

suspended the New York assemble and established taxes on goods brought into the British colonies

Question 11

Intolerable/Coercive Acts

Answer 11

laws that punished Massachusetts colonists for the Boston Tea Party

Question 12

Sons and daughters of Liberty

Answer 12

a group of colonists that support the Patriot cause.

Question 13

committees of correspondence

Answer 13

a group of people in the colonies who exchanged letters on colonial affairs

Question 14

the first Great Awakening

Answer 14

a religious revival that swept through the British American colonies in the 1730s

Question 15

Proclamation of 1763

Answer 15

banned colonial settlement west of the Appalachian mountains

Question 16

Battle of Quebec

Answer 16

turning point of the French and Indian war

Question 17

Boston Massacre

Answer 17

when 5 colonists were killed in a mob environment in Boston

Question 18

Boston Tea Party

Answer 18

the dumping of 324 chests of tea into the boston harbor to protest the Tea act.

Question 19

Duty

Answer 19

tax on imports

Question 20

petition

Answer 20

a written request to a govenment

Question 21

Tea act

Answer 21

lowered the price on tea and was intended to help the East Indian Company ship tea directly to the colonies. They kept the tax.

Question 22

Patriot

Answer 22

a person loyal to the american cause. an american colonist who supported fighting for independence from Britain

Question 23

Loyalist

Answer 23

a person who is loyal to Britain. an american colonist who was loyal to British monarchs and wanted the colonies to remain part of the British Empire

Question 24

First Continental Congress

Answer 24

meeting of Delegates in 1774 from the colonial except Georgia to uphold colonial rights

Question 25

Goals of the Albany of congress

Answer 25

Britain wanted to secure an alliance with Iroquois confederacy. Negotiations failed. Most Iroquois originally believed that the French would win

Question 26

Jonathan Edwards

Answer 26

believed New Englanders becoming too concerned with worldly matters (ex. wealth); believed people needed to recommit to the teachings of John Calvin (presidation); famous for his “Fire and Brimstone” sermons; most famous for : “Sinners in the hands of an angry god”

Question 27

George Whitefield

Answer 27

British minister; toured american colonies; very emotional speaker; groups of thousands traveled to hear him speak.

Question 28

British take control of the war

Answer 28

British capture Louisbourg, important strategic port

Question 29

Battle of Quebec, 1759

Answer 29

This was the turning point of the war

Question 30

Treaty of Paris 1763

Answer 30

the treaty of paris (1763) offically ended the French and Indian war

Question 31

The colonies and Britain grow apart

Answer 31

British parliament (English law making body) imposed new laws and restrictions.

Question 32

Merchantlism

Answer 32

goal: to make the mother country (England) rich

Question 33

salutary neglect

Answer 33

colonies had an increase of self-government and individulism

Question 34

Sugar act

Answer 34

placed a tax on molasses, rum, and certain wines; harsh punishments for smugglers.

Question 35

The Maps of 1754 and 1763

Answer 35

The maps are so different, because on the map of 1754, the french owned land in the Americas, but on the map of 1763, the french no longer owned any land in the Americas. Florida was owned by Spain in 1754, but in 1763, Florida was owned by the British.

Question 36

The Maps of 1754 and 1763

Answer 36

The maps are so different, because on the map of 1754, the french owned land in the Americas, but on the map of 1763, the french no longer owned any land in the Americas. Florida was owned by Spain in 1754, but in 1763, Florida was owned by the British.