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Who is Robert Walpole ?
- Englishman and Whig statesman who (under George I) was effectively the first British prime minister (1676-1745)
What is Privy Council ?
- Its a body that advises the head of state of a nation.
- Concerning the exercise of executive authority.
Who is Benjamin Franklin ?
- He was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
- He formed both the first public lending library in America and the first fire department in Pennsylvania.
What was New France ?
- New France is a territory that was occupied by France from the time of Jacques Cartier's exploration of the Saint Lawrence River, in 1534, until the area was taken over by Spain and Britain in 1763.
What are paltry wages ?
- The low wages that the colonies had to deal with at the time.
What was the Albany Plan ?
- The Albany Plan was a plan that was propose to the Albany Congress by Benjamin Franklin in the year of 1754 in Albany, New York.
What was the French Indian War ?
- The French and Indian war was a conflict that took place in the time before the revolutionary war.
- It was fought by colonial America and Britain against the French and Native Americans.
Who is Louis XIV ?
- Louis XIV of France was known as the Sun King.
- He was the King of France for 72 years.
- This has been documented and is the longest reign of any European Monarch.
What is a Missionary Zeal ?
- It is an enthusiastic devotion to a a cause, usually of a religious nature.
Who is Louis Joliet
- Louis Joliet was an explorer who explored North America.
- He, along with others found the Mississippi River.
- He is credited as being the first to map the Mississippi River.
Who is Father Jacques Marquette ?
French missionary who accompanied Louis Joliet in exploring the upper Mississippi River valley (1637-1675)
Who is Rene Robert Cavalier ?
French explorer who claimed Louisiana for France (1643-1687).
What was The Iroquois Confederacy ?
- The Iroquois Confederacy consists of several tribes, including the Seneca, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga and Cayuga tribes.
- The Tuscarora joined later. It is governed by the Iroquois Great Council.
What was King Williams War ?
-King William's War (1689-1697) was the first of what came to be known in America as the French and Indian wars.
What is Fort Necessity ?
- Fort Necessity was built by George Washington.
- He saw the French and their fort, Fort Duquesne.
- George Washington was forced to surrender.
Who is William Pitt ?
- William Pitt was born on May 28, 1759 in Kent.
- Pitt was an English politician who became the youngest Prime Minister of England at the age of 24.
What was the Siege of Quebec ?
The Battle of Quebec was fought on December 31, 1775 between American Continental Army forces and the British defenders of the city of Quebec, early in the American Revolutionary War.
What is Peace of Paris 1763 ?
Great Britain acquired from France its Louisiana territory east of the Mississippi and north of the Isle of Orleans.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
- Proclamation 1763 was issued October 7, 1763 by King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of french territory in North America.
- The purpose of the proclamation was to organize Great Britain's new North American empire and to stabilize relations between Native North Americans through regulation of trade, settlement and land purchases.
What is the Grenville Ministry ?
- The Grenville Ministry was a British Government headed by George Grenville which served between 16 April 1763 – 13 July 1765.
- It was formed after the previous Prime Minister, the Earl of Bute, had resigned following fierce criticism of his signing of the Treaty of Paris with its perceived lenient terms for France and Spain despite Britain's successes in the Seven Years War.
What is the Sugar Act?
- This was put into effect in 1764 when they placed a 3 cents tax on foreign refined sugar.
- They also increased taxes on coffee, indigo and certain kinds of wine.
What is the Currency Act?
- The Currency Act was passed in 1764 by the Parliament of Great Britain.
- It prohibited American colonies from issuing paper currency to be used as money.
- It was one of the many acts that angered the American colonists.
Who were the Paxton Boys?
In January 1764, a group of Paxton, PA boys began a march on the capital to air grievances, number from 600 to 1,500 men.
What is the regulator movement?
- In the context of clocks or watches, a regulator movement (mouvement regulateur) is referred to as one which has the minute and hour hands rotating on separate axes.
- This would in effect create a separate hour dial and minute dial on the same clock face. -This is in contrast to most analog watches where hour and minute hands are mounted coaxially in the center of the dial.
What is Stamp Act?
The stamp act was the first tax that the colonists to America were forced to pay to England. This tax was placed, as a form of a seal, on most every document and paper.
What is the Virginia Resolves ?
The Virginia Resolves were a series of resolutions passed by the Virginia General Assembly in response to the Stamp Act of 1765.
What is the Sons Of Liberty ?
-The Sons of Liberty was a underground origination of American rebels.
- They were also known by the other side as the Sons of Violence, or the Sons of Iniquity.
what is The Troy's ?
