Chapter 7 vocabulary

A CITY OR TOWN WHERE THE GOVERNMENT OF A STATE OR NATION MEETS. Capital

FIRST COLLEGE IN VIRGINIA. FOUNDED IN 1693 AND NAMED AFTER KING WILLIAM AND QUEEN MARY OF ENGLAND. College of William and Mary

INDEPENDENT CITY BETWEEN THE JAMES AND YORK RIVERS. IT WAS THE CAPITAL OF THE VIRGINIA COLONY FROM Williamsburg

COLONIAL GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA. HE SENT GEORGE WASHINGTON TO WARN THE FRENCH TO LEAVE THE OHIO VALLEY. Robert Dinwiddie

A FRENCH FORT AT THE FORKS OF THE OHIO RIVER. THE FORT WAS BUILT IN 1754 TO CHALLENGE BRITISH AND VIRGINIA CLAIMS TO THE OHIO RIVER. Fort Duquesne

WAS BETWEEN FRANCE AND BRITAIN OVER CONTROL OF LAND IN THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY French and Indian War

FEE CITIZENS PAY TO SUPPORT THE COST OF GOVERNMENT tax

MILITARY LEADER WHO COMMANDED LED BRITISH TROOPS IN THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR AND, LATER AMERICAN FORCES IN THE REVOLUTION. HE LATER BECAME THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. George Washington

A FORT SOUTH OF FORT DUQUESNE. IT WAS BUILT IN 1754 BY GEORGE WASHINGTON. THE CAPTURE OF THIS FORT WAS THE START OF THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR. Fort Necessity

A TAX THAT THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT PLACED ON NEWSPAPER AND OTHER OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS SOLD IN THE AMERICAN COLONIES. Stamp Act

POLITICAL LEADER WHO FAVORED AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE BY SAYING “GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH.” Patrick Henry

A PROTEST IN WHICH PEOPLE REFUSE TO BUY, USE OR TRADE CERTAIN GOODS AND SERVICES boycott

COLONIAL GROUPS ORGANIZED IN THE 1700’S TO SHARE NEWS AND OPPOSITION TO ENGLISH TAXES AND RULES Committee of Correspondence

AN ARMY OF CITIZENS CALLED INTO SERVICE DURING EMERGENCIES militia