| Term | Definition |
|---|
| John Adams | Lawyer and defended John Hancock when he was arrested for smuggling, 2nd President of the US, outspoken against the Rights of Assistance |
| John Hancock | Known for his large signature on the Delcaration of Independance and was an unlikely partner with Sam Adams against the sugar act and stamp act |
| Samuel Adams | founder of the Son of Liberty, Great political organizer, organized protests agains the sugar and stamp act and was a prominant role in the Boston Tea Party |
| Patrick Henry | Firey orator whose names was synomoymous with the word radical; strongly opposed Stamp Act and the House of Burgesses |
| Benjamin Franklin | was an apprentice to his older brother as a printer, secretly wrote fictional stories (Silence Dogood) all were hits, during revolutionary war wasan ambassador in France persuading the French to come to the aid of the Americans |
| Thomas Jefferson | Made the Louisiana Purchase, 3rd US President, authored the Delcaration of Independence |
| George Washington | 1st President, Commander and Chief of the Consitutional Convention, fought in French and Indian War, Only president that has been electet unanimously |
| Alexander Hamilton | Genius, Lieutenant Colonel in the Continental Army: one of Washington's chief aides, Main author of the Federalist Paper, become the 1st Secretary of the Treasury under washingon |
| Iriquois | Most powerful group of native americans |
| Militia | group of civilians trained to fight in emergencies |
| European Countries in French and Indian war | Britain; French :Ohio River Valley |
| Fort Duquesne | Fort Built by the French |
| Fort Necessity | Fort built by Britian |
| Alliance | Union |
| Edward Braddock | British General who died during a French and Indian ambush |
| William Pitt | British Prime Minister who changed course of the war by assuming the cost burden and effective planning |
| Treaty of Paris | treaty that ended French and Indian war |
| proclamation of 1763 | King George the III declared Appalacian MTS. where the temporary western boundary for the colonies |
| Two Canadian battles that helped the British win | battle of Quebec and Battle of Montreal |
| Ohio River Valley | Disputed land for the French and British that contained lucrative beaver pelts |
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