Chapter 7 Vocabulary
Assessment for Lesson

1. Committee of Correspondence - Committees set up to keep the lines of communication open between the colonies. Sentence: The Committees of Correspondence were set up in order to open up the lines of communication between the
colonies.

2. First Continental Congress- Met in 1774 to make a plan for all colonies to stop trade! also drew up the Declaration of Independence.
Sentence: The First Continental Congress met in 1774 to make a plan for all colonies to stop trade and write the Declaration of Independence.

3. Militia- An army made up of ordinary citizens.
Sentence: The Militia was made up of citizens from allover the colony.

4. Townshend Acts- A tax on manufactured goods such as paint, glass and tea.
Sentence: The Townshend Acts placed taxes on paint, glass, tea and other manufactured goods.

 5. Boston Tea Party -Protest in which colonists dressed as Indians, boarded English ships and dumped the tea overboard.
Sentence: Colonist dressed as Indians and boarded English ships dumping the cargo of tea into the harbor.

6. Boston Massachusetts- Location of the protest on taxes for tea.
Sentence: The protest against taxes on tea was jn Boston Massachusetts.

7. Capital- A city that serves as the home of a government.
Sentence: The capital is a city that serves as the home of a government.

8. Immigrant- Someone who moves from one country to another.
Sentence: Someone who moves from one country to another is called an immigrant.

9. Treaty -A formal agreement between two nations.
Sentence: A treaty is a formal agreement between two nations.

10. Ohio River Valley- Land both claimed by French and British.
Sentence: The Ohio River Valley is the location of land that both the French and British claimed.

11. Robert Dinwiddie -Virginia Governor who sent a message to the French warning them that they were on Brutish land.
Sentence: Robert Dinwiddie was a Virginia governor who sent a message to the French warning them that they were on English land.

12. George Washington- Delivered the message to the French from Robert Dinwiddie. Sentence: The message sent to the French Fort was delivered by George Washington.

13. Fort Duquesne -French Fort located on the Ohio River.
Sentence: The French fort located in the Ohio River Valley was called Fort Duquesne.

14. Middle Plantation -Settlement chosen for the new capital because it was located on higher ground and had a better water supply.
Sentence: The middle plantation was a settlement chosen for the new capital because of high lands and fresh water.

15. The College of William and Mary -The colony's first college founded in 1693.
Sentence: The College of William and Mary was the first college in the new land, founded in 1693.

16. Fort Necessity -Small English Fort built near the Ohio River.
Sentence: Fort Necessity was a small British fort that was built near the Ohio River.

17. French and Indian War- War between British and the French/Indians over the land of the Ohio River Valley. Sentence: The war between British and the French/Indians over the Ohio River Valley.

18. Ally- A person or group that helps another person reach a common goal.
Sentence: A person or group that helps another reach a common goal is known as an ally.

19. Proclamation of 1763- Prevented colonist from settling anywhere west of the Allegheny mountains.

Sentence: The proclamation of 1763 prevented colonist from settling anywhere west of the Allegheny mountains.

20. Lord Dunmore's War- The war between the Indians and colonist that was named for the governor.

Sentence: Lord Dunmore's War was between the Indians and the Colonist, named after the governor at that time.

21. Chief Cornstalk- Shawnee leader defeated in Lord Dunmore's war.
Sentence: Chief Cornstalk was the Shawnee leader defeated in Lord Dunmore's war.

22. Tax- Money a government collects from its people.
Sentence: Tax is the money a government collects from its people.

23. Parliament- Britain's lawmaking body.
Sentence: Britain's lawmaking body is known as parliament.

24. Stamp Act- A law that charged a tax on stamps required on all newspapers and official documents or papers. Sentence: The stamp act was a law that said all newspapers and other official papers must have special stamps on them.

25. Patrick Henry -Government leader that spoke out against taxes charged by Britain on paper goods, the stamp act. Sentence: Patrick Henry spoke out against the stamp act, taxes and Britain.