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10th US History
Chap. 5 Test Definitions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Comte de Frontenac | French leader who inflicted considerable damage and fear on the English settlements. |
| Louis Joliet | He was a trapper who canoed down the Wisconsin River in search of the "Great River" that the Indians had described. |
| Pontiac | He was a brilliant Ottawa Indian Chief who formed a confederacy of Indian tribes. He eventually made peace with the British. A young Indian warrior clubbed him to death. |
| John Dickinson | An American colonist who urged his fellow colonists not to give up "a single iota" of their rights and liberties. |
| George Grenville | The King's Chief Minister who led the beginning of the Sugar Act. |
| Jacques Marquette | A Jesuit Priest who canoed down the Wisconsin River in search of the "Great River" that Indians had described. |
| George III | Coming to the throne in 1760, he intended to scrutinize the financial and political affairs of the colonies. |
| James Wolfe | A British General sent to capture Louisburg. |
| Patrick Henry | He presented resolutions to the House of Burgesses. He gave the great "Give me liberty or give me death" speech. |
| William Pitt | 1757 British Prime Minister who adopted a plan to win the war and won it. |
| Edward Braddock | The General who was sent by Britain to capture Fort Duquesne. |
| Marquis de Montcalm | Commander of the French forces in America. |
| Samuel Adams | Led the Sons of Liberty in Boston. |
| Ben Franklin | He proposed the "Albany Plan" for the centralized colonial rule. |
| George Washington | He was in the battle that sparked the French and Indian War. |
| Guerrilla Warfare | Sudden surprise attacks by small, hidden groups. |
| Proclamation Line | Forbade the colonists to settle beyond the Appalachion Mountains. |
| Stamp Act | The first international tax ever imposed on the colonies. |
| Internal Tax | A tax on goods produced and consumed entirely within colonies. |
| Quartering Act | Subjected the colonies to a standing army in peacetime and further required that the colonists helped supply provisions for it. |
| Sugar Act | Placed a tariff or tax on certain goods imported into the colonies, such as sugar, molasses, and coffee. |
| Power of the Purse | Meant that salaries for royal officials, military appropriations, and taxes had to pass the scrutiny of elected office orders. |
| Sons of Liberty | A growing body of opponents to British rule. |
| Townshend Acts | Proposed taxes on glass, paint, paper, and tea. |
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