Review
What is the term for customs, traditions, and whole way of life of a people?
culture
Who fought in the French & Indian War?
A war between France (and many Native American tribes) against Great Britain (Iroquois tribe)
Which side did the colonists fight on?
British (England)
What major problem did Great Britain face at the end of the French & Indian War?
War debt
What was the tax on legal documents, newspapers, contracts?
Stamp Act
Lines to help to determine exact location
Where was the French & Indian War fought?
In North America (Ohio River Valley)
Name the plan Benjamin Franklin wanted
to unite the colonies for a common defense
during the French & Indian War 1754
Albany Plan of Union 1754
Why did Great Britain start taxing the colonists?
Great Britain was in debt
taxed paper, glass, tea, lead, silk
Name the first permanent settlement (colony)
Jamestown
What were the advantages of the French?
They had good alliances with Native Americans who know the land & the French were united under one governor
What was Pontiac's Rebellion 1763>
Native Americans were
fighting to keep their land. They did not want colonists
moving west and settling on their land, so they fought against Great Britain.
What are militias?
Citizen armies that each American Colony had to provide for defense
What act forced colonists to house the British soldiers (Redcoats)?
Provide two examples of early democracy (self-government/ representation) in America.
Iroquois Confederacy
House of Burguesses
Mayflower Compact
What were the advantages of the British?
They had a large military and lots of war supplies (ie. weapons)
What was the Line of Proclamation in 1763 and how did the colonists feel about it?
It restricted American colonists from moving west of the Appalachians because Great Britain did not want more problems with the Native Americans.
This line of troops angered the colonists
What was the major complaint the colonists had about taxes?
They had no representation in government
"Taxation without representation is tyrany!"
What was the Writs of Assistance?
allowed British to make unrestricted searches and
seizures of ships/cargo
Name all 7 continents
Africa - Asia - Antarctica - Australia
Who won the war and what did they gain?
Great Britain (the Ohio River Valley) This is land west of the Appalachian Mountains
Name the treaty that ended the French and Indian War & include the date.
Treaty of Paris 1763
What war followed the French & Indian War?
Name 3 ways the colonists protested against the taxes/acts
The Revolutionary War
boycotts, wrote letters to the king, meetings,
formed the Sons of Liberty (Patriot group)
Tar and Feathering, smuggled goods
Name the acts that King George III enforced to punish the colonists for dumping tea into the sea at the Boston Tea Party
Intolerable Acts