Ch. 4 Key Terms

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1. Robert Walpole

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.a British statesman who is generally regarded as having been the first Prime Minister of Great Britain.

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2. Privy Council

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.a body that advises the head of state of a nation concerning the exercise of executive authority, typically, but not always, in the context of a monarchic government.

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3. Benjamin Franklin

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.one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.

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4. New France

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.area colonized by France in North America during a period extending from the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River, by Jacques Cartier in 1534, to the cession of New France to Spain and Britain in 1763

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5. Paltry Wages

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6. Albany Plan

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an early attempt at forming a union of the colonies "under one government as far as might be necessary for defense and other general important purposes .was proposed by Benjamin Franklin at the Albany Congress in 1754 in Albany, New York

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7. French Indian War

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.The French and Indian War is the common U.S. name for the war between Great Britain and France in North America from 1754 to 1763.

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8. Louis XIV

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.His reign, from 1643 to his death in 1715, began at the age of four and lasted seventy-two years, three months, and eighteen days, and is the longest documented reign of any European monarch

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9. Missionary Zeal

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10. Louis Joliet

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.was a French Canadian explorer known for his discoveries in North America

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11. Father Jacques Marquette

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.was a French Jesuit missionary who founded Michigan's first European settlement, Sault Ste. Marie, and later founded St. Ignace, Michigan. In 1673 Father Marquette and Louis Jolliet were the first Europeans to see and map the northern portion of the Mississippi River.

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12. Rene Robert Cavalier

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.a French explorer. He explored the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada, the Mississippi River, and the Gulf of Mexico. La Salle claimed the entire Mississippi River basin for France.

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13. The Iroquois Confederacy

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14. King Williams War

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.was the name used in the English colonies in America to refer to the North American theater of the War of the Grand Alliance (1688–97). It was fought between England, France, and their respective American Indian allies in the colonies of Canada (New France), Acadia, and New England.

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15. Fort Necessity

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.The battle at Fort Necessity in the summer of 1754 was the opening action of the French and Indian War. This war was a clash of British, French and American Indian cultures.

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16. William Pitt

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17. Siege of Quebec

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18. Peace of Paris 1763

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.The Treaty of Paris, often called the Peace of Paris, or the Treaty of 1763, was signed on 10 February 1763, by the kingdoms of Great Britain, France and Spain, with Portugal in agreement.

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19. Proclamation of 1763

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.issued October 7, 1763, by King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War.

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20. Greenville Ministry

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21. Sugar Act

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.known as the American Revenue Act or the American Duties Act, was a revenue-raising act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain on April 5, 1764

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22. Currency Act

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Currency Act is the name of several acts of the Parliament of Great Britain that regulated paper money issued by the colonies of British America. The acts sought to protect British merchants and creditors from being paid in depreciated colonial currency. The policy created tension between the colonies and Great Britain, and was cited as a grievance by colonists early in the American Revolution..

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23. Paxton Boys

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.was a vigilante group that murdered twenty Native Americans in events sometimes called the Conestoga Massacre

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24. Regulatory Movement

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.was a North Carolina uprising, lasting from approximately 1764 to 1771, where citizens took up arms against corrupt colonial officials. While unsuccessful, some historians consider it a catalyst to the American Revolutionary War.

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25. Stamp Act

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.a direct tax imposed by the British Parliament specifically on the colonies of British America.

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26. Virginia Resolves

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.The Virginia Resolves were a series of resolutions passed by the Virginia General Assembly in response to the Stamp Act of 1765.

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27. Sons Of Liberty

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28. The Tory’s

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29. Mutiny Act

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30. Quartering Act

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31. Townshend Act

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32. Navigation Act

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33. Boston Massacre

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34. Samuel Adams

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35. Loyalists

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36. Patriots

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37. Gaspee Incident

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38. Tea Act

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39. Daughters of Liberty

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40. Boston Tea Party

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41. Coercive Acts

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42. First Continental Congress

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43. John Adams

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44. Battle of Lexington and Concord

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45. General Thomas Gage

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46. Paul Revere

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47. John Dickinson Letters to a farmer

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48. The Massachusetts Circular

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