Vocab 3

3. of 1763, a law forbidding British colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains.
5. Plan of Union, a proposal by Benjamin Franklin to create a unified government for the British colonies.
8. Continental Congress, in 1774, a meeting of delegates from 12 colonies in Philadelphia.
9. Act, a law that set up a government for Canada and protected the rights of French Catholics.
11. Branch Petition, a peace petition to King George by colonial delegates after the battles of Lexington and Concord.
12. an army of citizens who serve as soldiers during an emergency.
15. colonial militia volunteers who were prepared to fight at a minute's notice.

1. and Indian War, a war that took place from 1754 to 1763 that led to the end of French power in North America.
2. of Abraham, a field near Quebec; site of a major British victory over the French in the French and Indian War.
4. Act, a 1773 law that let the British East India Company bypass tea merchants and sells directly to colonists.
6. of Lexington and Concord, in 1775, the conflicts between Massachusetts colonists and British soldiers started the Revolutionary War.
7. system, an economic system in which goods and services are exchanged on a free market with as little government interference as possible.
10. War, a 1763 conflict between Native Americans and the British over British policies in the Great Lakes area.
13. Acts, a series of laws passed in 1774 to punish Boston for the Tea Party.
14. Army, an army established by the second Continental Congress to fight the British.