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Vocabulary
French in North America
English in North America
Causes of the Revolutionary War
Revolution Begins
100
An area claimed, settled, and governed by another country
What is a colony?
100
This Frenchman helped 32 French people form a settlement in Quebec.
Who is Samuel de Champlain?
100
This first English colony disappeared by 1590.
What is Roanoke Island?
100
This act was a tax on legal papers, licenses, newspapers, and playing cards.
What is the Stamp Tax?
100
In 1774 this group of leaders met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to discuss issues that the colonies had against Great Britain.
What is the First Continental Congress?
200
A fight against a government or other authority
What is a rebellion?
200
In 1673 these two Frenchmen explored the Mississippi River.
Who are Louis Jolliet and Father Jacques Marquette?
200
In 1607 England settled this first successful, permanent colony.
What is Jamestown?
200
This act said that British soldiers must be allowed to stay in colonists' homes and that the colonists must provide the troops with food and supplies.
What is the Quartering Act?
200
The first battles of the American Revolution were fought in these two towns near Boston.
What are Lexington and Concord?
300
A partner or supporter
What is an ally?
300
This Frenchman was one of the first people to have a fur trading post in the area of modern-day Chicago.
Who is Jean-Baptist-Point du Sable?
300
England wanted more land in North America. They ended up fighting these two groups of people in 1754.
Who are the French and Indians?
300
This act made colonists pay taxes on glass, paint, oil, and tea.
What are the Townshend Acts?
300
This document declared the American colonies to be "free and independent states."
What is the Declaration of Independence?
400
An official announcement
What is a proclamation?
400
In 1680 La Salle and his men built this fort near present-day Peoria as a base for their explorations.
What is Fort de Crevecoeur?
400
The French and Indian War was won by this country after the signing of this important document.
What is England and the Treaty of Paris?
400
These acts closed Boston's port, outlawed meetings, sent more British troops, and appointed a British governor over the colonies.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
400
These two leaders commanded American troops in the East and the West during the war against the British.
Who are George Washington and George Rogers Clark?
500
To cancel
What is to repeal?
500
The French changed the lives of Native Americans in these two positive ways.
What are establishing fur trading and bringing the Catholic religion.
500
This Ottawa chief rebelled against the British after they won the French and Indian War.
Who is Pontiac?
500
The colonists complained that they had no ___________ in the British government.
What is representation?
500
The British surrendered to George Washington at this Virginia town by signing this treaty to end the war.
What are Yorktown and the Treaty of Paris?