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OLMC 4SS Ch 7
Social Studies ch 7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| capital | a city that serves as the home of a government |
| Middle Plantation | chosen for the new capital, a better spot than Jamestown |
| College of William and mary | founded in 1693, the colony's first college |
| Williamsburg | the new name for Middle Plantation |
| immigrant | someone who moves from one country to another |
| Ohio River Valley | land beyond the Allegheny mountains which Virginians wanted to settle |
| Robert Dinwiddie | governor of Virginia who sent a message to the French with a warning that they were building on Virginia's land |
| George Washington | a messenger to the French, became commander of Virginia's army |
| Fort Duquesne | French Fort in the Ohio River Valley |
| Fort Necessity | fort built by George Washington and his men near Fort Duquesne |
| French and Indian War | war over the Ohio River Valley; the French and Indians fought against the British and colonists |
| ally | a person or group that helps another group reach a goal |
| Proclamation of 1763 | law issued by King George that forbid colonists to settle west of the Allegheny Mountains |
| Lord Dunmore's War | war between the Colonists and the American Indians in 1774 |
| tax | money a government collects from its people |