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18 Cards in this Set
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Albany Plan of Union
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Proposed by Ben Franklin to create one general govt. for 13 colonies
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Treaty of Paris
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Agreement signed by British and French. End of war and French power in NA.
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Proclamation of 1763
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Colonist were forbidden to settle west of the Appalachian Mts.
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Sugar Act
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British tax on molasses
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Stamp Act
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British tax on all paper products
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Townsend Act
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British passes new taxes on paint,lead,paper,glass and tea. Could inspect without a warrant.
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Tea Act
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Bypass tea merchants to sell directly to the colonist, and buy more tea from the British
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Intolerable Act
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Shut the Boston port, could not hold town mtgs. without permission more than once a year
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Ohio Valley
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Area inhabitated by French, British were moving into it. Tried to take over trade with Indians.
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Fort Duquesne
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French Fort at the point in Pgh. along the 3 rivers
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Fort Pitt
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Renamed after the British defeated the French.
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Ft. Necessity
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Washington built stockade to fight French, but the British and Washington lost.
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Battle of Monongahela
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Kennywood
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Boston Massacre
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Crowds gathered to protest taxes. Soldiers panicked and fired into the crowd killing people.
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Boston Tea Party
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sons of liberty, dressed as Native Americans throw tea into Boston Harbor
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Lexington and Concord
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British troops move to Concord to look for colonist's weapons. Fight happens. British retreat to Boston
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Sons of Liberty
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secret patriotic society organized to oppose British rule
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Continental Congress
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12 of the 13 colonies gather in Philadelphia
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