| A | B |
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| Algonquins | Native American allies of the French |
| Iroquois | Native American allies of the English |
| William Johnson | helped gain Iroquois support for English |
| Molly Brant | Native American wife of William Johnson and sister of Joseph Brant |
| Joseph Brant | Mohawk chief and sister of Molly Brant |
| primary source | firsthand information about people or events |
| Seven Year's War | England's name for the French and Indian War |
| French and Indian War | struggle between France and England over landclaims in North America |
| Fort Necessity | makeshift stockade built by Washington and troops to guard against French |
| Louisbourg | most important fort in French Canada |
| Fort Pitt | name British gave to Fort Duquense after seizing control |
| Hurons | Native American allies of the French |
| primary source | firsthand information about people or events |
| The Albany Congress | meetings of delegates from seven colonies to plan defense and persuade Iroquois to become allies |
| Albany Plan of Union | Grand Council with representatives from each colony |
| Quebec | capital of New France |
| George Washington | built Fort Necessity |
| Edward Braddock | British General who led attack on Fort Duquense |
| Bulldog | nickname for General Braddock |
| James Wolfe | British General who led attack on Quebec |
| Marquis de Montcalm | French General in charge of Quebec |
| Plains of Abraham | grassy field outside of Quebec where the battle was fought |
| Treaty of Paris | Signed in 1763 gave England all of French land from East coast to Mississippi River |
| Proclamation of 1763 | law stating that no settlements could be started west of Appalachian Mountains |
| George Granville | became Prime Minister of England in 1763 and was strongly anti-American |
| The Sugar Act | 1764 tax colonists had to pay on sugar, coffee, wines and items imported outside of British Empire |
| The Quartering Act | 1765 Colonists had to house and feed British soldiers |
| The Stamp Act | 1765 Law that taxed almost all printed material |
| Stamp Act Congress | 1765 Group of delegates from each colony who met in New York to organize a peaceful protest |
| Date Stamp Act repealed | 1766 |
| Declaratory Act | 1766 Parliament declared they could tax and enact any law they wanted |
| Charles Townshend | became Prime Minister in 1766 |
| Champagne Charlie | nickname of Prime Minister Townshend |
| General Gage | Commander of British forces in 1765 during the Quartering Act |
| Townshend Acts | placed taxes on lead, paint, paper and tea in 1766 |
| Frederick Lord North | Prime Minister who repealed Townshend Acts on same day as Boston Massacre |
| Tea Act | 1773 law reduced price of tea but added tax |
| Boston Tea Party | Dec. 16,1773 colonists dressed as Mohawks dump |
| Intolerable Acts | 1774 Parliaments response after Boston Tea Party |
| First Continental Congress | Sept. 1774 delegates from 12 colonies met in Philadelphia to support Massachusetts |
| Paul Revere | Patriot leader, one of the midnight riders |
| militia | army of citizens who train for defense in emergency |
| General Thomas Gage | British commander who led Redcoats to Concord |
| Old North Church | site where lanterns hung to warn Patriots that British marching toward Concord |
| Old South Church | site of Patriot meeting just before the Boston Tea Party |
| Captain John Parker | Patriot commander at the Battle of Lexington |
| boycott | refuse to buy |
| repeal | to cancel a law |
| Boston Massacre | uprising between Patriots and Redcoats; five patriots killed |
| Crispus Attucks | black Patriot sailor killed in Boston Massacre |
| Capt. Thomas Preston | British soldier who led Redcoats in Boston Massacre |
| Mercy Otis Warren | colonial writer who poked fun at British officials |
| Sam Adams | Patriot who set up first Committee of Correspondance |
| George III | British king who thought Massachusetts should be punished for the Boston Tea Party |
| General James Wolfe | British general who captured Quebec in 1759 |
| minutemen | volunteer soldiers in Massachusetts ready to fight at a moment's notice |
| writ of assistance | document allowing British officials to search colonial ships |
| nonimportation agreement | agreement signed by colonists to stop importing goods taxed by the Townshend Acts |
| Committee of Correspondence | groups in each colony that reported on what was happening |
| Pontiac | Ottowa chief who waged war on the British Colonists |
| Pontiac's War | October 1763 attack on British troops at Fort Detroit |
| Sons of Liberty | started by a group of colonists to protest British policies |
| Daughters of Liberty | group formed by colonial women to protest British policies |
| British East India Company | business in financial difficulty and having a large supply of unsold tea |
| John Adams | Massachusetts patriot who defended British in Boston Massacre trial |
| April 19, 1775 | date of Battle of Lexington and the shot heard 'round the world |
| April 18, 1775 | date of Paul Revere's midnight ride |
