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Which Indian confederation supported the British in the French and Indian War?
Iroquois
The war that decided who would control the North American continent between the British and the French; also known as the Seven Years' War (1756-1763) in Europe.
French and Indian War
Struggle for control of the Ohio Valley was the immediate cause of the French and Indian War. The governor of Virginia sent this Lieutenant Colonel to the Ohio Valley to construct a fort there.
George Washington
What French fort was already constructed in the Ohio Valley that George Washington had to go against?
Fort Duquesne
Native American tribes that allied with the French used a style of fighting that was very effective in the wilderness. They hid behind trees and brush, ready to ambush the British. This approach was later called what?
guerrilla warfare
This proposal called for the creation of a grand council consisting of representatives from all the colonies whereby the assembly would have power to raise an army, build forts, and govern Indian affairs. It also recommended that the British king appoint one person to serve as president for the colonies.
Daily Double
Albany Plan of Union
This man published the Pennsylvania Gazette and Poor Richard's Almanack, organized the club Junto that discussed important issues and sought to advance society, invented the lightning rod to protect buildings from lightning strikes, helped propose the Albany Plan of Union, and negotiate the Treaty of Paris.
Benjamin Franklin
This British general was warned by George Washington that the French and their Indian allies would not fight in the open, organized fashion that the general knew in Europe. His forces were ambushed six miles away from Fort Dusquesne and he later died a few days afterward.
Edward Braddock
This man's energetic leadership brought a dramatic change in the war. He turned Britain's weak defensive tactics in America into aggressive action. He replaced older generals with younger, more energetic ones. He also agreed that the British would pay to outfit colonial soldiers to aid British troops.
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William Pitt
This British general besieged the city of Quebec under the cover of night and caught this French general commander by surprise, winning the British a great victory.
James Wolfe and Marquis de Montcalm
This Ottawa Indian chief, strongly opposed the colonists expansion into the western frontier. This led to British forts being captured and settlers attacked along the frontier.
Pontiac
George III issued this which prohibited colonists from settling beyond the Appalachian Mountains. Trappers and traders were allowed into the region, but only if they had official licenses. The British issued this decree in order to reduce conflict with the Indians.
Proclamation of 1763
Mercantilistic policies passed by Britain between 1651 and 1733 to control colonial trade
Navigation and Trade Acts
These were general search warrants used to search for smuggled goods anywhere - even homes
writs of assistance
Duties or taxes on imported goods such as sugar, molasses, and coffee
Sugar Act of 1764
This rallying cry was heard throughout the colonies over whether or not Parliament had the right to tax the colonies at all since the thirteen colonies had no representatives in Parliament.
"No taxation without representation"
Throughout the colonies, these groups organized and held rallies to protest the Stamp Act. Sometimes using violence to obtain their ends.
Sons of Liberty
This Act required colonial businessmen and lawyers to purchase special stamps and place them on items that were taxed, thus increasing the price that colonists paid.
Stamp Act of 1765
Following the repeal of the Stamp Act, Parliament passed this act, placing new taxes on such items as glass, paper, lead, paint, and tea. This led to colonists refusing to buy British goods, also known as _____
Townshend Acts; boycotts
The outbreak of violence between colonists and British troops on March 5, 1770, resulting in the deaths of five people
Boston Massacre
In late 1772 this Massachusetts Attorney urged Boston to form this which provided written information about British threats to liberty in the form of letters that were sent to other parts of the colony.
Samuel Adams; Committee of Correspondence
A protest against the Tea Act of 1773 by colonists disguised as Indians, during which the colonists threw tea from British ships into Boston Harbor
Boston Tea Party
Called the Coercive Acts by the British; closed the port of Boston until the cost of the destroyed tea was paid, allowed royal officials charged with crimes to be tried in London or in another colony, changed Massachusetts' charter and gave British officials more control, and passed a new Quartering Act (1774)
Intolerable Acts
Sessions that adopted a formal statement of protest (the Declaration of Rights and Grievances)
First Continental Congress
What was significant about the battles of Lexington and Concord?
They marked the beginning of the War for Independence.