chapter 5 review the road to revolution. called for the colonies to unite against common enemies

Chapter 5 ReviewThe Road to Revolution

called for the colonies to unite against common enemies

the region between coastal settlements and the Appalachian Mountains.

people who first settle an area

George Washington had his troops build a fort called

He was ambushed while approaching Fort Duquesne.

In 1758 the British captured Fort Duquesne and renamed it

The turning point in the French and Indian War came when the British captured this city

General James Wolfe captured Quebec, capital of

The French and Indian War ended with the signing of

the leader of a group of American Indian nations that banded together against the British during the early 1760s

An unsuccessful, months-long attack on this Fort resulted in the American Indian warriors returning to their villages.

banned any more settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains

set taxes on molasses and sugar imported by the colonies

people who bring goods in or out of a country secretly and illegally

assumed that people were guilty until proven innocent

Payment of taxes on imported glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea

special search warrants that allowed officials to search for smuggled items

civilians who serve as soldiers

secret groups that sometimes used violence to frighten tax collectors

British troops fired into an angry crowd and killed several colonists

information giving only one side of an argument

forced colonists to pay a special tax for anything printed on paper.

member of Parliament who believed that the Stamp Act was unjust and who persuaded Parliament to repeal it

argued that no one could be taxed without their consent.

colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians dumped more than 340 chests of tea into Boston Harbor.

People who are killed, wounded, captured, or missing in a war

Refusal to buy certain goods

Women who met to support the boycott of British goods

Law passed by Parliament to allow the British East India Company to sell its tea directly to the colonies

abolish an act or law