Fight in the Dog
a trade law enacted by Parliament in 1764 in an attempt to reduce smuggling in the British colonies and North America
Sugar Act
Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775, were the first major military actions between the British Army and Patriot militias
Lexington and Concord
a 1765 law in which Parliament established the first direct taxation of goods and services within the British colonies in North America including Florida via Spain
Stamp Act
the dumping of 18,000 pounds of tea into Boston Harbor by colonists in 1773 to protest the Tea Act
The Boston Tea Party
rookie card, young officer who establishes Fort Necessity
George Washington
conflict in North America, lasting from 1754 – 1763, that was part of a world-wide struggle between France and Britain and that ended with the defeat of France and the transfer of French Canada to Britain
French and Indian War
a series of laws enacted by Parliament in 1774 to punish Massachusetts Colonists for the Boston Tea Party
Intolerable Acts
clash between British soldiers and Boston colonists in 1770, in which five of the colonists were killed
Boston Massacre
The French Colony in North America
New France
Ottawa Native American leader who in 1763 who captured British forts in the Ohio Valley
Pontiac
June 17, 1775, battle in which the British sieged Boston and defeated the colonists, while they won, the British incurred many casualties and were sobered by the cost and violence of the battle
Battle of Bunker Hill
a series of laws enacted by Parliament in 1767, establishing indirect taxes on goods imported from Britain by the British colonies in North America
Townshend Acts
a pamphlet by Thomas Paine, published in 1776, that called for the separation of the colonies from Britain
Common Sense
Great Britain gets all colonial North America east of the Mississippi River, including Florida via Spain
Treaty of Paris 1763
1763, Prime Minister to George III (KG3) and financial expert who wanted to curb colonial smuggling
George Greenville
a document sent by the Continental Congress to King George III (KG3), proposing a reconciliation between the colonies and Britain
Olive Branch Petition
one of the groups set up by American colonists to exchange information about British threats to their liberties
Committees of Correspondence
a series of legislative bodies acting as the de facto government for the Thirteen Colonies and the early United States from 1774 to 1789
Continental Congress
an order in which Britain prohibited its American colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains
Proclamation of 1763
1757, King George II (KG2)’s Secretary of War, borrows money to strengthen Britain’s military strategies that lead to victory over the French
William Pitt