vocab
Colonial Rebellion
French and Indian War
Colonial Economies
key events
100

What was the Quartering act?

law requiring American Colonists to provide British Soldiers with housing and food

100

one reason American Colonists wanted to rebel against the British

tax.......anything having to do with wealth/land

100

Our first president fought in this war and became famous for his fighting efforts

George Washington

100

The Boston area colony in the north had a major harbor and port. As a result their economy was based mainly on _________________________

fishing

imports

exports


100

The Seven Years War is also known as the ____________________________________ War

French and Indian

200

"smitten with the contagion, first by plague, afterwards when the English came by smallpox"

what is contagion?

easily spread disease

200

The Boston Massacre was an event in which American Colonists were _________________________ by British Soldiers

attacked, shot

200

Who fought who in the French and Indian War?

French vs the British

200

Main export of the southern colonies?

Brown Gold....tobacco 

200

The French and Indian war was fought in both _____________________ and __________________

America.......Europe

300

The Proclamation of 1763 was an invisible line drawn that limited Colonial ___________________ westward

expansion

300

why did the Boston Tea Party take place?

British were taxing tea 

300

Who had more alliances with the Natives during the French and Indian War? The French or the British

French


300

The middle "Bread Basket" colonies produced mainly_____________________________

wheat

300

what happened on July 4 1776?

Declaration of Independence


400

self sufficiency or "mercantilism" is the idea that the American colonies should trade exclusively with their mother ___________________________  

country

400

what was the Boston Tea Party

American Colonists went into Boston Harbor and Destroyed British imports of tea.

400

How many Native American alliances did the French have?

5

400

the triangle trade was between what three continents 

Europe, Africa, Americas

400

The word Act in The Sugar Act and Stamp Act is another word for what?

tax

500

what is an indentured servant?

an individual who trades years of work in return for housing/food/travel expenses 

500

The main reason for American Colonial rebellion against the British?

taxation without representation

500

How many Native American alliances did the British have during the French and Indian War?

one

500

What was the name of America first colony?

Jamestown

500

what was the name of the Native American woman who married John Smith

Pocahontas