Mr.King Chapter 5
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Basically the French and Indian war was between? | France and England with Native American support. |
| The French claimed the entire watersheds between? | The Mississippi and Saint Laurence Rivers. |
| Define Watershed. | The area of a dried out stream or river. |
| Define Frontier. | The area of the United States Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River. |
| Define Prosperous. | Successful/Thriving |
| Why did the French and English meet in Paris? | To try to solve their territorial dispute (they failed). |
| The French troops being sent into the frontier set in motion... | The french and Indian war. |
| What was the largest battle in the French and Indian war? | The siege of Quebec |
| Define Siege. | A military operation where a town or building is surrounded for the purpose of cutting off supplies and it eventual surrender. |
| What did the siege of Quebec do? | It basically ended the French and Indian war. |
| What basically ended the French and Indian war? | The treaty of Paris 1763. |
| The treaty of Paris were important for major reasons what were they? | 1. It ended the French and Indian War. 2.It gave all the Frenches land to the English. 3.It marked the end of the French power in North America. |
| As a result of the poor treatment by the English to the native Americans... | Pontiac's War resulted. |
| The proclamation was important for what 3 major reasons? | 1.The colonist were forbidden to settle west of the Appalachian mountains. 2.Settlers in the Frontier were forced to leave. 3.10,000 English soldiers were sent into the Frontier to enforce the proclamation of 1763. |
| The ultimate cause of the American Revaluation was the French and Indian war for three major reasons what were they? | 1.The French and Indian war put england deeply in debt. 2.The English taxes went up in England to pay for the war. 3.The English thought that the colonies should have to help pay for the war. |
| What was the sugar act? | An indirect tax on sugar, coffee, indigo, print calico, and molasses. |
| Define Indirect taxes. | A tax that you don't see that increases the price of the goods, when you buy the goods you pay the tax. |
| Define Direct taxes. | a tax payed directly to the government to the taxpayer. |
| What was the stamp act? | The first serious attempt by England to assert government authority over the colonies. |
| What did the stamp act do? | Brought the colonies and the colonist together. |
| what united the most powerful people in the colonies (ex. lawyers, journalists, religious leaders, and businessmen)? | The stamp act. |
| Why did the colonists think the stamp act was unjust? | Because it was taxation without representation. |
| The stamp act congress did two things what were they? | 1.Expressed loyalty to England 2.Declared that only colonial legislatures had the right to tax the colonists not England. |
| What are the Sons of Liberty? | Groups throughout the colonies form to protest the stamp act. |
| The major objective of the sons of liberty was... | to force stamp distributors to resign. |
| What stopped the stamp act? | Boycotting. |
| Define Boycott. | Refusal to buy as a protest. |
| Define Repealed. | Take back or revoke. |
| There were two problems with the Townshend act what were they? | 1.The goods that were taxed we basic goods (tea, glass, paper, lead, and paint) 2.By this time the colonists were so pissed off about taxation without representation that they weren't about to accept any tax on any kind. |
| Define Non-Important Agreements. | Merchants promised to stop importing goods taxed by the Townshend act. |
| Define Writs of Assistance. | Documents that allowed English customs officials to search ships warehouses and homes without giving a reason. |
| Define Search Warrant. | A court order issued by a judge that allow authorities the right to search a person or location for evidence. |
| Why did Sam Adams organize the committee of correspondence? | o spread the word on what the English were doing in Boston and Massachusetts. |
| Define Committee of Correspondence. | Group that wrote letters and pamphlets reporting of events in Massachusetts. |
| Where did the English set up camp/tents? | Boston commons. |
| When English troops walked the streets of Boston they were... | Insulted,yelled at, spit on, and called red coats (Lobster Backs and Bloody Backs). |
| When was the Boston Massacre? | March 5th 1770 |
| What is the Boston Massacre? | The Boston Massacre was started when a soldier was confronted by a merchant for a unpaid bill, the soldier hit the merchant and a crowd threatened the soldier. Capt.Preston arrived with reinforcements, The crowd now numbered 3-4 hundred and were throwing tar and bricks at the soldiers, someone yelled fire and the English did. 5 were killed 6 were wounded 3 were killed instantly and 2 were killed later on. |
| Define Propaganda. | The spreading of ideas that helps or hurts an opposing cause. |
| Define Sentiment | Feelings or attitudes. |
| What was the turning point in the beginnings in the American revolution? | The Boston Massacre. |
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