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47 Cards in this Set
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Robert Walpole
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.was a British statesman who is generally regarded as having been the first Prime Minister of Great Britain
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Privy Council
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The word "privy" means "private"; thus, a privy council was originally a committee of the monarch's closest advisor's to give confidential advice on affairs of state.
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Benjamin Franklin
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.-was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
-As a scientist, he was a major figure in the American Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity |
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New France
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.-was the area colonized by France in North America during a period extending from the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River, by Jacques Cartier in 1534,
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Paltry Wages
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6. Albany Plan
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-It was 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"
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7. French Indian War
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In 1756 the war erupted into the world-wide conflict known as the Seven Years' War and thus came to be regarded as the North American theater of that war.
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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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-September 21, 1645–1700)
, also known as Louis Joliet, was a French Canadian explorer known for his discoveries in North America. -priest |
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11. Father Jacques Marquette
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12. Rene Robert Cavalier
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13. The Iroquois Confederacy
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14. King Williams War
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15. Fort Necessity
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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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19. Proclamation of 1763
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20. Greenville Ministry
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Sugar Act
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Currency Act
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22. Paxton Boys
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24. Regulatory Movement
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25. Stamp Act
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26. Virginia Resolves
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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. Boston Massacre
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33. Samuel Adams
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34. Loyalists
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35. Patriots
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36. Gaspee Incident
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37. Tea Act
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37. Daughters of Liberty
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39. Boston Tea Party
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40. Coercive Acts
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41. First Continental Congress
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42. John Adams
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43. Battle of Lexington and Concord
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44. General Thomas Gage
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45. Paul Revere
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46. John Dickinson Letters to a farmer
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47. The Massachusetts Circular
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