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| French and Indian War | In 1754, fighting broke out between France and Britain.It lasted for 9 years. |
| George Washington | Ordered to take 150 men and build a Fort to protect the Ohio River valley. After word that the French had already build Fort Duquesne where he was supposed to build his. The French forced Washington to build a makeshift stockade (Fort Necessity), which was unsuccessful. |
| Fort Necessity | the makeshift stockade built by Washington and his men. They were forced to surrendor after the French and Indians surrounded them. |
| Albany Plan of Union | Proposed by Ben Franklin, the plan had a Grand Council with representatives from each colony which made laws, raised taxes, and set up defense in colonies. The colonies did not approve it because they didn't want to give up their power to a central power. |
| Edward "Bulldog" Braddock | Led British troops to an attack on Fort Duquesne in 1755, dismissing warnings by Indian scouts that there was trouble ahead. They were attacked by the French and Indians killing half of them. |
| William Pitt | Became head of the british government in 1757 and set out to win the war. |
| Louisbourg | The most important fort in French Canada, it was captured by Jeffrey Amherst in 1758 |
| Fort Pitt | The name given to Fort Duquesne after the British captured it |
| Quebec | Capital of New France |
| Plains of Abraham | a grassy field just outside Quebec where the battle for Quebec took place. |
| Treaty of Paris | Signed in 1763, marked the end of French power in North America (and the French and Indian War) |
| Pontiac's War | Led Native Americans to take many British Forts, but were met with British attacks that were too much without help from the French |
| Proclamation of 1763 | Closed western lands to the settlers |
| Stamp Act | passed in 1765, it taxed legal documents such as wills, diplomas, marriage papers, newspapers, almanacs, playing cards and dice. Colonists were very unhappy with the stamp act because they felt it was taxation without representation. Therefor they did not buy British goods |
| Boycott | to refuse to buy certain goods and services. |
| Repealed | To cancel. The Stamp Act was finally repealed in 1766. |
| Townshend Acts | Taxed glass, paper, paint, lead, and tea. Colonists were also upset by this. |
| Writs of assistance | Gave customs officials the ability to inspect a ship's cargo without giving a reason. This violated the colonists rights as British citizens. |
| Nonimportation agreements | Colonists agreed to stop importing goods that were taxed by the Townshend Acts. |
| Sons of Liberty | A group that was formed to protest British policies. |
| Daughters of Liberty | A group that was set up to protest British policies. |
| Samuel Adams | A leader who stood firmly against Britain. He was a radical who organized the committee of cerrespondence. |
| Committee of correspondence | A group of radicals who wrote letters and pamphlets reporting on events in Massachusetts. |
| Quartering Act | Colonists had to provide housing, candles, bedding and beverages to soldiers stationed in the colonies. Colonists were outraged and many dismissed the law. |
| Boston Massacre | On March 5, 1770, shooting broke out in a group located in front of the Boston Customs House. People were killed and it fueled the fire between the colonists and the British. |
| Tea Act | Passed in 1773, it let the East india Company bypss the tea merchants and sell directly to colonists. |
| Boston Tea Party | A group of frustrated colonists dressed up like Mohawk Indians and dumped the tea waiting on ships into the Boston Harbor. It was 1773. |
| Intolerable Acts | Angered at the Boston Tea Party, Britain passed the acts which included closing the port of Boston, no more then one meeting in a colony per year, let customs officers to be put on trial in Britain, and passed a new quartering act. |
| First Continental Congress | In September, 1774, delegates from the 12 colonies (all except Georgia) gathered and decided to support Massachusetts, to boycott British goods, to stop exporting goods to Britain, and to set up and train militia. |
| militia | A militia is an army of citizens who serve as soldiers during an emergency. |
| minutemen | Volunteers who that trained regualrly and were ready to fight in a minutes notice. |
