Key Terms
The Colonies
French & Indian War
Miscellaneous
100
A military force made up of regular citizens who are trained to fight in emergencies is this.
What is a militia?
100
This is the ocean that borders the east coast of the United States.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
100
The French & Indian War was between two major Europeon powers at the time, France and this country.
Who is Britain/England?
100
What is Pennsylvania?
200
To change to the religious beliefs of someone is to do this.
What is convert?
200
The southern colonies used this because of how much labor was needed to run plantations and farms that made up its economy.
What is slavery?
200
This is the country that had more Native American allies for the war, because they were kinder to them.
Who are the French?
200
This was the British prime minister that gave more money for the war to help win it; Pittsburgh is named for him.
Who is William Pitt?
300
A group of Native American nations in eastern N. America that united together.
What is the Iroquois Confederacy?
300
This is the country that started many different colonies on the East Coast of North America along the Atlantic Ocean.
What is Britain/England?
300
This is the agreement that ended the war, giving Britain many new lands.
What is the Treaty of Paris of 1763?
300
This is one major reason Britain had few Native American allies.
They wanted land to colonize permanently.
400
Taking no side is described as this.
What is neutral?
400
Puritans and pilgrims came to North America for this, since they were persecuted in their home country of England for their beliefs.
What is religious freedom?
400
Britain tried to gain this group of Native American nations as an ally, but they remained neutral.
Who is the Iroquois Confederacy?
400
This is the line that British Colonists were not supposed to live on the other side of starting in 1763.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
500
A partnership where two sides come together to aid each other is this.
What is an Alliance?
500
All colonies had some degree of this, allowing them to make their own laws and decisions to best meet their own needs, and setting the stage for war later.
What is self-government?
500
Britain gained many new lands after the war and these were two of them.
What are Spanish Florida, Canada, and lands W. of the Appalachian Mountains (or E. of the Mississippi)
500
This is Mr. Chesebro's mnemonic (a sentence) to help remember the 13 colonies from North to South.
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