Vocabulary
What is an agreement between countries to help each other against other countries called?
Alliance
Who led British forces in a failed attempt to capture Fort Duquesne?
General Edward Braddock
In what city was the key battle of the French and Indian War fought?
Quebec
What is the name of the document French and British leaders signed at the end of French and Indian War?
The Treaty of Paris
Name given to a colonist who supported Britain?
Loyalist
What do we call an import tax?
Duty
Who wrote the Albany Plan of Union?
Benjamin Franklin
What is the name of the conflict that took place after the Townshend duties, except the one on tea, was repealed?
The Boston Massacre
What is the name of the document the British government issued to keep colonists from settling past the Appalachian Mountains?
The Proclamation of 1763
Name of Acts passed after the Boston Tea Party?
The Intolerable Acts
What word describes a total control of a market for a certain product?
Monopoly
Name of the Native American leader who formed an alliance and attacked British forts and settlements?
Chief Pontiac
In what two cities did the conflict that features the "shot heard round the world" take place?
Lexington and Concord
Name of the group formed by Samuel Adams to maintain close contact with the colonies?
Committee of Correspondence
Name of Act that required colonists to pay taxes on paper products?
The Stamp Act
What is the shutting off of a port by ships to keep people or supplies from moving in or out called?
Blockade
Who said "Give me Liberty or Give me Death"?
Patrick Henry
What is the name of the battle that involved George Washington firing canons on the Boston harbor?
The Battle of Bunker Hill
Name of the meeting that took place after parliament passed the Quebec Act?
The First Continental Congress
Name given to court orders that allowed officials to make searches without saying for what they were searching?
Writs of Assistance
What do we call soldiers who serve another country for money?
Mercenaries
Name of the British Prime Minister who sent top generals to the colonies to fight the French?
William Pitt
Names of the two leaders who led attacks on Quebec in 1775
Montgomery and Arnold
In what meeting did the colonists decide to form an army?
The Second Continental Congress
Name of the first person to die in the cause of American independence?
Crispus Attucks