Unit II: Chapter 4 Flashcards
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What was the Albany Plan of 1754?
Treaty made with the Iroquois to set up a general government to manage relations with the Indians
No one approved
What were the 3 main people groups involved in the French and Indian War?
The Iroquois, the French,and the English
What were the 5 tribes that made up the Iroquois Confederacy?
Mohawk, Seneca, Cayuga, Onodaga, and Oneida
In the summer of 1754, what did the Governor of Virginia do?
He sent militia force under George Washington into the Ohio Valley to challenge French expansion
In the skirmish between George Washington and the French, what were the two forts built?
Washington built Fort Necessity
The French built Fort Duquesne
What treaty ended the French and the Indian War?
The Peace of Paris treaty
Who was made the prime minister of England under George III.?
George Grenville
What was the Sugar Act of 1764
Taxes placed on sugar, molasses, and coffee
What did the French name their territory?
Who did they name it after?
Louisiana
King Louis
What was the Magna Carta?
The “great charter”
King John was forced to sign in 1215
The people wanted a voice in the government
Created the second House of Parliament: House of Commons
What was important about George III?
He was King at age 21
His mother controlled him
Mental illnesses
What was the proclamation line of 1763?
A law for adding the colonists from moving West last the Appalachian Mts.
What were taverns used for?
Places where boycott plans were made
Free speech
What was the Quartering Act of 1765?
Law stating that the British troops could legally live wherever they wanted in the colonies
When word of an attack on Lexington and Concord reached the the cities, what two men rode out to warn the Minutemen?
What was their signal?
Paul Revere and William Dawes
One torch: invasion by land
Two torches: invasion by sea
Who was the main British General?
Who were the two leaders of the Revolution?
General Thomas Gage
Samuel Adams & John Hancock
What were the Townshend Acts?
How did America respond?
Taxes on paint, paper, glass, and tea
Lawfully allowed soldiers to do whatever they wished without punishment
Unified boycotts, starting producing their own supplies
What was Patrick Henry’s famous quote?
Give me liberty or give me death
