nine year war between the british and the french in north america french protestant dissenters bloody campaign waged by ottawa chief pontiac to drive the british out of ohio country

1. french and indian war (seven years war)

nine year war between the british and the french in north america

2. huguenots

french protestant dissenters

3. pontiac's uprising

bloody campaign waged by ottawa chief pontiac to drive the british out of ohio country. it was brutally crushed by british troops, who resorted to distributing blankets infected with smallpox as a means to put down the rebellion

4. proclamation of 1763

decree issued by parliament in the wake of pontiac's uprising, prohibiting settlement beyond the appalachians. contributed to rising resentment of british rule in the american colonies

5. battle of quebec

historic british victory over french forces on the outskirts of quebec

6. regulars

trained professional soldiers, as distinct from militia or conscripts

7. samuel adams

boston revolutionary who organized massachusetts' committees of correspondence to help sustain opposition to British policies. A delegate to the first/second continental congresses

8. crispus attucks

runaway slave and leader of the boston protests that resulted in the "boston massacre", in which he was the first to die

9. george 3

british monarch during the run-up to the american revolution, he contributed to the imperial crisis with his dogged insistence on asserting Britain's power over her colonial possessions

10. george grenville

british prime minister who fueled tensions between britain and her north american colonies through his strict enforcement of navigation laws and his support for the sugar and stamp acts