Chapter 4 Key Terms

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Robert Walpole

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The first prime minister of Great Britain.
In office for two years
Obtained the first lord of the treasury

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Privy Council

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A body that advices the head of state concerning the excersice of executive authority
was originally a committee of the monarch's closest advisors to give confidential advice on affairs of state.

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Benjamin Franklin

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one of the founding fathers of the united states. Earned the title first american for colonial unity and did the kite and lighting experiment

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New France

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Was the America colonized by France in North America.
Extended from Newfoundland to the rocky mountains

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Paltry Wages

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An unfair tax that has been put on the people and are forced to pay.

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Albany Plan

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This plan was to unionize the colonies under one government
was proposed by Benjamin Franklin
This happened during the french and indian war

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French Indian War

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The war also known as the fight between Great Britain and France.
Later, it erupted into being the seven years war

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Louis XIV

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Known as the sun king
Reigned at the age of four from 1643-1715. Governened France and wanted to get rid of feudilism

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Missionary Zeal

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A member of a religious mission.
may or may be relating to missionaries and converts other people to thier religion

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Louis Jolliet

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A french canadian explorer and is known for his discoveries in North America.
He and his fathers mapped some of the mississippi river

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Father Jacques Marquette

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A french Jesuit missionary
founded michigans first european settlement
he and Louis Jolliet were the first people to map parts of the mississippi river

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Rene Robert Cavalier

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Was a french explorer
Claimed the entire Mississippi river for France and explored great lakes around the united states

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The Iroquois Confederacy

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A sophisticated political and social system
It united the territories of the five nations in a symbolic longhouse

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King Williams War

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this was the first of the french and indian wars. This war was fought between england france and the indian allies. This happened in 1889.

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Fort Necessity

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This battle between the great meadows began in 1754.
This was george washingtons first surrender. This was part of what started the seven years war.

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William Pitt

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Was a british whig statesmen.
He is popular for leading britian during the seven years war. He led the contries during 1766.

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Siege of Quebec

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This seige ended any hope that the french had in the french and indian war.
James wolf new that he was going to capture new france when the english fleet landed.

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Peace of paris 1763

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Also known as the treaty of paris, this ended the french and indian war. Marked the period of british dominance outside of europe.

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proclamation of 1763

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This was issued by king george III.
The reason for this was to organize great britians new north america empire.

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greenville minisrty

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Greenville ministry was a church that people of a certian religion went to in town.

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sugar act

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reduced the rate of tax on molasses. Put a three cent tax on foreign sugar.

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currency act

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The name of the several acts of the parlaiment in great britian.
This regulated paper money issued by the colonies of british america.

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paxton boys

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A vigilate group that murdered twenty native americans. They felt the government of colonial pennsylvania was neglicant in tax money.

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regulatory movement

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was a North Carolina uprising, 1764 to 1771, where citizens took up arms against corrupt colonial officials. It was unsucesful.

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stamp act

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a direct tax from the british govenrment and regulated that paper be printed on stamp paper. this was to pay of debt

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virginia reolves

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were a 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 of american patriots.
These patriots attacked the apparatus and symbols of British authority and power through both words and deeds.

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The tory's

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political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is one of the prominent political parties in Great Britian.

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mutiny act

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an act that was passed by parliament for being able to govern the british government. this was for the soldiers who stayed loyal to the stuarts.

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quartering act

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this act was so that the citizens let in the soldiers into their homes and were to take care of them because they are fighting for the country.

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townshend act

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the purpose for this was to mostly tax people to help pay debts that the government had.

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navigation act

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this act restricted foreign trade with english and its colonies and this started in 1651.

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boston massacre

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this was an incident that killed five civilians at the hands of the british troops. this led to the american revolutionary war.

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samuel adams

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was a statesman, political philosopher, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. a leader of the movement that became the American Revolution,

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loyalists

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these people remained loyal to the kingdom of great britain. this happend during the american revolutionst war.

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patriots

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was the name the colonists of the British Thirteen United Colonies, who rebelled against British control during the American Revolution

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Gaspee Incident

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the urning of the gaspee by the citizens of rode island

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tea act

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intended to prop up the east indian company. this tea was to be shipped to the colonists to be sold at bargain price.

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daughters of liberty

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was 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. made goods too.

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Boston Tea Party

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a direct action by colonists in Boston,they were against the British government. On December 16, 1773, colonists refused to pay taxes and went to a ship to dump the tea

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Coercive Acts

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Was a mix of five acts like the boston port act, massachusetts government act, quebec, admin, and quaerting act.

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first contenential congress

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was a convention of delegates from twelve of the thirteen North American colonies that met on September 5, 1774, at Carpenters' Hall in Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution

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John Adams

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was an American politician and political philosopher and the second President of the United States. He was one of the most influential Founding Fathers of the United States.

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Battle of Lexington and Concord

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first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. They were fought on April 19, 1775, marked the outbreak of open armed conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in the mainland of British North America.

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General Thomas Gage

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was a British general, best known for his role in the early days of the American War of Independence.

Born to an aristocratic family in England, he entered military service, seeing action in the French and Indian War

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Paul Revere

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was an American silversmith and a patriot in the American Revolution. He was celebrated after his death for his role as a messenger in the battles of Lexington and Concord

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John Dickinsons letters to a farmer

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a series of essays written by legislator John Dickinson (and published under the name "A Farmer" The twelve letters read and reprinted throughout the thirteen colonies, 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 and passed by the Massachusetts House of Representatives in February 1768 in response to the Townshend Acts. Reactions to the letter brought tensions between the British Parliament and Massachusetts to a boiling point, and resulted in the military occupation of Boston by the British Army, which contributed to the coming of the American Revolution.