| A | B |
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| French & Indian War | war between France and Britain for control of land in the Ohio River Valley. |
| Ohio River Valley | land the French and British fought over in the French and Indian War. |
| British | They won the French & Indian War |
| Pontiac's Rebellion | The Indians attacked colonists after colonists moved to the land won in the French & Indian War |
| Taxed the colonists | To help pay the costs of the French & Indian War Parliament did this |
| Sugar Act | a tax added on sugar and other goods imported into the colonies |
| Proclamation of 1763 | Issued by King George III to prevent further fighting with the Indians |
| Procalamation of 1763 | Ordered colonists to stay out of land that was won in the French & Indian War |
| Took away their rights as British citizens | Why were the colonists against the Proclamation of 1763? |
| Stamp Act | Placed a tax on newspapers, almanacs, pamphlets, legal documents, etc. |
| The colonists didn't have a vote | Because the colonists didn't have a representative in Parliament it meant what? |
| Boycott | Many colonists did this to show how they felt about the Stamp Act |
| Repeal the Stamp Act | Many British merchants began to Parliament to do this |
| Lead, glass, paint, paper and tea | Items taxed under the Townshend Act |
| 9,000 | By 1770 there were about how many British soldiers in the colonies |
| To protect the western lands won in the French and Indian War | Why the British government said that they had soldiers stationed in the colonies |
| In the cities along the Atlantic coast | Where were the soldiers that were in the colonies located? |
| March 5, 1770 | Boston Massacre |
| Boston Massacre | 3 colonists were killed and 2 others died from their wounds from when British soldiers fired into a crowd of rowdy colonists |
| Tea | Parliament repealed all of the Townshend Act except the tax on what? |
| December 16, 1773 | Boston Tea Party |
| Boston Tea Party | Members of the Sons of Liberty boarded ships in Boston Harbor and destroyed 342 crates. |
| Intolerable Acts | Issued in response to the Boston Tea Party |
| Boston Port Bill, Massachusetts Government Act, Quartering Act | Intolerable Acts |
| Boston Port Bill | Closed the port of Boston |
| Massachusetts Government Act | stopped the Massachusetts legislature from making laws and banned all town meetings unless approved by governor |
| Quartering Act | The colonists were required to feed and provide shelter to British soldiers. |
| Minutemen | Massachusetts militia unit |
| First Continental Congress | All colonies except Georgia sent representatives |
| John Hancock and Samuel Adams | Leaders of the Sons of Liberty |
| Paul Revere, Samuel Prescott, William Dawes | Were sent to warn that the British were on their way to Lexington |
| April 19, 1775 | The Minutemen were waiting in the British at Lexington. |
| Continental Army | Name of the colonial army formed at Second Continental Congress |
| George Washington | Leader of the Continental Army |
| Breed's Hill | Where did the Battle of Bunker Hill take place? |
| Olive Branch Petition | Second Continental Congress sent this to King George and Parliament asking to settle differences peacefully. |
| Revolution | sudden, great change |
| Declaration | An official statement |
| Intilerable | Unacceptable |
| Commander in chief | A person who is in control of all the armed forces of a nation |
| Ally | a friend, especially in times of war |
| Bill of rights | a list of freedoms |
| treason | the act of working against one's own government |
| repeal | cancel, or undo, a law |
| blockade | use warships to prevent other ships from entering or leaving a harbor |
| petition | a signed request made to an official person or organization |
| mercenary | a soldier who serves for pay in the military of a foreign nation |
| Parliament | the law-maling body of the British government |
| boycott | refuse to buy or use goods or services |
| liberty | the freedom of people to make their own laws |
| quarter | to provide or pay for housing at no cost to another person |
| olive branch | an ancient symbol of peace |
