American Republic - Chapter 5 Review

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Proclamation of 1763

Prohibited colonists from settling beyond the Appalachian Mountains.

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Writs of assistance

Allowed customs officials to search for smuggled goods.

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Stamp Act

Taxed legal documents, newspapers, calenders, playing cards, and other printed items.

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Quartering Act (1765)

Required colonists to house British troops in barracks, stables, or other buildings.

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Sugar Act

Taxed imported goods such as sugar, molasses, and coffee.

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Iroquois

Strongest confederation of Indian tribes in North America

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French and Indian

This war was fought in North America from 1754 to 1763

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George Washington

The governor of Virginia sent this person to construct a fort at the Ohio River in 1754.

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Guerilla Warfare

The tactic of hiding behind trees and ambushing the enemy.

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Samuel Adams

A famous member of the Sons of Liberty.

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Edward Braddock

The British general who led and was killed in the first major action fo the French and Indian war.

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William Pitt

The British politician who changed tactics in the war and gave full support to the war effort in the American colonies.

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James Wolfe

British general who besieged Quebec City and devised a daring plan to capture the city.

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Marquis De Montecalm

French commander of Quebec City.

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Pontiac

The Ottawa Indian chief who strongly opposed British colonists’ expansion into the western frontier.

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Sons of Liberty

The main group who organized protests against the Stamp Act.

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John Locke

An English philosopher whose writings influenced the colonists’ view on the right to overthrow the government.

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Boycott

Refusal to buy imported goods from Britain as a response to taxes is an example of

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Stamp Act congress

Delegates from nine colonies who met in an assembly.

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Boston Tea Party

Where over 100 men boarded British ships and tossed tea overboard.

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Concord

The place where the British destroyed military supplies and then retreated to Boston.

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First Continental Congress

Delegates of the colones who met to discuss their opposition to the Intolerable Acts.

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Lexington

The first town where British troops reached and where the first casualties of the war happened.

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Minutemen

Militiamen who were ready to fight at a moment’s notice.

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Casualties

Refers to the number of people killed, wounded, captured, or missing in battle.

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Benjamin Franklin

The primary author of Albany Plan of Union

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France land east of Mississippi, control of Canada from France, control of Flordia

Britain gained possession over these in the Treaty of Paris.

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King George the 3rd

This was the English monarch who was petitioned by the Stamp Act Congress.

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Townshed Acts

Placed new taxes on glass, paper, lead, paint, and tea.

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Tea

Parliament mainted the tax on this item when they repealed the Townshend Acts.

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Intolerable Acts

The British passed the Coercive Acts, which the colonists called:

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Patrick Henry

This person made the statement “Give me liberty or give me death”

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Paul Revere, William Daws, Doctor Prescott

The three men who warned the colonists that the British were coming to Lexington and Concord.

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