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robert walpole
26 August 1676 – 18 March 1745
he first Prime Minister of Great Britain.
having held the office de facto because of his influence within the Cabinet.
privy council
the successor of the Privy Council of England, was formerly a powerful institution, but its policy decisions are now controlled by one of its committees.
benjamin franklin
January 17, 1706- April 17, 1790
was one of the founding fathers of the united states.
was leading author and printer, satrisit, postmaster. scientist and inventor, civic activist, statesman and dipllomat.
new france
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, to the cession of New France to Spain and Britain in 1763
paltry wages
poor wages
albany plan
was proposed by Benjamin Franklin at the Albany Congress in 1754 in Albany, New York.
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.
french indian war
is the common U.S. name for the war between Great Britain and France in North America from 1754 to 1763.
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.
louis xiv
september 5, 1638- september 1, 1715.
known as the sun king.
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
missionary zeal
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louis joliet
September 21, 1645–1700
French Canadian explorer known for his discoveries in North America.
the first Europeans to explore and map the much of the Mississippi River in 1673
father jacques marquette
June 10, 1637 – May 18, 1675
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.
rene robert cavalier
November 21, 1643 – March 19, 1687
was a French explorer.
claimed the entire Mississippi River basin for France.
the iroquois confederacy
roquois League was often known as the Five Nations, as it was composed of the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca nations
king williams war
It was fought between England, France, and their respective American Indian allies in the colonies of Canada (New France), Acadia, and New England.
fort necessity
The Battle of Fort Necessity occurred on July 3, 1754 and was an early battle of the French and Indian War.
william pitt
15 November 1708 – 11 May 1778
was a British Whig statesman who achieved his greatest fame leading Britain during the Seven Years' War.
He again led the country between 1766-68.
siege of quebec
was a pivotal battle in the Seven Years' War
peace of paris 1763
was signed on 10 February 1763, by the kingdoms of Great Britain, France and Spain, with Portugal in agreement.
ended the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War.
The treaty marked the beginning of an extensive period of British dominance outside Europe.
proclaimation of 1763
was issued October 7, 1763 by king George III.
Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War.
grenville minisrty
a British Government headed by George Grenville which served between 16 April 1763 – 13 July 1765.
During its two years, the Ministry confronted growing discontent in Britain's American colonies which were to lead to the American War of Independence breaking out in 1775.
sugar act
was a revenue-raising act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain on April 5, 1764.
currency act
act of the Parliament of Great Britain that regulated paper money issued by the colonies of British America.
the act sought to protect British merchants and creditors from being paid in the depreciated colonial currency.
paxton boys
a vigilante group that murdered twenty Native Americans in events sometimes called the Conestoga Massacre.
regulatory movement
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stamp act
a law enacted by government that requires a tax to be paid on the transfer of certain documents.
Virginia resolves
a series of resolutions passed by the Virginia General Assembly in response to the Stamp Act of 1765.
The Stamp Act had been passed by the British Parliament to help pay off some of its debt from its various wars, including the French and Indian War ostensibly fought to protect the American colonies.
sons of liberty
was a political group made up of American Patriots that originated in the pre-independence North American British colonies.
The group was designed to incite change in the British government's treatment of the Colonies in the years following the end of the French and Indian War
the tory's
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munity act
was an act passed yearly by Parliament for governing the British Army.
quartering act
were used by the British forces in the American colonies to ensure that British soldiers had adequate housing and provisions.
townshed act
a series of acts passed beginning in 1767 by the Parliament of Great Britain relating to the British colonies in North America.
navigation act
ere a series of laws that restricted the use of foreign shipping for trade between England (after 1707 Great Britain) and its colonies, which started in 1651.
boston massacre
n incident that led to the deaths of five civilians at the hands of British troops on March 5, 1770, the legal aftermath of which helped spark the rebellion in some of the British American colonies, which culminated in the American Revolutionary War.
samuel Adams
September 271722 – October 2, 1803
was a statesman, political philosopher, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States
loyalists
someone who maintains loyalty to an established government, political party, or sovereign, especially during war or revolutionary change such as the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War.
patriots
someone who feels or voices expressions
gapsee incident
a significant event in the lead-up to the American Revolution.
tea act
an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain to expand the British East India Company's monopoly on the tea trade to all British Colonies, selling excess tea at a reduced price.
daughters of liberty
a successful Colonial American group that consisted of women who displayed their patriotism by participating in boycotts of British goods following the passage of the Townshend Acts.
boston tea party
a direct action by colonists in Boston, a town in the British colony of Massachusetts, against the British government.
On December 16, 1773, after officials in Boston refused to return three shiploads of taxed tea to Britain, a group of colonists boarded the ships and destroyed the tea by throwing it into Boston Harbor.
coercive acts
five laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 relating to Britain's colonies in North America
first continental congress
was a conventionof delegates from twelve of the thirteen North American colonies that met on September 5, 1774, at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution.
battle of lexington and concord
were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.
hey were fought on April 19, 1775, in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy , and Cambridge, near Boston.
general thomas gage
was a British general, best known for his role in the early days of the American War of Independence.
john adams
as an American politician and political philosopher and the second President of the United States (1797–1801), after being the first Vice President of the United States (1789–1797) for two terms.
he was one of the most influential founding fathers of the united states.