13 Colonies" To "the Slave Out Come In The South"

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13 colonies in North America:

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Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Hampshire , New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, VA

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General Edward Braddock

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British commander who led the English Colonists on a 2nd attack to gain French territory.

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William "The Elder" Pitt

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British prime minister who encourages the British to "fight harder!" and inspired English victories.

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Battle of
Quebec

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French fortified city with high cliffs (these cliffs made it difficult for British & Colonists invasion)

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General Wolfe

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British leader who orders the English to surround Quebec for a surprise attack, he is later killed.

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Treaty of Paris

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After the war, France (& Spain) were required to give up millions of square miles of territory to Britain.

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Chief Pontiac

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Leader of the Ottawa Indians, led an attack against the British & Colonists at the Fort of Detroit

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Stamp Act (1765)

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A tax law passed by the English Parliament, colonists had to pay a tax for certain papers of documents produced in America

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Patrick Henry

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Political colonist leader of VA who was against paying taxes in Britain (a government in which colonists could not vote for)

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Stamp Act Congress

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leaders of 9 colonists declares that the Parliament had NO right to tax the colonists.

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Townshed Acts

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the royal minister & he proposed a tax law on imports for papers, paint, and tea.

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Boston Massacre

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British soldiers fired into a hostile crowd (killing 5)

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Samuel Adams

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political colonist who led a resistance against the British government

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Boston Tea Party!

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in defiance to british tarrifs, bostonians threw massive amount of tea overboard, not giving a fuck.

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1st continential congress

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12 colonies (exluding GA) met in Philly to ask the British parliament to repeal the new "intolerable laws"

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King George III

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Stubborn king of England who insisted in punishing the colonies for their defiance

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Battles of Lexington and Concord

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British troops vs. an American militia of farmers (in Massachusetts)