Review American History Chapter 2 Flashcards
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The ____ controlled western New York — territory the French had to pass through to reach the Ohio River
Iroquois
In the 1740’s the British and French both became interested in the ______
Ohio River
The ________ was meeting in 1754 of colonial delegates and Iroquois leaders.
Albany conference
The Albany Plan of Union proposed that the colonies unite to form a _________
Federal government
The defeat of British troops near Fort Duquesne inspired the _____
Delaware
After defeating the French forces defending _________, the British seized the city and took control of New France.
Quebec
In the spring of 1763, _________, chief of the Ottawa people, decided to go to war against the British.
Pontiac
George Grenville convinced Parliament to pass a law allowing colonial _______ to be tried in a vice-admiralty court.
smugglers
The American Revenue Act of 1764, better known as the __________, changed the tax rates for imported raw sugar and molasses.
Sugar Act
James Otis argued that the colonists could not be taxed to pay for __________ because they had no representation in Parliament.
British programs
In order to slow inflation, Parliament passed the ____________, which banned the use of paper money in the colonies.
Currency Act – 1764
The Stamp Act, which required stamps to be placed on most ______________, was the first direct tax Britain had placed on the colonies.
printed materials
The Revenue Act legalized ____________, general search warrants that enabled customs officers to enter any location to look for evidence of smuggling.
Writs of assistance – smuggling
In May 1769, Virginia’s House of Burgesses passed the ______________, stating that only the House could tax Virginians
Virginia Resolves
The ______________, occurred after a crowd of colonists began taunting and throwing snowballs at a British soldier guarding a customs house.
Boston Massacre
Thomas Jefferson suggested that each colony create a _________________, to communicate with the other colonies about British activities.
Committees of Correspondence
The Coercive Acts, passed in 1774, were intended to punish _________ or the Boston Tea Party and end colonial challenges to British authority.
Massachusetts
The Coercive Acts violated several traditional English rights, including the right to trial by ___________________.
a jury of ones peers
The _______________, expressed loyalty to the king, but condemned the Coercive Acts.
Declaration of Rights Agreement
Americans who backed ___________ were known as loyalists or Tories
Britain
Many backcountry _____________ regarded the king as their protector against the planters and ___________ who controlled the local governments.
farmers
merchants
By May 1775, militia troops had surrounded ____________, trapping the British inside.
Boston
The Second Continental Congress “adopted” the militia army and named it the ________________-.
Continental Army
The _______________ showed that the colonial militia could stand up to one of the world’s most feared armies.
Battle of Bunker Hill
