American Colonies in the British Empire
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Samuel Adams | Urged protest against British action in Massachusetts |
| Edward Braddock | British general who was defeated near Fort Duquesne. |
| Paul Revere | Made a ride through the countryside of Massachussetts |
| George Washington | Led Virginia forces and acted as an aide to the British during the French and Indian War. |
| James Wolfe | British General who led action against Quebec. |
| T/F Relations between France and Britain had been friendly before the French and Indian War. | False |
| T/F The French controlled a small, heavily populated colony in North America. | False |
| T/F The First Continental Congress called the overthrow of the king because of his abusive actions. | False |
| T/F One method used by the colonist to protest British taxes was boycotting British goods. | True |
| T/F The British marched to Concord and Lexington in order to destroy colonial arms stockpiles and capture colonial leaders. | True |
| T/F The British colonies in North America lacked cooperation and central colonial organization before the French and Indian War. | True |
| T/F The Marquis de Montcalm and his British troops scaled cliffs to attack Montreal. | False |
| T/F France and Britain had rival interests in the land west of the Appalachians and the fisheries near Newfoundland. | True |
| T/F The Boston Tea Party occurred because British Taxes had caused the price of tea to skyrocket. | False |
| Committee of Correspondence | Alerted colonies of British threats and promoted opposition. |
| Intolerable Acts | four laws imposed by the British to punish Massachusetts after the Boston Tea Party |
| Navigation and Trade Acts | Regulated colonial trade with other colonies and with foreign nations. |
| Proclamation of 1763 | law forbidding english colonists to settle west of the appalachian mountains |
| Stamp Act | a tax that the British Parliament placed on newspapers and official documents sold in the American colonies |
| This city spelled the fall of New France. | Quebec |
| King George III | King of England at the time of the American Revolution |
| Ohio Valley | The settlement of what valey was cause for the French and Indian War? |
| Patrick Henry | "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" |
| "No taxation without representation" | The arguement the colonies used against Parliament for the trade taxes it imposed |
| Fort Pitt | Fort Duquesne renamed |
| Iroquois | What Indian conferderation supported the British. |
| Boston Massacre | conflict between colonists and british soldiers in which five colonists were killed |
| Britain | Strongest nation following the French and Indian War. |
| Mercantilism | The economic system of European countries during the colonial era. |
| Where did the first attempt of the American colonies to cooperate politically take place? | Albany Congress |
| This area was not settled by the French. | Atlantic Seaboard |
| Organized raids on the frontier | Pontiac |
| What did the Quebec Act do: | 1. Allow French law 2. Recognize Roman Catholicism 3. Threaten westward expansion |
| George Washington | He failed to keep French from occupying Fort Duquesne. |
| Marks the beginning of the War for Independence | Skirmishes of Concord and Lexington |
| Edward Braddock's most lasting contribution. | Built a road to the frontier |
| The Stamp Act caused: | 1. From groups to protest 2. Use violence against British agents 3. Meet congress to insist upon their rights. |
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