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Queen Anne’s War:
conflict between France and England aka War of the Spanish Succession
King George’s War:
1740-1748 Conflict between England and France aka War of the Austrian Succession.
French and Indian War:
1754-1763 Conflict between England and France aka The Seven Years War
Albany Plan of Union:
Franklin’s idea of unifying the colonies during French and Indian War
William Pitt:
Prime Minister of Britain 1766-1768
Treaty of Paris
1763 document ending 7 Years War establishing British dominance in North America
Pontiac’s Rebellion:
Native American uprising protesting British rule in Ohio Valley
Proclamation of 1763:
British attempt to separate colonists from Native Americans
writs of assistance:
open-ended search warrant
James Otis:
American lawyer who opposed taxation without representation
Paxton Boys:
PA frontiersmen who slaughtered Indians after Pontiac’s Rebellion
Sugar Act:
British law taxing imports from French Caribbean islands
vice-admiralty courts:
courts dealing with trade laws
Stamp Act:
British attempt to raise revenue in colonies by taxing printed goods
Virginia Resolves:
denied Parliament’s right to tax the colonies
Stamp Act Congress:
colonial organization opposed formed in response to taxes
Patrick Henry:
VA leader in opposition to British taxes
Sons of Liberty:
group opposing British taxes by any means
Declaratory Act:
Act of Parliament asserting their right to rule and tax colonies
Quartering Act:
Act of Parliament requiring colonies to house British soldiers
Townshend Acts:
Parliamentary acts establishing taxes in colonial imports
Sam Adams:
leader of the colonial opposition in Boston
Boston Massacre:
five Americans killed by British soldiers during mob scene
Crispus Attucks:
African-American killed at Boston Massacre
John Adams:
defended British soldiers accused of murder at Boston Massacre
Thomas Hutchinson:
Royal governor of Massachusetts
Committees of correspondence:
system of communication between colonial governments
Lord North:
Prime Minister during the American Revolution
Tea Act:
tax act lowering taxes and establishing monopoly for East India Company
Coercive Acts:
Parliamentary acts to close down Boston following Boston Tea Party
Quebec Act:
Parliamentary act granting more local control for French Canadians
First Continental Congress:
assembly of colonial representatives before independence
Lexington and Concord:
first battles of the American Revolution
Battle of Bunker Hill:
Battle of Breed’s Hill, costly victory for British
Thomas Paine:
wrote Common Sense encouraging independence
Quock Walker case:
judicial decision abolishing slavery in MA
Abigail Adams:
wife of John Adams, early advocate of women’s rights
Mercy Otis Warren:
woman writer/scholar of the American Revolution
Lafayette:
French volunteer for American Continental Army
Robert Morris:
financier of the American Revolution
Conway cabal:
attempt to remove Washington as commander of Continental Army
Yorktown:
final battle of American Revolution, defeat of Cornwallis
Treaty of Paris 1783:
document officially ending War for Independence
Disestablishment:
the end of state supported churches in the new states
Articles of Confederation:
first constitution of the United States
Northwest posts:
frontier forts in US territory occupied by British after the war
Northwest Ordinance:
plan for adding new states passed by Confederation
Shays’ Rebellion:
violent uprising challenging the authority of MA and US
Philadelphia Convention:
meeting to draft new Constitution
James Madison:
“father of the Constitution” , wrote Virginia Plan