| A | B |
|---|
| Williamsburg (Middle Plantation) | Capital was moved here |
| Middle Plantation | better site-higher elevation, away from swamps |
| College of William & Mary | First college in colony (est. 1693) |
| Alexander Spottswood | led expedition in Shenandoah Valley (1617) |
| immigrant | someone who moves to one country from another |
| German & Scots-Irish | arrived in Shenandoah Valley from Pennsylvania |
| settlers | adapted to the land |
| Dr. Thomas Walker | went through Cumberland Gap in 1750 |
| Daniel Boone | built the Wilderness Road through Cumberland Gap opening up the west |
| treaty | a formal agreement between 2 nations |
| capital | a city that serves as a home of a government |
| Ohio River Valley | French and Virginians wanted to settle here |
| French | built forts in Ohio River Valley |
| French & Indians | became friends because French not interested in taking their land |
| Governor Dinwiddie | send George Washington to warn French they were on Virginia land |
| George Washington | set up Fort Neccessity |
| General Edward Braddock | led the British forces in the French & Indian War |
| French & Indians fought | very differently than the British |
| George Washington made | commander in chief of Virginia forces to protect the Virginia frontier |
| ally | a person or group that help another reach a common goal |
| Washington took control | of Fort Duquesene and control of French settlements (1758) |
| French & Indian war taught the colonists | British not unbeatable & they had to work together |
| The Proclamation of 1763 | prevented colonists from settling west of Allegheny Mountains |
| tax | money a government collects from its people |
| Parliament | believed colonists should help pay for French & Indian War |
| Stamp Act | (1765) taxed all newspaper and official papers |
| Patrick Henry | spoke out against stamp act |
| Virginia Resolves | passed by House of Burgesses |
| Virginia Resolves said | Virginians had same rights as British citizens, objected to Stamp Act, know best how to tax themselves |
| Virginia Resolves led | to boycott of British goods |
| boycott | a refusual to buy goods |
| Townshend Acts | taxed glass, paper, & tea |
| Boston Tea Party | colonists protesting tea tax; dumped the tea into the sea |
| Britain punished Boston | shut down the harbor and sent troops |
| Committees of Correspondence | set up a system of communication among the colonies |
| First Continental Congress | met in Philadelphia in 1774 |
| 1st Continental Congress decided | to stop trade with Britain |
| Congress | also called for a militia |
| militia | an army made up of ordinary citizens |
| Second Continental Congress | met in 1775 |
| Patrick Henry said | Give me liberty, or give me death |
| Patrick Henry helped | convince people that the colonies should break away from Great Britain |
