French & Indian War
All European countries in the Americas before the French and Indian War
French, Spain, Britain, Netherlands
Tax on printed materials, which included newspapers, legal documents, and playing cards
Stamp Act
First major proposal to unite the British North American colonies under a single, centralized government
Albany Plan of the Union
Why did Great Britain begin passing taxes onto the American colonists?
An economic theory and nationalist policy from the 16th to the 18th centuries that sought to build state power by maximizing exports, minimizing imports,
Mercantilism
Combatants involved in French & Indian War
Great Britain & American Colonists against France, French colonists, & indigenous tribes
Taxed imported goods such as glass, paper, paint, and tea
Townshend Act
Who led the first meeting to unite the British colonies under one central government
Benjamin Franklin
Event where British soldiers fire into a crowd and kill 5 American colonists
Boston Massacre
Name 2 French & Indian War Battles
Fort Duquesne, Fort Necessity, Fort Beausejour, Lake George,Fort William Henry, Louisbourg, Fort Ticonderoga, Fort Frontenac, Fort Duquesne, Fort Niagara, Quebec City, Thousands Islands, Montreal.
Reason(s) that caused the French & Indian War
American colonists moving west, French colonists moving south into Ohio River Valley
Required American colonists to provide housing, food, and supplies for British troops
Quartering Act
Philadelphia
Which tax led to the Boston Tea Party?
Tea Act
An English and later British joint-stock company founded on December 31, 1600, that transformed from a monopoly trading business into a de facto colonial ruler and the world's most powerful corporate empire
British East India Company
Fired the first shot of French & Indian War
George Washington
Closed Boston Port to most trade until tea was compensated and the king was satisfied with punishment
Boston Port Act
12 of 13 states sent delegates to the first continental congress who was it and why?
Georgia
Needed British protection from Native Indians and were a wealthy colony due to trade with Great Britain
Most famous group that protests against Great Britain
Sons of Liberty
Formal legal judgment in a criminal trial stating that the defendant has been found not guilty of the charged offense
Acquitted
Boundary drawn by British Crown along appalachian mountains that banned Americans from settling west of the crest
Proclamation Line of 1763
Restricted self-government and increased royal control in Massachusetts
Massachusetts Government Act
What rights did delegates say citizens were entitled to?
Life, liberty, property, and representative government
Dartmouth, Eleanor, Beaver
Agreement to end French & Indian War
1763 Treaty of Paris