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Robert Walpole

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British statesman and prime minister of Great Britian was elected in 1702

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Privy Council

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body that advises the head of state

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Benjamin Franklin

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founding fathers of the united states and was a figure in american enlightment

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New France

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area colonized by France in North America during the period of exploration Saint Lawrence River, by Jacques Cartier in 1534

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Albany Plan

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was proposed by Benjamin Franklin at the Albany Congress in 1754 it was an attempt of forming a union of colonies

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French and Indian War

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war between Great Britain and France in North America from 1754 to 1763

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Louis XIV

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was King of France his reign, from 1643 to his death in 1715, began at the age of four wanted to eliminate feudalism

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Louis Joliet

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

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Father Jacques Marquette

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was a French Jesuit missionary who founded Michigan's first European settlement, Sault Ste. Marie,

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Rene Robert Cavalier

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was a French explorer he explored the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada

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The Iroquois Confederacy

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an association of several tribes of indigenous people of North America

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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

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Fort Necessity

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The Battle of Fort Necessity occurred on July 3, 1754 and was an early battle of the French and Indian War.

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William Pitt

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was a British Whig statesman who got his greatest fame leading Britain during the Seven Years' War

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Siege of Quebec

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was battle in the Seven Years' War, which began on 13 September 1759, was fought between the British Army and Navy, and the French Army

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Peace of Paris 1763

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was signed on 10 February 1763, by the kingdoms of Great Britain, France and Spain, with Portugal in agreement

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Proclamation of 1763

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acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War.

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Greenville Ministry

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was a British Government headed by George Grenville which served between 16 April 1763 – 13 July 1765.

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Sugar Act

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was a act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain on April 5, 1764 which had imposed a tax of six pence per gallon of molasses

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Currency Act

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name of several acts of the Parliament of Great Britain that regulated paper money issued by the colonies of British America

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Paxton Boys

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group that murdered twenty Native Americans in events sometimes called the Conestoga Massacre

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Regulatory Movement

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from 1764 to 1771, where citizens took up arms against corrupt colonial officials

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Stamp Act

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law required by government that requires a tax to be paid on the transfer of certain documents.

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Virginia Resolves

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was series of resolutions passed by the Virginia General Assembly in response to the Stamp Act of 1765.

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Sons Of Liberty

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political group made up of American Patriots that group was designed to incite change in the British government's treatment of the Colonies

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Sons Of Liberty

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was a political group made up of American Patriots that originated in the pre-independence North American British colonies.

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Mutiny Act

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was an act passed yearly by Parliament for governing the British Army.

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Quartering Act

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name of at least two 18th-century acts that ensure that British soldiers had adequate housing and provisions.

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Townshend Act

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were a series of acts passed beginning in 1767 by Great Britain to the British colonies in North America

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Navigation Act

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were a series of laws that restricted the use of foreign shipping for trade between England and its colonies

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Boston Massacre

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an incident that led to the deaths of five civilians at the hands of British troops on March 5, 1770

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Samuel Adams

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one of the Founding Fathers of the United States

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Loyalists ******

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someone who maintains loyalty to an established government

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Gaspee Incident

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a significant event in the lead-up to the American Revolution

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Tea Act

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was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain to expand the tea trade to all British Colonies

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Daughters of Liberty

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was a Colonial American group that consisted of women who displayed their patriotism by participating in boycotts of British goods

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Boston Tea Party

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as a direct action by colonists in Boston, a town in the British colony of Massachusetts, against the British government

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Paltry Wages

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a small amount for some kind of work

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Missionary Zeal

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organizational contradictions in basel mission on the gold coast from 1828-1917

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John Adams

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politican that believed in a unified colonial government and argued against the stamp act

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intolerable acts or corecieve acts

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series of five laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 thought these laws would reverse colonial resistance

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first continental congress

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a convention of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies they boycott British trade, and published a list of rights

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Battles of Lexington and Concord

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first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.They were fought on April 19, 1775

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Thomas Gage

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was a British general, from 1763-1775 he served as commander in chief of North American forces governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Paul Revere

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was an American silversmith and a patriot in the American Revolution

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John Dickinson Letters to a farmer

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a series of essays written by ta lawyer and legislator John Dickinson (1732–1808)and were important in uniting the colonists against the Townshend Acts.

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The Massachusetts Circular

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was a statement written by Samuel Adams in response to the Townshend Acts.