Who am I?
Who is Marquis de Montcalm?
French Commander of Quebec City.
What is the Writs of Assistance?
Allowed for customs agents to search for smuggled goods.
This group of colonists are ready to fight at a moment's notice
Minutemen
Define the Intolerable Acts
Parliamentary Acts designed to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party.
What is Guerrilla Warfare?
Hiding behind trees and brush in order to ambush the enemy.
Who is James Wolfe?
British General who besieged the city of Quebec
This law stopped colonists from settling beyond the Appalachian Mountains.
Proclamation of 1763
The strongest confederation of Indian tribes in America
Iroquois
Act #1
Closed the port of Boston until the cost of the destroyed tea was repaid.
What is the Committee of Correspondence?
Groups that provided written information in the form of letters about British threats to liberty.
I am a British General who was ambushed and killed by the French in the first major action of the French and Indian war.
Edward Braddock
Define the Quartering Act
This law forced colonists to provide supplies and housing to the British troops.
Who was the group that protested against the Stamp Act?
Sons of Liberty
Act #2
Royal officials charged with crimes to be tried in London or in another colony.
Who are people who are missing, captured, killed or wounded in battle.
Casualties
I am an Ottawa Indian chief who did not want the colonists to expand westward.
Pontiac
This law stated that only certain products could be shipped to English colonies and England
Navigation and Trade Acts
Define casualties
People who are killed, wounded, captured or missing.
Act #3
Gave British officials more control. Lost right to elect representatives, name judges and select juries. Could not conduct town meeting without governors' consent.
The British retreated to Boston after they destroyed military supplies at LEXINGTON. True or False
False. The British destroyed military supplies at CONCORD.
Who is John Locke?
An English Philosopher who believed that leaders could be overthrown if they do not protect their rights.
What is the Quebec Act?
An act that:
1. Allowed French law to be used in some court case in Quebec
2. Extended Quebec's borders to the Ohio River
3. Parliament recognized Roman Catholicism as the leading religion in Quebec.
What organization did the colonists create to discuss relations with Britian?
The Continental Congress
Act #4
New Quartering Act governors could demand supplies or buildings that were needed for British troops.
Define Treaty of Paris
As a result of the French and Indian War this document granted the American colonies independence.