Trouble in the Frontier
Who was the Wampanoag chief who led Indian tribes in King Philip’s War?
Metacomet
Who led a rebellion against the British in the Great Lakes region after the French and Indian War?
Chief Pontiac
What was the first law passed by Parliament to tax the colonies directly?
The Sugar Act
What did the Townshend Acts tax?
Imported glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea
What term describes stories and images designed to support one point of view?
Propaganda
What treaty ended the French and Indian War?
The Treaty of Paris (1763)
Why did Pontiac’s Rebellion occur?
American Indians resisted British settlement on their land
What act required colonists to buy official stamps for paper goods?
The Stamp Act
Who organized boycotts of British goods and made homemade cloth?
The Daughters of Liberty
What was the purpose of the Sons of Liberty?
To oppose British taxes and intimidate tax collectors
What was the Albany Plan of Union?
A plan by Benjamin Franklin to unite the colonies for defense, which was rejected
What did British officials stop giving to American Indians that made them angry?
Gifts of trade goods
What group was formed to share information about British laws and coordinate protests?
Committees of Correspondence
What event occurred on March 5, 1770, when British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists?
The Boston Massacre
Who created the engraving of the Boston Massacre that fueled colonial anger?
Paul Revere
What major advantage did the British gain after the French and Indian War?
Control of Canada and land east of the Mississippi River
What was Fort Detroit’s importance to the British?
It was a key political and trading center in the Great Lakes region
What slogan expressed the colonists’ anger over taxation?
“No taxation without representation”
What was the colonial response to the Tea Act of 1773?
The Boston Tea Party
Who wrote plays criticizing the British government?
Mercy Otis Warren
What was the effect of the Proclamation of 1763?
Colonists were banned from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains
What were two provisions of the Proclamation of 1763?
Colonists couldn’t settle west of the Appalachians, and settlers already there had to leave
What law said that Parliament had the authority to make laws for the colonies “in all cases whatsoever”?
The Declaratory Act
What did the colonists call the Coercive Acts passed to punish Boston?
The Intolerable Acts
What did Patrick Henry argue in his speeches before the Virginia House of Burgesses?
That the Stamp Act violated the rights of the colonists