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| 501746311 | french and indian war | fourth and most decisive war in the seven years' war | |
| 501746312 | george washington | commanded a small militia sent from vrginia, surrendered to a superior force of frenchmen and their native american allies on july 3, 1754. the final war for the empire began | |
| 501746313 | edward braddock | 1755-general from virginia; disastrous defeat near ft. duquesne; | |
| 501746314 | albany plan of union 1754 | plan adopted by delegates from 7 colonies; intercolonial government and a system for recruiting troops and collecting taxes from the various colonies for their common defense | |
| 501746315 | peace of paris 1763 | great britain acquired french canada and spanish florida. france ceded to spain its huge western territory, louisiana, and claims west of the mississippi river | |
| 501746316 | salutary neglect | britiain exercised little direct control over the colonies and had generally allowed its navigation laws regulating colonial trade to go unenforced | |
| 501746317 | george iii | pursued a colonial policy aimed at solving britain's domestic financial problems` | |
| 501746320 | proclamation of 1763 | prohibited colonists from settling west of the appalachian mountains | |
| 501746321 | sugar act 1764 | placed duties on foreign sugar and certain luxuries | |
| 501746322 | quartering act 1765 | required colonists to provide food and living quarters for british soldiers station in the colonies | |
| 501746323 | stamp act 1765 | required that revenue stamps be placed on most printed paper in the colonies, including all legal documents, newspapers, pamphlets, and advertisements | |
| 501746324 | patrick henry | virginia lawyer who stood up in the house of burgesses to demand that the king's government recognize the rights of al citizens--including no taxation without representation | |
| 501746325 | stamp act congress | representatives from 9 colonies met in new york in 1765 ; resolved that only their own elected representatives had the legal authority to approve taxes | |
| 501746326 | sons and daughters of liberty | secret society organized for the purpose of intimidating tax agents--tarred and feathered revenue officials and destroyed revenue stamps | |
| 501746327 | declaratory act 1766 | asserted that parliament had the right to tax and make laws for the colonies "in all cases whatsoever" | |
| 501746328 | townshend acts 1767 | required that revenues raised be used to pay crown officials in the colonies, provided for the search of private homes for smuggled goods | |
| 501746329 | writs of assistance | general license to search anywhere | |
| 501746330 | john dickinson; letters from a farmer in pennsylvania | agreed that parliament could regulate commerce but argued that because duties were a form of taxation, they couldn't be levied on the colonies without the consent of their representative assemblies | |
| 501746331 | samuel adams and james otis | wrote the massachusetts circular letter; urged the various colonies to petition parliament to repeal the townshend acts` | |
| 501746332 | Massachusetts circular letter | circular letter; urged the various colonies to petition parliament to repeal the townshend acts` | |
| 501746333 | lord frederick north | new prime minister; urged parliament to repeal the townshend acts because their effect was to damage trade and to generate only a disappointing amount of revenue | |
| 501746334 | boston massacre 1770 | crowd of colonists harassed the guards near the customs house; guards fired and killed 5 | |
| 535305733 | committes of correspondence | initiated by samuel adams in 1772; spread the idea that british officials were deliberately conspiring against colonial liberties | |
| 535305734 | gaspee incident | 1772-a group of colonists disguised as native americans ordered the british crew ashore and then set fire to a ship off the shore of rhode island | |
| 535305735 | tea act 1773 | in hopes of helping the british east india company out of its financial problems, the price of their tea was cheaper than that of smuggled dutch tea | |
| 535305736 | boston tea party 1773 | in refusal of buying the cheaper tea, colonists boarded the british ships carrying tea and dumped 342 chests of tea into the harbor | |
| 535305737 | intolerable acts | news of the boston tea party angered the king, lord north, and members of parliament and resulted in a series of punitive acts | |
| 535305738 | coercive acts 1774 | 4 acts directed mainly at punishing the people of boston and massachusetts and bringing disidents under control | |
| 535305739 | port act | closed the port of boston, prohibiting trade in and out of the harbor until the destroyed tea was paid for | |
| 535305740 | massachusetts government act | reduced the power of the massachusets legislature while increasing the power of the royal governor | |
| 535305741 | administration of justice act | allowed royal officials accused of crimes to be tried in england instread of in the colonies | |
| 535305742 | quartering act | enable british troops to be quartered in private homes (applied to all colonies) | |
| 535305743 | quebec act 1774 | organized the canadian lands gained from france |
