French and Indian War + Beyond
The French and Indian War was caused over settlement rights in this region of America
What is the Ohio River Valley?
This act came directly after the French and Indian War, forbidding colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
Tax on all official documents in the form of a stamp
What is the Stamp Act?
Group of Americans who remained loyal to Britain
What is a loyalist?
Leader of the American Army
Who is George Washington?
One effect of this rebellion was a shift from indentured servitude to chattel slavery
What is Bacon's Rebellion?
Tax levied on tea, resulted in the Boston Tea Party?
What is the Tea Act?
Act that required colonists to house and feed British soldiers
What is the Quartering Act?
Group of Americans that wanted to rebel against Britain
What is a Patriot?
Wrote the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This Native American leader started a war against British colonists settling in his land after the French and Indian War
Who is Pontiac?
A method of protest that includes not purchasing certain goods to put pressure on merchants
What is a boycott?
British acts passed in response to the Boston Tea Party. It strengthened the quartering act and closed Boston harbor
What are the Intolerable Acts?
Group of American Patriots that organized protests such as the Boston Tea Party
Who are the Son's of Liberty?
Published the Pamphlet Common Sense, encouraging the colonists to rebel
Who is Thomas Paine
Created this image of a snake during the French and Indian War
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
A general tax on glass, paper, lead, and tea
What is the Townshend Act?
The Americans decided at this meeting to support Boston after the British passed the Intolerable Acts
What is the 1st Continental Congress?
according to this theory, colonies existed to benefit the Mother Country
What is Mercantilism?
American print maker who recorded the Boston Massacre and road to warn Americans of the British coming
Who is Paul Revere?
This plan was put forward during the French and Indian War to unite the colonies against the French but failed
What is the Albany Plan of Union?
Created this famous engraving of the Boston Massacre
Who is Paul Revere
After the Battles of Lexington and Concord this group decided to appoint George Washington as commander in chief and try to reconcile with Britain
What is the 2nd Continental Congress?
Petition sent to Britain to try to reconcile after Lexington and Concord
What is the Olive Branch Petition?
Enlightenment thinker, influenced Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence
Who is John Locke?