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Read pages 173-176 then answer questions 1-4 on page 176

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Who Fired the First Shot at Concord essay due Friday, November 15

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Blue, Green, and Yellow

Answer questions 1-4 on page 171

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Study Guide Chapter 5

George Washington – determined and courageous Virginia militiaman who fought the French in the Ohio country.

Joseph Brant – Mohawk chief Thayendanegea.

French and Indian War – a war that took place from 1754 to 1763 between England and France, both aided by Native American allies, that led to the end of French power in North America

Benjamin Franklin – author of the Albany Plan of Union.

Albany Plan of Union – proposal by Benjamin Franklin to create one government for the 13 colonies.

Edward Braddock – English general during the French and Indian War led troops in an attack on Fort Duquesne.

William Pitt – Prime Minister of England who sent the nation’s best generals to North America to fight in the French and Indian War

Plains of Abraham – a field near Quebec; site of a major British victory over the French in the French and Indian War.

Treaty of Paris – a 1763 agreement between Britain and France that ended the French and Indian War, and marked the end of French power in North America. Under the terms of the treaty Britain gained Canada and all French lands east of the Mississippi, Spain gained all French lands west of the Mississippi but gave up Florida to Britain, and Spain gained control over the port of New Orleans.

General James Wolfe – led the British attack on Quebec in 1763.

General Montcalm – French general defeated at the Battle of Quebec in 1763.

Pontiac’s War – a 1763 conflict between Native Americans and the British over settlement of Indian lands in the Great Lakes area.

Proclamation of 1763 – law forbidding English colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains.

Stamp Act – a 1765 law that placed new duties on legal documents and taxed newspapers, almanacs, playing cards, and dice.

petition – formal written request to someone in authority, signed by a group of people

boycott – refusal to buy certain goods and services

repeal – cancel

Townshend Acts – laws passed in 1767 that taxed goods such as glass, paper, paint, lead, and tea.

writ of assistance – legal document that allowed British customs officials to inspect a ship’s cargo without giving a reason

Boston Massacre – a 1770 conflict between colonists and British troops in which five colonists were killed.

Committee of correspondence – letter-writing campaign that became a major tool of protest in the colonies

Sugar Act – 1764 law that put a new tax on molasses.

George Grenville – British prime minister that decided that American colonists needed to help pay for the French and Indian War.

Sons of Liberty – organization formed by angry colonists to protest British policies.

Mercy Otis Warren – American playwright who ridiculed British officials with her play, The Blockheads.

Paul Revere –Boston silversmith that fanned anti-British feeling when he made an engraving that showed British soldiers firing on unarmed civilians.

Tea Act – a 1773 law that let the British East India Company bypass tea merchants and sell directly to consumers.

Boston Tea Party – a 1773 protest in which colonists dressed as Indians dumped British tea into Boston harbor.

Intolerable Acts – series of laws passed in 1774 to punish Boston for the Tea Party.

Quebec Act – the law that set up a government for Canada and protected the rights of French Catholics

First Continental Congress – in 1774, meeting in Philadelphia of delegates from 12 colonies.

militia – an army of citizens who serve as soldiers during an emergency.

minuteman – colonial militia volunteer who was prepared to fight at a minute’s notice.

battles of Lexington and Concord – in 1775, conflicts between Massachusetts colonists and British soldiers that started the Revolutionary War.

British East India Company – British company that was given in monopoly on the tea trade by the British government.

Quartering Act - law that required American colonists to provide housing, candles, bedding, and beverages to soldiers stationed in the colonies.

Stamp Act Congress – organization that drew up petitions to King George III and Parliament that condemned the Stamp Act and asserted that Parliament had no right to tax the colonies.

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Chapter 5 Test is Friday, Nov 8

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