Terms to Know for French and Indian War Mini-Unit: (copy definition from text glossary or
notebook page 6)
1. Iroquois Confederacy - A powerful group of Native Americans formed in 1570 (member
nations govern their own affairs and join together for defense.)
2. Militia - A group of civilians trained to fight in emergencies
3. Alliance - A union based on a common interest.
5. Raw Materials – Natural resources that are not yet made into anything such as cut trees or
coal that has been mined.
6. Mercantilism –an economic system in which a country attempts to amass wealth through
trade with other countries, exporting more than it imports and increasing stores of gold and
precious metals. **benefits the mother country **
Match the term in the left column with the correct definition in the right column by writing the
letter in the space provided.
A. to buy goods that were made in another country
C
7. English Bill of Rights
B. to send goods to another country.
B
_8. Export
C. document that guaranteed basic rights to citizens
A
9. Import
D. trading illegally
E
10. Navigation Acts
E. laws that limited colonists’ rights to trade
D
11. Smuggling
G
12. Albany Plan
F. prohibited the colonists from settling west of the
Appalachian Mts./ required any colonist already living west of
the mountains to move back east.
J
13. Enlightenment
I
14. Magna Carta
H
15. Treaty of Paris
F
16. Proclamation Line
of 1763
Academic Words to know:
Encroachment, Raid, Retaliation,
Unsettled, Wane, Conflict
**definitions found on board
&website
G. called for one general government for the colonies in which
an elected legislature would govern and have the power to
collect taxes, raise troops and regulate trade.
H. Officially ended the French and Indian War - marked the
end of French power in North America.
I. document which established the principle of limited
government **provided for protection against unjust
punishment and against the loss of life, liberty and property
J. A movement which spread the idea that knowledge, reason
and science could improve society.