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| The region stretching along the Ohio River from the Appalachains to the Mississippi River. Claimed by both Britain and France. The British saw it as an area for trade and growth, for France it connected their lands in New France and Louisana. |
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| Began in North America in 1754 and spread to Europe. Ended in 1763. Native Americans fought mainly for the French. |
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| A formal agreement amoung groups or individuals. |
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| He said the colonies should unite to fight the French. |
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| At 21 years old, he led the Virginians to a French Fort. They built Fort Necessity, which was attacked by the French and their Native American allies. This battle was the start of the French and Indian War |
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| The lawmaking branch of the British government |
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| In 1755 he led 1,800 British troops to attack the French at Fort Duquesne. Brought George Washington along as an adviser. Was killed in the fighting. |
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| Gave Britain most of Canada, all French lands east of the Mississippi River, and Spanish Florida. France lost nearly all of its lands in North America |
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| Britain's king-tried to end the fighting. |
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| a public announcement made by King George III to try and end the fighting. It said that all land west of the Appalachian Mnts belonged to Native Americans. White settlers were told to leave. |
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| A plan for spending money. |
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| passed by Parliament to raise money for Britain. It taxed the sugar and molasses brought into the colonies from the West Indies. It hurt shipping businesses in the colonies. |
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| An Ottawa chief united groups along the Mississippi River to keep settlers out of their lands. |
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| Another tax law that put a tax on many paper items in the colonies. Newspapers, legal documents, and playing cards. |
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| A Massachusetts writer who disagreed with the new tax (Stamp Act) |
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| A public speaker for the Virginia House of Burgesses who told other members that Parliament did not represent the colonies. Was accused of treason, later became Virginia's governor. |
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| Being guilty of working against your own government. |
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| A formal meeting of representatives. |
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| Male Colonists who worked against the Stamp Act. They captured British tax collectors and dumped tar and feathers on them. They also chased the tax collectors out of their towns. |
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| Women who took action against the Stamp Act. They spun thread and wove their own cloth. |
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| Organized the first Committee of Correspondence in Boston |
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| Committees of Correspondence |
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| Members wrote letters to one another telling what was happening in their towns. |
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| Laws that were passes by Parliament that taxed imports that were brought into the colonies, such as glass, tea, paint, and paper. |
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| An African American sailor, the first person killed in the fight for the colonies' freedom |
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| One of the worst fights between the colonists and the British. |
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| Complete control of a good or service to one person or group. |
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| The sons of liberty boarded the British ships in Boston and threw over 300 chests of tea into the harbor. |
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| To use warships to prevent other ships from entering or leaving a harbor. |
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| Colonists had to give food and housing to the British soldiers |
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| A member of the Massachusetts colony militia who could quickly be ready to fight the British. |
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| A person who is in control of all the armed forces of a nation. |
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| Governor of Massachusetts and a leader in the British army during the Revolutionary War. |
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| A leader of the Sons of Liberty in Massachusetts |
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| A Massachusetts colonist who warned the Patriots that the British were marching toward Concord. |
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| Enslaved African woman who became a famous poet and supported the Patriots during the Revolutionary War |
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| Writer during the American Revolution. His pamphlet "Common Sense" led many americans to favor independence. |
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| 3rd president of the US, main writer of the Declaration of Independence. Was president when the US purchased Louisiana from France. |
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| Coercive/Intolerable Acts |
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| Laws passed by Parliament to punish the Massachusetts colonists |
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| Battle of Lexington and concord |
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| Battle was the start of the American Revolution |
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| The first major battle of the Revolutionary War |
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| A petition sent by Congress to King George III asking for peace |
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| Declaration of Independence |
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| An official statement about independence sent to the king |
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| Articles of confederation |
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| The country's first plan of government. |
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| Why did the British government want to place taxes on the colonies? |
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| Britain needed more money to pay off the cost of the war and thought the colonists should help |
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| Why were the British unable to collect the money from the Stamp Act? |
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| The colonists said Britain could not tax them because no one was speaking for them in Parliament. They boycotted all British goods |
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| List the Intolerable Acts |
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1. The port of Boston was closed
2.the massachusetts legislature was stopped from meeting.
3.The colonists had to give food and housing to all the soldiers. |
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