Chapter 7 vocabulary
Capital
A CITY OR TOWN WHERE THE GOVERNMENT
OF A STATE OR NATION MEETS.
College of William and Mary
FIRST COLLEGE IN VIRGINIA. FOUNDED IN
1693 AND NAMED AFTER KING WILLIAM AND
QUEEN MARY OF ENGLAND.
Williamsburg
INDEPENDENT CITY BETWEEN THE JAMES
AND YORK RIVERS. IT WAS THE CAPITAL OF
THE VIRGINIA COLONY FROM 1699-1780.
Robert Dinwiddie
COLONIAL GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA. HE
SENT GEORGE WASHINGTON TO WARN THE
FRENCH TO LEAVE THE OHIO VALLEY.
Fort Duquesne
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.
French and Indian War
WAS BETWEEN FRANCE AND BRITAIN OVER
CONTROL OF LAND IN THE OHIO RIVER
VALLEY
tax
FEE CITIZENS PAY TO SUPPORT THE COST
OF GOVERNMENT
George Washington
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.
Fort Necessity
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.
Stamp Act
A TAX THAT THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT
PLACED ON NEWSPAPER AND OTHER
OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS SOLD IN THE
AMERICAN COLONIES.
Patrick Henry
POLITICAL LEADER WHO FAVORED
AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE BY SAYING
“GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH.”
boycott
A PROTEST IN WHICH PEOPLE REFUSE TO
BUY, USE OR TRADE CERTAIN GOODS AND
SERVICES
Committee of Correspondence
COLONIAL GROUPS ORGANIZED IN THE
1700’S TO SHARE NEWS AND OPPOSITION TO
ENGLISH TAXES AND RULES
militia
AN ARMY OF CITIZENS CALLED INTO
SERVICE DURING EMERGENCIES