U.S. History Terms 1

Who found where the French colonized and called it Louisiana?

Which place was attacked by British and taken over by William Pitt? 

Which Rivers were founded by Robert LaSalle? and which one did the French sail down?

Who claimed the Ohio Valley? and what were the Americans told to do?

Who was the governor of Virginia?

Who was our first president and was a 22 year old officer whom led the small band?

Who was fighting in the French and Indian war? and what were they fighting for?

Which fort was the hastily contructed fort that was lost by George Washington to the French? 

Who was the british soldier and commander in chief for North America?

In which treaty did France give up north American lands east of the Mississippi in?

What banned all settlement west of the Appalachians and was issued by the British Government?

Who was the Ottawa leader who recognized that the French loss was a loss for Native Americans?

What was a theory which held a country's ultimate goal?

Who were the colonists who supported American Independence from Britain?

Who were the colonists who supported the British government during the American Revolution?

Who became King in the middle of the war?

What was the legislative body of England?

Which act was an attempt to reduce smuggling in the british colonies in North America?

which act was it where the parliament established the first direct taxation of goods and services within the British colonies in North America?

which act took pace in 1767and was about raising the price of necessary things?

which act established indirect taxes on goods imported from Britain by the British colonies in North America?

which act was it where the british soldiers were placed into the homes of the colonists?

What event was it when the British soldiers killed five colonists?

Which act was it where Quebec was sold back to France? 

which act was it where monopoly was given to British east indies company plus a tax?

What event was it where colonists dumped 18,000 pounds of tea into the Boston Harbor?

which act was set to punish Massachusetts colonists for the Boston Tea Party?

who was a local merchant who had a ship that the british agents in boston seized called the Liberty?

who was called for a boycott of british good and was harvard educated?

who was a British revenue that enforced unpopular trade regulations?

what group was made up of American patriots and originated in the pre independence North American British colonies?

what was the convention called of delegates from twelve of the thirteen North American colonies that met on September 5, 1774 in Pennsylvania?

What pamphlet was written by Thomas Paine that called for separation of the colonies from Britain?

who was a leader of the American Revolution who spoke out against British rule of the American colonies?

which congress approved the declaration of independence and served as the only agency of national government durin the revolutionary war?

Who was the second president and spoke for the British at trial?

who was one of the founding fathers of the U.S. and seeked the french help during the war?

who was a virinia lawyer and was chosen to express the committee's points?

where were the colonial forces defeated by the british in the first importnat battle?

What petition was a document sent by the second continental conress proposing a reconcilitation between the colonies and Britain?

what document was written by Thomas Jefferson in which it declares the colonies independence from Britain?

What treaty does britain give up all control of American colonies?

What document outlined the form of government of the new United States?

How did the French and Indian war lead to the tension between the colonists and the British Government?