Tax Turmoil
Refuse to buy certain goods and services
Boycott
This English official helped gain Iroquois support for England.
William Johnson
What was the name of the meeting in Philadelphia of delegates from 12 of thr 13 colonies?
First Continental Congress
Colonists said these legal documents under which customs officials could inspect a ships cargo without giving a reason, violated their rights.
Writs of Assistance
In this plan, Ben Franklin called for a Grand Council with representatives from each colony
Albany Plan of Union
Created taxes on certain goods and set up new ways to collect taxes
Townsend Acts
This Native American leader became a valuable ally to the English
Joseph Brant
These name for the four laws imposed by the British to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party, and what was the result?
Intolerable Acts; they brought 12 of the 13 colonies right in Philadelphia.
Samuel Adam’s organized this group who wrote letters and pamphlets reporting on events in Massachusetts.
Committees of Correspondence
When the British captured Fort Duquesne, they renamed it aster this British Leader.
William Pitt - Fort Pitt
Placed duties (or taxes) on legal documents
Stamp Act
In North America, the French had a strong alliance with ______ and their chief rival was _______.
Hurons
EnglandThis set up a government for Canada and protected the rights of French Catholics
Quebec Act
What war, caused by English colonists moving into the Ohio River Valley, ended when Britain signed the Proclamation of 1763?
Pontiacs War
General Wolfe defeated Montcalm on this battlefield outside of Quebec
Plains of Abraham
The British issued this to prevent colonists from going into Indian Land, mostly to keep the two groups from fighting
Proclamation of 1763
What actions did William Pitt take to turn the tide of the war?
He sent Britain’s best generals to America and offered more money for military service and supplies.
Why did General Thomas Gage lead troops to Concord and what triggered the fight at Lexington and Concord?
To collect weapons and gunpowder stored there by the colonists; a shot was fired leading both sides to start shooting at each other
Who did John Adams defend because he believed in English law saying all men deserve a fair trial?
the British soldiers charged in the Boston Massacre
This document marked the end of French power in North America
Treaty of Paris 1763
How did each of these people demonstrate their leadership:
Sam Adams; Mercy Otis Warren; Patrick HenryAdams: Sons of Liberty, organized protests
Warren: wrote plays and poems mocking British
Henry: gave speeches supporting freedoms
After France was defeated, how was its North American empire divided between Britain and Spain?
At the Mississippi River. England got all land east of the river and Spain got all of the lands west of the river.
The name for volunteers who were ready to fight at a moments notice.
What did the British call the law taxing glass, paper, paint, lead and tea, and which also allowed them to search colonial property?
Townsend Acts
Both England and France wanted to control this fertile farm land with access to waterways and ample furs.
Ohio river valley