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Fighting for Control
Chapter 8 Lessons 1 and 2
| Vocabulary words/People/Places | Definitions |
|---|---|
| The French and Indian War | A war fought from 1754-1763 between Britain and France to control the land of the Ohio Valley in North America. |
| alliance | A formal agreement among groups or individuals to make an agreement to fight together if the need arises. |
| delegates | Representatives sent from an area who represent the people's interests from that area. |
| Parliament | Law making, or legislative branch of the British government. |
| proclamation | A public announcement |
| budget | A plan for spending money |
| Benjamin Franklin | A delegate from Pennsylvania that called for all the colonies to unite and fight the French. |
| George Washington | A 21 year old Virginian sent to lead 150 soldiers to take control of the Ohio Valley. Built Fort Necessity but was attacked by the French and Native Americans and ultimately surrendered. |
| Fort Necessity | A fort built by George Washington and his troops to protect themselves from French and Indian soldiers in the Ohio Valley. |
| Ohio Valley | The region that stretches along the Ohio River from the Appalachian Mountains to Mississippi River. |
| Albany | The Capital of the colony of New York. |
| representation | Having someone to speak or vote for you. |
| treason | Working against your own government |
| congress | A formal meeting of representatives |
| boycott | refusal to buy something |
| repeal | to take back a law |
| imperial policies | laws and orders issued by a king and the Parliament |
| protest | to work against a policy or law |
| Patrick Henry | A member of Virginia's House of Burgesses that wanted Virginia to join the New England colonies in a war with Britain. |
| Samuel Adams | Organized the first Committee of Correspondence in Boston. |
| Crispus Attucks | An African American Sailor killed by British Troops in the Boston Massacre. |
| Paul Revere | A Boston Silversmith who created an engraving of the Boston Massacre that was distributed in the colonies to show what happened. |
| King George III | Ruler of England that felt that the colonists should be taxed in order to help pay for the costs of the French and Indian War. |
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