chapters 6 + 7

Question 1

Louis XIV

Answer 1

developed new france

Question 2

Samuel de Champlain

Answer 2

established quebec city

Question 3

Jesuits

Answer 3

catholic missionaries (tried to convert indigenous)

Question 4

George Washington

Answer 4

sent to ohio valley to deal with competing land claims, forced to sign a statement that he ordered the killing of Jumonville

Question 5

Acadians

Answer 5

conquered by the british + deported

Question 6

Benjamin Franklin

Answer 6

led the continental congress, created “plan of union” + “join or die” cartoon

Question 7

Iroquois

Answer 7

mohawk + other tribes, fought in the “beaver wars”, allied with british after being reluctant

Question 8

Edward Braddock

Answer 8

trained in european warfare, mission to capture ft. duquesne but was killed in a surprise attack

Question 9

P.M. William Pitt

Answer 9

p.m. who changed the strategy to focus on big cities + forts

Question 10

Pontiac

Answer 10

rebelled against britain w/ help from french fur traders (pontiac’s rebellion)

Question 11

Sons of Liberty

Answer 11

tarred + feathered british customs officials, hung effigies of stamp collectors

Question 12

Daughters of Liberty

Answer 12

against british, encouraged people to make homespun cloth

Question 13

Sam Adams

Answer 13

made boston massacre into anti-british propaganda (like paul revere)

Question 14

Paul Revere

Answer 14

made boston massacre into anti-british propaganda (like sam adams)

Question 15

P.M. George Grenville

Answer 15

p.m., ordered strict enforcement of navigation laws, “virtual representation” (legislative + taxation power are the same)

Question 16

Thomas Hutchinson

Answer 16

MA gov. who refused to comply with rebels, even after his house was ransacked + burned

Question 17

P.M. Lord North

Answer 17

proposed all duties except the one on tea be repealed

Question 18

Metis

Answer 18

french + indigenous offspring

Question 19

Beaver Wars

Answer 19

french + algonquin vs. britsh + iroquois

Question 20

King William’s War

Answer 20

nine years’ war

Question 21

Queen Anne’s War

Answer 21

war of the spanish succession, took nova scotia, ended by the peace of utrecht

Question 22

Peace of Utrecht

Answer 22

ended queen anne’s war, britain won: acadia, hudson bay, newfoundland, + trading rights w/ spanish

Question 23

King George’s War

Answer 23

war of the autstrian succession, involved the war of jenkins’ ear, louisbourg was captured but given back to the french in the peace settlement

Question 24

French & Indian War

Answer 24

1754-1763, seven years’ war, britain + prussia vs. france + spain + austria + russia, fighting worldwide but worst in germany

Question 25

New Orleans

Answer 25

fort set up to attack spanish ships, treaty of paris gave spain new orleans

Question 26

Ft. Necessity

Answer 26

french surrounded the outpost + forced VAs to surrender after 10-hr. siege, washington forced to sign a statement that he ordered the killing of jumonville

Question 27

Ft. Duquesne

Answer 27

during the french & indian war french held the ft. + tried to stop brits from building their own fort in the area, braddock tried to capture the ft.

Question 28

Albany Plan of Union

Answer 28

franklin's proposal for common defense, approved by 7 delegates but turned down by colonial assemblies

Question 29

Treaty of Paris (1763)

Answer 29

french lost all territory on continent except for 2 small fishing outposts that couldnt be fortified ( martinique + guadalupe, sugar producing islands)

Question 30

Proclamation of 1763

Answer 30

british wanted to keep colonists east of appalacians + out of indigenous conflict, colonists refused to obey

Question 31

Mercantilism

Answer 31

power = wealth from gold + silver, export more goods than imported, american colonies had to provide mother country w/ raw materials

Question 32

Navigation Laws

Answer 32

ship crews had to be majority colonial/british, exported/imported goods to the colonies had to be in english/colonial vessels, tariff duties collected for most goods

Question 33

Corn Laws

Answer 33

prohibited export of colonial grain to england, NE + NY started manufacturing cloth to make up for lost profits

Question 34

Sugar Act

Answer 34

halved the duty on foreign sugar imported from the w. indies (6 pence --> 3 pence)

Question 35

Quartering Act

Answer 35

required colonists to house british soldiers (fell hardest on NY)

Question 36

Currency Acts

Answer 36

to make NE colonists (eventually all colonists) pay for goods in hard currency

Question 37

Stamp Act

Answer 37

proposed tax for legal documents, newspapers, games, etc., british citizens had been paying stamp tax for decades, offenders tried in admiralty court, repealed withing 6 months b/c of protests

Question 38

Stamp Act Congress

Answer 38

felt only colonial assemblies should levy taxes ("no taxation w/o representation")

Question 39

Declaratory Act

Answer 39

reaffirmed parliament's right to make laws binding in the colonies

Question 40

Writs of Assistance

Answer 40

allowed brit. customs officials to enter warehouses/private homes to enforce law

Question 41

Townshend Duties

Answer 41

indirect internal tax paid at american ports on light import duties (glass, white lead, paper, paint, + tea)

Question 42

Nonimportation

Answer 42

boycotts

Question 43

Boston Massacre

Answer 43

mob gathered around british soldier guard post, snowballs + seashells were thrown at soldiers, soldiers fired on the crowd, 5 were killed, this event was made into anti-british propaganda

Question 44

Townshend Tea Act

Answer 44

all duties except the one on tea was repealed to maintain that parliament could tax the colonies

Question 45

Boston Tea Party

Answer 45

342 chests dumped by the sons of liberty (about $1 million value today)

Question 46

Coercive/Intolerable Acts

Answer 46

boston port act (closed port until tea was paid for), restricted town meetings, MA charter nullified, MA placed under marital law

Question 47

First Continental Congress

Answer 47

declaration of rights, "the association" called for complete boycott of british goods

Question 48

Quebec Act

Answer 48

extended quebec territory south, french allowed them to keep their religion + customs but denied them a representative assembly, colonies feared this was setting a precedent for the end of their popular assemblies + jury trials

Question 49

Lexington & Concord

Answer 49

british goal was to capture an arsenal at concord, shots were fired + 8 militiamen killed at lexington, brits continued to concord + turned around toward boston (more deaths)

Question 50

Lord Dunmore’s Proclamation

Answer 50

promised freedom to enslaved people from VA who joined the british, thousands fled plantations, british kept their promise to at least 14,000 people