| Question |
Answer |
| Hurons | Had friendly relations with the french and often served as negotiators between french traders and other native americans |
| Joseph Brant | A mowhawk leader, also a valuable ally to the English |
| William Pitt | British Secretary of State during the French and Indian War. Brought the British army under control and started drafting colonists which led to riots |
| French and Indian War | The war between the British and the French |
| James Wolfe | The English Commander at Quebec |
| Marquis de Montcalm | The French Commander at Quebec |
| Treaty of Paris | the document that ended the French and Indian War |
| Petition | form of written protest |
| Boycott | form of protest where a group of people refuse to buy certain goods or services |
| Writs of Assistance | legal document that gave British officials the right to check a ships cargo without giving a reason |
| Committee of Correspondence | a group of people in the colonies who exchanged letters on colonial affairs |
| Proclamation of 1763 | the name of the order made to stop colonists from settling west of the Appalachin Mountains |
| Stamp Act | the tax on legal documents |
| Townshend Acts | a series of laws passed by parliament in 1767 that suspended New York's assembly |
| Sons of Liberty | staged mock of hangings of British officials to try to convince them not to collect taxes |
| Daughters of Liberty | Encouraged womean to spin and weave their own clothes |
| Patrick Henry | Great public speaker who rallied support for protestors |
| Miltia | a volunteer army during an emergency |
| Minutemen | militia groups who would be ready to fight for their colony at only a minutes notice |
| Tea Act | law that allowed only one company to sell tea to the colonists |
| Intolerable Acts | new laws dictated by Britian to punish the colonists for the Boston tea party |
| In the 1700's which countries were fighting for power in North America? | France claimed a vast area that stretched from the St. Lawrence river westward to the great lakes and southward to the Gulf of Mexico |
| How did France try to protect its claims in North America? | they were trappers, traders and good at farming |
| Repeal | to cancel or undo |
| Nonimportation Agreements | Colonists promised to stop importing goods by the townshend acts |
| How did the sugar act try to raise money? | by taxing molasses |
| Why did colonists object so much to the Stamp Act? | the colonists did not have their own elected representatives in parliament. No taxation without representation |
| How did the Intolerable Acts affect the port of Boston? | The port of Boston was Closed so that no ships could enter or leave the harbor. The harbor would stay closed until the colonists would pay for the tea. The people of Boston faced hunger and food shortages. |
| Give two reasons why the British insisted on taxing the colonies | 1. Britian needed to pay off its war debt from the French and Indian war. 2. Britian thought the colonists should help pay this debt cause colonists benefited the most from the war. |
| What role did Native Americans play as France and Britian struggled for power in North America | Native Americans tried to remain neutral, feeling that both countries were trying to take away their lands& way of life.Many sided with the French b/c they had a strong trading partnership w/them.The Brits ignored them & their rghts & cleared land 4 crps |
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