F&I War
What was another name for the French and Indian War?
The Seven Years War
After the French and Indian War, the British were deeply in ________, and needed to tax the colonies
Debt
secret society formed to oppose British policies; used tactics like tarring and feathering
Sons of Liberty
What animal was crucial the Native American tribes of the great plains?
Buffalo
Colonists who wanted independence from Britain
Patriots
Who fought the French and Indian War?
France/Native Americans vs British/Native Americans
What was included in the Sugar Act?
Sugar, molasses
Sons of Liberty threw 342 chests of tea overboard to protest the Tea Act.
Boston Tea Party
Define sedentary
to stay in one place
Colonist who supported the British during the American Revolution
Loyalists
What piece of land was fought over in the F&I war?
Ohio River Valley
What was included in the Stamp Act?
Legal papers, newspapers, playing cards, dice
British troops (4,000) were in Boston to enforce the Townshend Acts. Colonists threw snowballs, and five were killed in the confusion (Crispus Attucks was the first one killed).
Boston Massacre
What was the Major Native American group fighting in the F&I war?
Iroquois
organization of colonial women formed to protest British policies through boycotts
Daughters of Liberty
Britain wanted to stop the colonists and Native Americans from fighting so it made it illegal to cross the Appalachian Mountains to settle.
Proclamation of 1763
What was included in the Townshend Acts?
Glass, lead, oil, tea
Colonists were forced to house British troops in barracks at the expense of the colonists.
Quartering Act
Leader of Native American tribes who attacked colonists coming into the Ohio River Valley after the F&I war.
Pontiac
Meeting of delegates in Philadelphia in reaction to the Intolerable Acts; boycott all British goods, sent the Declaration of Rights and Grievances to the King, and agreed to meet again if Parliament refused to repeal the Intolerable Acts.
First Continental Congress
What fort was built by George Washington and his militia?
Fort Necessity
What was included in the Intolerable Acts?
-Close down Boston Harbor
-No more secret meetings
-Colonists had to house and feed British Soldiers
What were the goals of the British at Lexington and Concord?
1. Arrest leaders of Sons of Liberty
2. Destroy Militia weapons
the "three sisters" was a type of way Native Americans would grow what vegetables
corn, beans, squash
Who was leader of the Sons of Liberty?
Sam Adams