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Lead up to Boston Massacre |
John Hancock's Liberty is confiscated Protester groups beat up the official mob then comes against his house leading directly into the Boston Massacre |
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Boston Massacre - 1770 |
British Redcoats fired into a mob of patriots 5 colonists killed, 8 were wounded Crispus Attucks, a free black man was killed Parliament recinds Townsend and Quartering |
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John Hancock |
Smuggler Ship's name was Liberty Seen as a local hero by the colonists |
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Virtual vs. actual representation |
British saw the American colonists as being represented by the House of Commons |
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Quartering Act of 1766 |
Charles Townsend was the force behind it Redcoats could live in any house they chose Home owners had to provide for the soldier |
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Charles Townsend |
Minister of the British Treasury Makes import taxes in America for British goods Passes Townsend Act - 1767: which was a direct, 3 penny tax on tea |
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Declaration Act - 1766 |
Parliament could pass any law they saw fit Did not require Colonial gov. approval passed after the Stamp act was rescinded seen as a way to not give in to the colonists |
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Stamp Act - 1765 |
Required gov. stamped paper for all documents Also included all paper products Began in Boston, which is also place of outrage Rescinded in 1766, to great celebration |
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Currency Act - 1764 |
Outlawed printing of paper money in colonies Local businesses suffered British goods can only be bought with hard currency |
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Thomas Hutchinson |
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Stamp Act Congress - Fall 1765 |
Delegates from 9 colonies go to NYC said Tax laws should be approved by colo. Gov. Unable to convince Parliament, Economy does leads to 200+ businesses boycotting Brit goods |
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Sons of Liberty |
Famous member was Samuel Adams Existed largely in Boston Ebenezer McIntosh formed the South End Gang |
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Andrew Oliver |
Wealthy tax agent in the colonies Had an Epigee made of him by McIntosh Had his house marched on by the Sons of Liberty |
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George Grenville |
Primary counsel to George III Writes peace-time policy following 7 years war Gave special permission to Canadians Found that colonies were not paying fair share of taxes |
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Proclamation Line of 1763 |
Declared by George Grenville No colonists allowed past the Appalachians reasoned that it was Indian country |
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Cost of 7 years war |
Pitt wrote a blank check to win the war People in England didn't feel this burden Non-financially, the American colonists had to deal with Indians, French, and Canada now. |
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Chief Pontiac |
Chief of the Ottowa Indians Attacks the military fort of Fort Detroit in 1763 Leader of the Covenant Chain Loses to Fort Detroit, but causes great colonial loss |
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George III |
Came to the British throne in 1760/61 Came to the throne at the age of 22 Seen as an absolutest, tyrant, and yet inexperienced in politics Suffered from severe depression |
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Acadians |
French colonists of Nova Scotia Many forced to leave Nova Scotia by the English Go to Louisiana and the mix of English and French are what Acadian now means |
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Battle of the Plains of Abraham |
Occured in Quebec English Redcoats, and Colonists scale the cliffs surrounding Quebec, and utterly surprise the French. They Seize the fort Main, easy entrance to Quebec are the Plains of Abraham |
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William Pitt |
British Prime Minister Committed most Money to the war then ever sent 24,000 Redcoats to the colonies English begin to take the lead in the war |
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British Allies in 7 years war |
Mohawk Indians: were mercenaries yet strong and war-like Cherokee: played both sides of the war, Also rebelled against the English in 1759-1761, attacking the Carolina's |
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Albany Plan of Union - June 1754 |
Written by Ben Franklin 7 colonies band together, make a chain of forts Rejected by leaders who fear losing their power |
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Edward Braddock |
Followed the Albany Plan of Union Charged with taking Fort Duqueshe Failed at taking the fort |
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War of Jenkin's Ear - 1739 |
Due to the Englishmen Robert Jenkins having his ear cut off by a Spanish Officer Took his ear to Parliament and demanded war |
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Robert Dinwiddie |
Appealed to Parliament Said French were becoming a threat A team is made, including Major George Washington, to go to Fort Duqueshe they demand the French abandon their fort, which they don't do |
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Dummer's War - 1722-1726 |
Fought against the Abenaki people The Abenaki were enemies because they were allied with the French |
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Tuscarora War - 1711-1713 |
Fought between the English colonists and the Tuscarora Indians Especially in North Carolina Both sides eventually committed horrible atrocities |
Atrocities included: impaling women and children Roast people alive and filleting them scalping all used as a scare tactic |
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French and Indian War - 1756-1763 A.K.A. The Seven Years War |
Regarded widely as the first World War in the 1730's, Britain was industrializing their textile industry Colonists are upset with England because England doesn't end troops English Wars are spilling over on to American Soil The colonists are tired of losing hundreds in wars that are not theirs |
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Huron Confederacy |
Group of several different indian tribes
Who got along well with the French, but not the British
Would eventually officially ally with the French |
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Queen Anne's War 1702-1713 A.K.A. War for Spanish Succession |
England feels surrounded after a Frenchman ascends to the Spanish throne
French and Spanish ally with each other
English colonies are also surrounded in America
In the first hours, 150 N. Carolinians are killed |
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Creek Confederation |
Group of Indians from the South
Would sell POW indians to the English as slaves
Creeks would also capture escaped slaves |
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