Vocabulary
Dedication to someone or something
allegiance
_________ and James Otis met with other leaders for the Stamp Act Congress
Benjamin Franklin
This battle didn't happen at Bunker Hill but _______
Breed's Hill
In 1765, Parliament passed a tax law that taxed newspapers, almanacs, pamphlets, legal documents, insurance policies and even playing cards.
The Stamp Act
Why did the British want the Ohio lands?
trade and growth
complaint or dissatisfaction
grievance
Who was the first commander-in-chief?
George Washington
This first meeting was to unite the colonies.
Albany Congress
Benjamin Franklin and James Otis called for a meeting to discuss what to do about the Stamp Act.
The Stamp Act Congress
Why did the French want the Ohio Valley?
Important link to France's holdings in Canada and Louisiana
a formal statement of feelings of a group
A slave that died during the Boston Massacre.
Crispus Attucks
In May 1763, Chief Pontiac led the ........
Pontiac Rebellion
On Dec 16, 1773, colonists disguised as Indians and boarded ships and dumped tea into the harbor.
Boston Tea Party
What is the first meeting in June and July of 1754 in Albany, New York to unite the colonies?
Albany Congress.
antonym meaning submitted to someone else's rule
independence
This group of people contributed to the Boston Tea Party.
Sons of Liberty
This was done to keep the colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Proclamation of 1763
Series of laws passed to punish the colonists of Massachusetts.
Intolerable Acts
What is considered a symbol of peace?
Olive Branch
The ___________ of the verdict was that Ra'Myah was guilty.
public opinion
He warned Hancock and Adams that the British were coming.
Paul Revere
This act was passed in 1764 and taxed sugar and other goods.
The Sugar Act
In September 1774, colonists met in Philadelphia's Carpenters' Hall to discuss ways they might respond to the growing British threat.
First Continental Congress
When Britain began to fight the French in Europe and Asia, it became a world war known as________
Seven Year's War