ch.5 history vocab

Question 1

trapper canoed down wisconsin river in search of the Great river-found ms river

Answer 1

louis joliet

Question 2

preached to the Quapaw Indians in arkansas in 1673-found ms river

Answer 2

Jacques Marguette

Question 3

explored mississipi; named Louisiana in honor of Louis XIV;made comprehesive claim of ¨all nations, peoples, provinces¨ as possesions of France

Answer 3

La Salle

Question 4

French territory-named in honor of Louis XIV by La Salle

Answer 4

Louisiana

Question 5

3/4 wars that erupted in Europe between England/France that played out in New World under ¨americanized¨ names

Answer 5

1.King Williams war
2.Queen Annes war
3. King Georges war

Question 6

French-Canadian; resourceful/competent leader came to north america/ w/ aid of French settlers/indians, inflicted considerable damage/fear upon the English settlements

Answer 6

Comte de Frontenac

Question 7

ended fighting on both sides of Atlantic in 1713.
-England gained:title to eastern Canada/west Indies/straight of Gibraltar
-France gained: control of st. Lawrence/Great Lakes region

Answer 7

Treaty of Utrecht

Question 8

-1754-1763- began in New world and spread to Europe
-became 7 yr war
-Britain/Prussia allied against Austria, Russia, France, Spain, several other nations
-perhaps 1st World war

Answer 8

French/Indian War

Question 9

22 yr old Virginia colonel/led men toward Forks of Ohio River/ was ordered to clear territory who, according to English, had illegally entered area.forced to surrender, signed note of surrender that out whole blame on British; government Repudiated note/ Britain and France went to war

Answer 9

George Washington

Question 10

at forks of the Ohio; where French/Indians waited for British

Answer 10

Fort duquesne

Question 11

sudden surprise attacks by small, hidden groups

Answer 11

guerrila warfare

Question 12

attempted to establish political unity in the colonies when it met at Albany, New York in June 1754 ab the war;delegates from most colonies north of virginia attended

Answer 12

Albany congress

Question 13

Proposed ¨albany plan¨ for centralized colonial rule.
-president chosen by king
-congress chosen by separate colonies

Answer 13

Benjamin Franklin

Question 14

French Catholics living in British-held Nova Scotia

Answer 14

Acadians

Question 15

general-cut a road through wooded wilderness to a spot within a few miles of french fort-shot through the lungs-last words: ¨who would have thought it¨

Answer 15

Edward Braddock

Question 16

talented soldier/commander, engineered a series of stinging defeats on British from 1756-1758;destroyed 2 major British outposts, fort Oswego,Lake Ontario/fort William Henry, lake George;drove back British attempt to capture french fort Ticonderoga

Answer 16

Marquis de Montcalm

Question 17

british prime minister ¨i am sure that i can save this country, and that nobody else can¨ adopted plan to win war (1757)

Answer 17

William Pitt

Question 18

New, energetic commander. 1758 his army captured Louisbourg, most powerful fortress in America

Answer 18

James Wolfe

Question 19

In quebec city, fought between french/british;british won

Answer 19

battle of the plains of abraham

Question 20

removed french influence as major force in continent
Britain: east canada, all east of ms river
Spain: Frances louisiana territory west of ms

Answer 20

treaty of Paris

Question 21

king,first one to be born in England and to use English as his first language/came to throne in 1760/lost the american colonies

Answer 21

George 3rd

Question 22

ottawa indian chief
formed confederacy of Indian tribes
waged war against British soldiers/settlers from 1763-1766

Answer 22

Pontiac

Question 23

salaries for royal officials, military appropriation, taxes had to pass the scrutiny of elected office holders.

Answer 23

Power of the Purse

Question 24

forbade colonists to settle beyond Appalachians

Answer 24

Proclamation line

Question 25

Kings chief minister, sugar act passed under him

Answer 25

George Gronville

Question 26

placed a tax on goods imported into the colonies

Answer 26

sugar act

Question 27

stamp tax for newspapers, diplomas, varied legal documents; levied 1st internal tax

Answer 27

stamp act

Question 28

tax on goods produced/consumed entirely within the colonies

Answer 28

internal tax

Question 29

growing body of opponents to british rule called themselves this taken form Barres speech: ¨Caused the blood of these sons of liberty to recoil within them¨

Answer 29

Sons of Liberty

Question 30

subjected colonies to a standing army in peace time/help supply provisions for it; went against rights

Answer 30

quartering act

Question 31

presented resolutions to the House of Burgesses saying Virginians had all right/ privileges of english men/ to grant right of taxation to anyone other than the Virginia assembly was an act of tyranny

Answer 31

Patrick Henry

Question 32

denounced stamp act/usurpation of colonial rights it represented

Answer 32

stamp act congress

Question 33

led sons of liberty; hanged an effigy of Andrew Oliver (royal stamp Distributor) ransacked his home

Answer 33

Samuel Adams

Question 34

direct taxes on glass, paint, paper, tea

Answer 34

townshend act

Question 35

encouraged colonists to resist the erosion of their liberties; urged them to not give a single ¨iota¨ of their rights

Answer 35

John Dickinson

Question 36

refusal to buy british goods

Answer 36

boycotts

Question 37

violence between british/ american colonists

Answer 37

Boston Massacre