Marquis de Montcalm
Talented French leader during the French and Indian war
James Wolfe
Talented British General who died capturing Quebec
George III
British king who antagonized the colonists
Pontiac
Indian chief whose confederacy devastated the frontier
Louis Joliet
French trapper who explored the upper Mississippi River
George Washington
Colonial commander who fought in the first skirmish of the French and Indian war
Benjamin Franklin
Author of a proposal to unite the colonies against France
William Pitt
Prime minister of Great Britain who won the seven years war
George Grenville
British prime minister who attempted to collect new taxes from the colonies
Patrick Henry
Orator from Virginia who opposed British tyranny
Samuel Adams
Leader of the sons of liberty
John Dickinson
Author of "Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania to the Inhabitants of the British colonies
Guerrilla warfare
Surprise attack by small hidden groups
Power of the purse
Requirements that salaries, taxes, and expenditures be scrutinized by elected officials
Proclamation line
Ban on colonization beyond the Appalachian mountains
Internal tax
Any tax on goods that are produced and consumed entirely within a country
Stamp act
British attempt to tax legal and commercial documents in the colonies
Sons of liberty
Organization that opposed British tyranny
Quartering act
Requirement that the colonists help supply the British army
Townshend act
A repressive series of direct taxes on various colonial goods, such as glass
Louisiana
What did the French call the territory they claimed along the Mississippi River?
Fort Duquesne
What important fort did the French build at the forks of the Ohio river at the outset of the French and Indian war?
Albany congress
What colonial congress attempted unsuccessfully to unite the colonies during the French and Indian war?
Boston massacre
During what infamous incident did British redcoats kill five unarmed patriots in 1770?
Mississippi river
What geographic feature was at the heart of Louisiana territory?
The large French settlements on the Ohio river
France was a threat to the the 14 colonies for all the following reasons except...
The Iroquois' enemy had joined the french
Why did the Iroquois ally with the British?
Louisiana
By the Treaty of Utrecht Britain gained territory in all of the following regions except
French and Indian war
What world war brought an end to the French power in the new world
A force commanded by George Washington clashed with the French near the forks of the Ohio river
What event sparked the French and Indian war
Strong Indian allies
What advantage do the French have over the British throughout the French and Indian war
Lack of colonial unity
What was Britain's chief disadvantage during the french and Indian war
The colonists feared centralized government
Why was Franklin's Albany plan a failure
French settlers who were forcibly removed from Nova Scotia
Who were the Acadians
Leaving the fighting in America to the colonists
The British three part plan to win the seven years war included all of the following except
Quebec
The key campaign of the French and Indian war was the capture of
The British captured the French Canadian capital
Why was the Battle of the plains of Abraham important
Treaty of paris
What peace treaty brought an end to the French and Indian war
Needed money to pay for the war
One of the major reasons that the colonies were taxed after the French and Indian war was that the British
All of the colonists had a common heritage from Great Britain
Nationalism grew in the American colonies for all of the following reasons except that
False
The frontier fighting between the French and the British allowed a strict European code of honor
False
The British army proved its values to the colonists by soundly defeating Pontiac
True
The colonists responded to the Townsend act with boycotts
False
John Dickinson and Patrick Henry were more upset about the high costs of the British taxes than with the British rights to tax
True
Settlers in New England daily lived and struggled with fears of attacks by both Indians and the French
Jacques marquette
French priest who explored the upper Mississippi River
Comte de Frontenac
Resourceful French commander during King Williams war
Edward braddock
British commander who was badly defeated by French and Indian forces