Vocabulary
A nation that works with another nation for a common purpose.
What is an ally?
These two European countries fought for control of territory in North America.
What are Britain and France?
This young British officer was sent to the Ohio territory in 1753.
Who was George Washington?
The French and Indian War began in this year.
What is 1754?
The act of officially canceling a law.
What is repeal?
A plan to create one general government for the British colonies.
What is the Albany Plan of Union?
This valuable region was claimed by both Britain and France.
What is the Ohio River Valley?
This Virginia lieutenant governor sent Washington to deliver a message demanding that the French leave the Ohio territory.
Who was Robert Dinwiddie?
George Washington built this fort near the Forks of the Ohio
What is Fort Necessity?
Colonial volunteers who trained regularly and were prepared to fight quickly.
Who were the Minutemen?
A formal written request signed by a group of people.
What is a petition?
These were major reasons Britain and France wanted control of the Ohio River Valley.
What are land, natural resources, and trade?
American colonists fought alongside this European country during the war.
What is Britain?
These two rivers meet to form the Ohio River.
What are the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers?
A legal document that allowed British officials to search ships for smuggled goods without specifying a particular reason.
What is a writ of assistance?
Refusing to buy certain goods or services as a form of protest.
What is a boycott?
The French and Indian War was part of this larger worldwide conflict, known as.
What is the Seven Years' War?
Many Native American nations supported the French because of these established relationships.
What were trade relationships and alliances?
Britain captured this important French-controlled city in 1759.
What is Quebec?
A war between Britain and France in North America that lasted from 1754 to 1763.
What was the French and Indian War?
The nonviolent refusal to obey laws considered unjust.
What is civil disobedience?
British taxation and increased control over the colonies after the French and Indian War helped lead to this major historical event.
What is the American Revolution?
Britain gained control of this major French territory after the war.
What is Canada?
This location was strategically important because it provided access to river transportation and trade routes in the Ohio River Valley.
What is the Forks of the Ohio?
The plan proposed in 1754 to unite the British colonies under one general government.
What was the Albany Plan of Union?