This passed in 1765 that required colonial businessmen and lawyers to purchase special stamps to place on legal documents, newspapers, calendars, and playing cards
Stamp Act
This passed in April 1764 that placed taxes on imported goods such as sugar, molasses, and coffee
Sugar Act
As a result of the French and Indian War, what territory did Britain receive from Spain?
Florida
Originally drafted by Ben Franklin; the first attempt to unite the American colonies by calling for the creation of a grand council consisting of representatives from all colonies
Albany Plan of Union
This group recommended that every community form local association committees to enforce a boycott of all imported British goods
Continental Association
The first shot that would later lead to the War for Independence was called what?
"shot heard around the world"
The four inventions of Ben Franklin mentioned in the text.
lightening rod, bifocals, the Franklin stove, and the odometer
Killed, wounded, captured, or missing soldiers
casualties
A writer, printer, philosopher, scientist, inventor, and politican
Benjamin Franklin
Passed in 1774 that dealt with the newly acquired territory in Canada, allowed French law to be used in some court cases, extended Quebec's borders south of the Ohio River, and recognized Roman Catholicism as the leading religion
Quebec Act
Essentially the Prime Minister of England who was in control of the war effort for the British
William Pitt
Weaknesses the British had compared to the French
lack of unity among its colonies, lack of central organization, little cooperation between colonies and British government, colonies were unwilling to help
The British general who besieged the city of Quebec
James Wolfe
As a scientist, what was Benjamin Franklin famous for his work in?
electricity
The immediate cause that led to the French and Indian War
control of the Ohio Valley between two rivers
An English philosopher who believed citizens had the right to overthrow tyrants
John Locke
These passed between 1651 and 1733 by the British to control colonial trade
Navigation and Trade Acts
Organized by colonists who would not unload goods from British ships; refusals to buy
boycotts
Sessions of more than fifty delegates that adopted a formal statement of protest, voiced their objections to the recent acts, and organized the Continental Association
First Continental Congress
The outbreak of violence between colonists and British troops on March 5, 1770
Boston Massacre
The style of fighting Native American tribes used that involved hiding behind trees and brush in order to ambush the enemy
guerilla warfare
The city where the British destroyed what military supplies they could find and where the first shot of the War was fired
Concord
General search warrants giving custom officials the right to search for smuggled goods anywhere
writs of assistance
Taxes passed in 1767 by Parliament on such items as glass, paper, lead, paint, and tee
Townshend Acts
Ottawa Indian Chief who opposed colonial expansion
Pontiac
This began in 1754 when the French joined forces with some Indians against the British and the colonists
French and Indian War
A protest against the Tea Act when colonists disguised as Indians threw tea from British ships into Boston Harbor
Boston Tea Party
Who had fifteen times the population, support of the Iroquois, and the strongest navy in the world?
England
The skirmishes in these two cities marked the beginning of the War for Independence
Lexington and Concord
He spoke the famous words, "Give me liberty or give me death," addressing the convention on March 23, 1775.
Patrick Henry
Passed in 1774; called the Coercive Acts by the British to close the port of Boston, allowed royal officials charged with crimes to be tried, changed Massachusett's charter, and gave governors power to demand supplies
Intolerable Acts
Weaknesses France had compared to the British
their vast territory was difficult to defend and settlements were sparsely populated
Groups of colonists who organized rallies to protest the Stamp Act
Sons of Liberty
The strongest confederation of Indian tribes in America
Iroquois
What was the French and Indian War called in Europe?
Seven Years' War
Who had a strong and unified government, built forts at strategic points along waterways, had a well-trained army, and had support of Native American tribes?
France
The colonial rallying cry against no representation in Parliament
"No taxation without representation."
Leader of the colonial opposition and a prominent member of the Sons of Liberty
Samuel Adams
This prohibited colonists from settling beyond the Appalachian Mountains in order to reduce conflict with the Indians
Proclamation of 1763
One of the three men who rode through the countryside warning the colonists, "The British are coming," on the night of April 18, 1775.
Paul Revere
The British general who led an attempt to capture Fort Duquesne
Edward Braddock
A French fort located where the Allegheny and Monogahela Rivers met to form the Ohio River
Fort Duquesne
Who won the Battle of Quebec during the French and Indian War?
British
What two countries fought each other in the French and Indian War?
France and England
Groups that provided written information in the form of letters about British threats to liberty
Committee of Correspondence
The French commander during the Battle of Quebec
Marquis de Montcalm
Colonial assembly in Massachusetts that peacefully protested the Stamp Act led by Samuel Adams
Stamp Act Congress
King of England in the 1760s who desired to bring the American colonies under tight control and suffered from periodic bouts of insanity
George III
The city where the British troops encountered seventy colonial minutemen where shots rang out, and eight colonists lay dead and ten more wounded
Lexington
Colonial militiamen who were ready to fight at a moment's notice
minutemen
Lieutenant Colonel of British forces who built Fort Necessity forty miles away from the French fort
George Washington
Laws passed in 1765 requiring colonies to house British troops and to provide some supplies
Quartering Act of 1765
Passed in 1773 that granted the British Indian Company a monopoly on the shipment and sale of tea in America
Tea Act
As a result of the French and Indian War, France gave Spain a large area west of the Mississippi River known as?
Louisiana Territory
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