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who was Robert Walpole???
-the first modern minister
-restrained from strict enforcement of the Navigation Acts
what -believed that relaxed trading would stimulate commerce
what was the privy council???
-the central administrative agency for the government as a whole
-they were the admiralty and the treasury
who was Benjamin Franklin???
-edit the declaration of inde.
-scientific
-represented his colony and Georgia, New Jersey & Massachusetts
what was New France???
-french empire that
what were Paltry Wages???
-poor wages British soldiers were given
what was the Albany Plan???
-Benjamin Franklin wanted to aligned the colonies together
-never passed
What was the french and Indian War???
-war between the Indian aligned w/British and went against the French
-lasted 9 years
who was Louis the XIV???
-king of france
-longest reign in European history (1643-1715)
-brought absolute monarchy to its height, established a glittering court at Versailles
what was missionary zeal??
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who was Louis Joliet?
-french explorer
-Father Jacques Marquette journeyed together from Green Bay to end of Mississippi River
who was Father Jacques Marquette?
-traveled together w/ louis joliet from Green Bay to end of Mississippi River
Who was Rene Robert Cavalier?
-went to delta of Mississippi river,claimed surrounding territory
-named it Louisiana in honor of the King
what was the Iroquois Cofederacy??
-most powerful native group consisted w/tribes
-formed an alliance with eachother
-were forced to have a close relationship with the English and the Dutch
what was King Williams War???
-(1689-1697)
-produced indecisive clashes between French & English in northern New England
what happened in Fort Necessity?
-the governor of Virginia sent a surprise attack on the French
-the attack unsuccessful
-countered the attack and trapeds soliders
who was William Pitt???
-English secretary of state
-transformed war effort in America
-bringing first time under British control
-planned military strategy
-appointed military commanders
what happened in the Siege of Quebec??
-James Wolfe surprised attacked the French in Quebec
-taken over in September 13 1759
–Sept 1760, French surrendered
what was the Peace of Paris 1763??
- Great Britain, France and Spain,Portugal in agreement
- ended French and Indian War/Seven Years' War
-treaty marked beginning of extensive period of British dominance outside Europe
what was Proclamation of 1763?
-established or defined four new colonies
-allowed London rather provincial govt. to control westward movement
what was the Greenville Ministry?
-increase its authority in colonies direct ways
what was the sugar act?
-eliminate illegal Sugar trade between continental colonies & French and Spanish west Indies
-strengthen enforcement of the duty on sugar
what was the Currency Act 1764?
-required colonial assemblies issuing paper money & retire on schedule paper money in circulation
who were the Paxton Boys??
-1763 band of people western Pennsylvania known as
-descended in Philadelphia
-demanded relief from colonial taxes
what was Regulatory Movement?
-1771 small scales Civil War
in North Carolina
-regulators were farmers
what was the stamp act?
-impose tax on printed documents colonies newspapers, pamphlets etc.
what happened in Virginia Resolves?
-henry had resolutions that Amercans had same righta as Eng. (had others)
-house burgesses defeated the most extreme but still printed all of them
who were the Son's of Liberty?
-political group made up of American Patriots
-designed to incite change in the British gov. treatment of the Colonies in the years following the end of the French and Indian War
who were the Tory's??
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what was the mutiny act?
-required the colonists to provide quarters and supplies for the British troops in America
what was the Quartering Act??
-required the colonists to provide quarters and supplies for the British troops in America
what was the Townshend Act?
-series of acts passed beginning in 1767 by the Parliament of Great Britain
-provoked the "letters to a farmer"
what were the Navigation Acts?
- series of laws that restricted the use of foreign shipping for trade between England and its colonies
-started in 1651
what happened in the Boston Masscre??
-night of March 5 1770,
-crowd of dockworkers and others began pelting the sentries at the customs house with rocks and snowballs
-soldiers was knocked down, apparently several British soldiers fired into the crowd killing 5 people
who was Samuel Adams at this time?
-most effective radical in the colonies
-proposed the creation of a "committee of correspondence" in Boston to publicize the grievances against England throughout the colony
who were the Loyalists??
-the people who believed that the power should be in England
who were the Patriots during the war??
-the Americans
-fought aganist the loyalists
-wanted america to be idependent
what happened durng the Gaspee Incident?
-A British revenue ship &b/c john Dickinson letters, there was idea of British being unfair in colonists go and burn down ship
what was the tea act??
-the taxtion of the American colonists w/out their consent on tea
who were the "daughters of liberty"?
-women's informal organization
-women who displayed their patriotism by participating in boycotts of British goods following the passage of the Townshend Acts
what happened at the Boston Tea Party??
-50 men dressed as Mohawk went aboard 3 ships and dumped 3 chests of tea in the harbor
-Boston people refused to pay for the stuff destroyed
what were the Coercive Acts???
-Parliament followed the acts
-was to provide a civil government
what happned during the First Continental Congress??
-made a list of greivness, created a military, formed the continental Association
-got ready for war
who was John Adams??
-rebel leader during the Revoltion
what happened at Battle of Lexington and Concord??
-night of April 18, 1775 General Gage send a 1,000 soldiers on the road to Lexington and Concord
-wanted to surprise colonists, seize illegal supplies without bloodshed
-patriots watched the British movement closely
-Paul Revere and William Dawes warned villages and farms
-when British arrived Minutemen awaited them
-shots fired 8 died, 10 wounded
who is General Thomas Gage?
-commander of the British garrison
-had orders from the King to arrest the rebel leaders
who is Paul Revere and why he imortant?
-he and William Dawes warned villages and farms that the British are coming
what was John Dickinson Letters to a farmer??
-John Dickinson defended the idea of no taxation w/out representation
-the tax people w/out their consent violated English law
what is The Massachusetts Circular???
-was provoked by the Townshend Act
-statement written by Samuel Adams and passed by the Massachusetts House of Representatives in February 1768 in response to the Townshend Acts.