Vocabulary / 1
What is Congress?
A meeting of Representatives
What does it mean to repeal?
To cancel
What was the French and Indian War?
A war fought between the French/Native Americans versus the British for control of the Colonies Western Frontier
What was the Stamp Act?
Required everything printed on paper in the American colonies to have an official stamp before it could be bought, sold, or used. The money paid to purchase the stamp was the tax.
What is taxation without Representation?
To be taxed without a Representative in the lawmaking body that is taxing you
What is an ally?
People who join together for a specific purpose
What is a duty?
A tax on imported goods
What was the Albany Plan of Union?
Benjamin Franklin's plan to have the colonies fight together against the French
How did the British raise money to pay their massive debt after the War?
Taxing the colonies
What were the Townshend Acts?
A new set of taxes on products that came from Britain and were sent to the 13 colonies
What is a proclamation?
An official announcement
What is a boycott?
refusal to buy a product or service
What did the war do to the British Economy?
Put Britain in a lot of debt
What added to the debt of the British after the French and Indian War?
The cost of sending troops to the colonies to protect the newly acquired Western Frontiers
What did the Daughters of Liberty boycott?
British Tea and Cloth
What is a tax?
money people pay to government
What is a haversack?
a back pack
What was the turning point in the French and Indian War?
When the British captured Quebec, the capitol of New France
What was the result or effect of the Treaty of Paris?
The British gained a huge amount of land to use, but also a huge amount of land to protect
When the Townshend Acts were repealed, what was the only tax or duty that remained?
A duty on British Tea
What is Parliament?
Britain's lawmaking body
What is a loyalist?
Someone loyal to their government
What was the Proclamation of 1763?
Forbade settlers from establishing settlements West of the Appalachian Mountains
What were the terms of the Treaty of Paris?
It ended the French and Indian War and also changed the boundaries dramatically. France had to give up all land claims in North America.
If a plane crashes on the border of USA and Canada, where do they bury the survivors?
You don't bury survivors