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| 274904081 | The Iroquois confederacy | A powerful alliance of Indian tribes that was the only one to remain neutral during the French and Indian War (Seven years' war). The tribe had previously been subject of a peace treaty with the British and were noted as one of three powers of North America. After the Seven Years' War the alliance with the Iroquois and the British diminished and they began contesting each other for power over the Ohio Valey. | 1 | |
| 274904082 | william pitt | The Prime Minister of England during the French and Indian War. He increased the British troops and military supplies in the colonies, and this is why England won the war. | 2 | |
| 274904083 | Pontiac's Rebellion | 1763 - An Indian uprising after the French and Indian War, led by an Ottowa chief named Pontiac. They opposed British expansion into the western Ohio Valley and began destroying British forts in the area. The attacks ended when Pontiac was killed. | 3 | |
| 274904084 | proclamation of 1763 | A proclamation from the British government which forbade British colonists from settling west of the Appalacian Mountains, and which required any settlers already living west of the mountains to move back east. | 4 | |
| 274904085 | quartering act | an act passed by the British that allowed British troops to live in the homes of the colonists | 5 | |
| 274904086 | sugar act of 1764 | law passed by the British Parliament setting taxes on molasses and sugar imported by the colonies | 6 | |
| 274904087 | currency act 1764 | British legislation which banned the production of paper money in the colonies in an effort to combat the inflation caused by Virginia's decision to get itself out of debt by issuing more paper money. | 7 | |
| 274904088 | Stamp Act of 1765 | 1765) a law passed by Parliament that raised tax money by requiring colonists to pay for an official stamp whenever they bought paper items such as newspapers, licenses, and legal documents | 8 | |
| 274904089 | The Paxton Boys | mob of Pennsylvanians who butchered 20 Christian Indians in retaliation against the Royal Proclamation of 1763. | 9 | |
| 274904090 | Patrick Henry | Outspoken member of House of Burgesses; inspired colonial patriotism with "Give me liberty or give me death" speech | 10 | |
| 274904091 | Virginia resolves | In response to the 1765 Stamp Act, Patrick Henry persuaded the Virginia House of Burgesses to adopt several strongly worded resolutions that denied Parliament's right to tax the colonies. Known as the Virginia Resolves, these resolutions persuaded many other colonial legislatures to adopt similar positions. | 11 | |
| 274904092 | Virtual Representation | British governmental theory that Parliament spoke for all British subjects, including Americans, even if they did not vote for its members | 12 | |
| 274904093 | sons of liberty | A radical political organization for colonial independence which formed in 1765 after the passage of the Stamp Act. They incited riots and burned the customs houses where the stamped British paper was kept. After the repeal of the Stamp Act, many of the local chapters formed the Committees of Correspondence which continued to promote opposition to British policies towards the colonies. The Sons leaders included Samuel Adams and Paul Revere. | 13 | |
| 274904094 | internal taxes | • Taxes on land, people, specific items, legal documents, newspapers (ex: stamp act) • Most colonists, especially whigs, were against these taxes | 14 | |
| 274904095 | declaratory act | Passed in 1766 just after the repeal of the Stamp Act, the Declaratory Act stated that Parliament could legislate for the colonies in all cases. Most colonists interpreted the act as a face-saving mechanism and nothing more. Parliament, however, continually interpreted the act in its broadest sense in order to legislate in and control the colonies. | 15 | |
| 274904096 | townshed acts | Set of laws designed to raise money from colonists, placed import tax on paint, glass, lead, paper, and *tea*, also allowed British officials to search houses for smuggled goods | 16 | |
| 274904097 | Boston massacre | British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists who were teasing and taunting them. Five colonists were killed. The colonists blamed the British and the Sons of Liberty and used this incident as an excuse to promote the Revolution. | 17 | |
| 274904098 | Governor Thomas Hutchinson | governor of Massachusetts; hates and is afraid of the Sons of Liberty; allows the British Army to maintain a strong presence in Boston | 18 | |
| 274904099 | tea act | Law passed by parliament allowing the British East India Company to sell its low-cost tea directly to the colonies - undermining colonial tea merchants; led to the Boston Tea Party | 19 | |
| 274904100 | Boston Tea Party | demonstration (1773) by citizens of Boston who (disguised as Indians) raided three British ships in Boston harbor and dumped hundreds of chests of tea into the harbor | 20 | |
| 274904101 | Quebec Act | Signed in 1774, intended to reorganize the way these British territories were governed. | 21 | |
| 274904102 | First continental congress | Delagates from all colonies except georgia met to discuss problems with britain and to promote independence | 22 | |
| 274904103 | Gaspee Incident | In June, 1772, the British customs ship Gaspée ran around off the colonial coast. When the British went ashore for help, colonials boarded the ship and burned it. They were sent to Britain for trial. Colonial outrage led to the widespread formation of Committees of Correspondence. | 23 | |
| 274904104 | The Coercive Acts | passed by Parliament in 1774, they closed Boston Harbor, pohibited town meetings, and forced Bostonians to shelter soldiers in their homes | 24 | |
| 274904105 | Samuel Adams | Founder of the Sons of Liberty and one of the most vocal patriots for independence; signed the Declaration of Independence | 25 |
