Edward Braddock
A British commander during the French and Indian War. He attempted to capture Fort Duquesne in 1755. He was defeated in this battle and mortally wounded.
Iroquois
A group of tribes speaking related languages living in the eastern Great Lakes region.
Pontiac's Rebellion
A 1763 conflict between Native Americans and the British over settlement of Indian lands in the Great Lakes area.
George Washington
Commander of colonial troops that attacked and defeated a small French Force. But had to surrender when the French counterattacked.
Lord Jeffery Amherst
British military commander who cut off delivery of goods to American Indians after the Treaty of Paris. Was recalled by the British crown in disgrace.
French and Indian War
(1754-1763) War fought in the colonies between the English and the French for possession of the Ohio Valley area. The English won.
Proclamation of 1763
An order in which Britain prohibited its American colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Albany Plan of Union
Plan aimed to unite the 13 colonies for trade, military, and other purposes; the plan was turned down by the colonies and the Crown.
Benjamin Franklin
Drafted the Albany Plan of Union.
Salutary Neglect
An English policy that allowed the colonies to self-rule.
Stamp Act
1765; law that required colonist to pay taxes on printed goods, including: books, land deeds, court documents, newspapers, etc.
John Adams
A prominent Massachusetts lawyer that became politically active as a result of the Stamp Act.
Patrick Henry
A Virginia representative who drafted a radical document known as the Virginia Resolves that argued only colonial assemblies had the right to tax the colonists.
Sons of Liberty
A group of colonists who formed a secret society to oppose British policies at the time of the American Revolution.
nonimportation agreements
Colonial consumer boycotts of British exports as a response to taxes passed by Parliament.
Boston Massacre
The first bloodshed of the American Revolution, as British guards at the Boston Customs House opened fire on a crowd killing five Americans.
Committee of Correspondence (1772)
Under the guidance of Samuel Adams, the committee provided information on British threats to liberty to other areas of the colony which help build colonial unity.
Boston Tea Party
Protest against increased tea prices in which colonists dumped British tea into Boston Harbor.
Intolerable Acts
A series of laws set up by Parliament to punish Massachusetts for its protests against the British
First Continental Congress
September 1774, delegates from twelve colonies (Georgia did not attend) sent representatives to Philadelphia to discuss a response to the Intolerable Acts.