| A | B |
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| congress | a formal meeting of representatives |
| Parliament | the lawmaking body of England |
| the House of Lords & the House of Commons | Name the 2 branches of Parliament. |
| The colorful uniforms of the British made them easy targets in the forest, & the troops panicked when they heard the war whoops of the Indians. | Early in the war, General Braddock’s troops were defeated in a battle with the French & the general was killed. What caused this defeat? |
| the Ohio River valley | The French & Indian War started because both France & Britain claimed ___. |
| Chief Pontiac wanted to stop the loss of Indian hunting lands. | What caused Pontiac’s rebellion? |
| pioneer | a person who first settled in a new place |
| The British burnt the settlers’ homes & threw them out of Canada. Some of the settlers | What happened to the settlers in Nova Scotia who refused the British demands? |
| newspapers, almanacs, licenses, pamphlets, & playing cards | What are some examples of items taxed under the Stamp Act? |
| It was an example of taxation without representation. | Why did the Stamp Act make the colonists angry? |
| Colonial legislatures | ___ made laws for the colonies. |
| treason | to work against your own government; the punishment for this crime is death |
| boycott | to refuse to buy something in order to show disapproval |
| They burned stamped paper, attacked British tax officers, boycotted British goods, & sent petitions to Parliament. | What are some examples of acts of protest used by American colonists? |
| Samuel Adams | a leader of the Sons of Liberty who led protests against the British in Boston |
| Benjamin Franklin | ___ went before Parliament to ask for representation for the colonies. |
| They heard about the Stamp Act Congress & the anger of the colonists. | Why did Parliament repeal the Stamp Act? |
| Crispus Attucks | ___ was the first person to be killed for American liberty. |
| massacre | the killing of a group of people who cannot defend themselves |
| waterways | Most early colonial settlements were built near ___. |
| landforms & climate | Two factors that usually influence where people settle are ___ & ___. |
| John Adams | ___ was the Boston lawyer who thought that justice was so important that he defended the British captain charged with murder in the Boston Massacre. |
| The colonists had to pay higher taxes to help pay for the war, they were ordered to stop settling in the land that had been won from France, & the king gave his governors more control over the colonies. | What happened in the American colonies after the French & Indian War? |
| France’s; British; Spain | A treaty was signed to end the French & Indian War. In that agreement, all of ___’s land in North America was split. The ___ gained control of Canada & all of North America east of the Mississippi River. ___ controlled all of the land to the west. |