Tory is a political philosophy, which means "God, King and Country". It still exists in parts of Canada, and in Great Britain. Torie's believe in a monarchy as a form of government.
What is the Mutiny Act ?
he Mutiny Act was an act passed yearly by Parliament for governing the British Army. It was originally passed in 1689 in response to the mutiny of a large portion of the army which stayed loyal to the Stuarts upon William III taking the crown of England.
What is the Quartering Act?
The quartering act was set to protect the soldiers, to make sure they had proper housing and food. They passed the act in March of 1765.
What is the Virginia Resolves ?
The Virginia Resolves were a series of resolutions passed by the Virginia General Assembly in response to the Stamp Act of 1765.
What is the Sons Of Liberty ?
-The Sons of Liberty was a underground origination of American rebels.
- They were also known by the other side as the Sons of Violence, or the Sons of Iniquity.
what is The Troy's ?
Tory is a political philosophy, which means "God, King and Country". It still exists in parts of Canada, and in Great Britain. Torie's believe in a monarchy as a form of government.
What is the Mutiny Act ?
he Mutiny Act was an act passed yearly by Parliament for governing the British Army. It was originally passed in 1689 in response to the mutiny of a large portion of the army which stayed loyal to the Stuarts upon William III taking the crown of England.
What is the Quartering Act?
The quartering act was set to protect the soldiers, to make sure they had proper housing and food. They passed the act in March of 1765.
What is the Townshend Act ?
hat placed duties on tea, paper, lead, paint, etc., imported into the American colonies.
What is the Navigation Act ?
The Navigation Acts were acts of Parliament between 1651 and 1847 designed primarily to expand British trade and limit trade by British colonies with countries that were rivals of Great Britain.
What is Boston Massacre?
The Boston Massacre occurred on March 5, 1770. It is an event that involved the death of five civilians by British troops. It was a tense situation that helped ignite the rebellion of some British American colonies.
Who is Samuel Adams?
Well, besides being a good beer, the actual Samuel Adams was one of the leaders of the American Revolution, a founding father, and a signer of The Declaration of Independence. He lived 1709-1822.
What are Loyalists?
The loyalists were American colonist who remained loyal to the King of England during the Revolutionary War. When the American colonist won the war roughly 20% of the loyalists left America and went back to England.
What are Patriots ?
Patriots are known as people who serve or support their country. For example a soldier in the United States Army, Marines or Navy may be considered a patriot.
What is the Gaspee Incident ?
The Gaspee incident was the burning of the Gaspee by the citizens of Rhode Island.
What is the Tea Act ?
The tea act was an act set out by the British Parliament. It was the main cause of the Boston Tea Party. Parliament put a very large tax on all American Tea Merchants.
Who are the Daughters of Liberty ?
The Daughters of Liberty were a group of patriotic Colonial American women who boycotted British goods. They lessened America's dependence on Britain by spinning their own cloth and finding substitutes for goods like tea and sugar.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
The Boston Tea Party is the name that satirizes the colonists pouring the tea from British ships into the Atlantic Ocean. This event was sparked by the Tea Act, and the Tea Party sparked the War for Independence.
What Were the Coercive Acts?
The Coercive Acts are laws that were passed regarding the colonies in North America. They were passed by Britain, in 1774. They were big in the foundation of the American Revolution.
What is the First Continental Congress?
The Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that became the governing body of the United States during the American Revolution. The Congress met from 1774 to 1789 in three incarnations.
Who is John Adams?
John Adams was the second president of the United STates, after being the first Vice President. He was born October 30, 1735 and is one of the Founding Fathers.
What is the Battle of Lexington and Concord ?
The Battle of Lexington and Concord was made up of two battles that began on April 18th, 1775. British troops were sent to Concord to capture John Hancock and Samuel Adams, but both men had been warned about the British attack.
Who is General Thomas Gage ?
He was a general during the revolutionary war, who was ordered to send Lt.Col. Francais Smith and his troops to go to concord.
Who is Paul Revere?
Paul Revere is best known for his midnight ride to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock that the British were advancing to arrest them. He was an American patriot and a silversmith, and he helped to organize an intelligence and alarm system to monitor the British military.
What is John Dickinson Letters to a farmer ?
In a series of fourteen letters widely published in late 1767 and early 1768, John Dickinson counsels leaders on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean on the economic folly and unconstitutionality of new British revenue laws that ignore the rights of Englishmen living in the American Colonies.
What is The Massachusetts Circular ?
he Massachusetts Circular Letter was a statement written by Samuel Adams and passed by the Massachusetts House of Representatives in February 1768 in response to the Townshend Acts.