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Robert Walpole
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(26 August 1676 – 18 March 1745)
First Prime minister First lord of Treasury |
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Privy Council
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Advertise the head of state
Was a comity of monarchs advisors |
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Benjamin Franklin
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(1706-1790)
one of he fathers of the declaration of independence led the revoultion |
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New France
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(1534-1764)
An area french colonized in north america by Jaques Cartier |
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Paltry Wages
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people were paid in food
there was a revolt against these wages |
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Albany Plan
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Plan of defense for colonies from Indian attacks during French and Indian War; proposed one central defense system for the colonies; ultimately did not get approved.
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French Indian War
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War fought over territorial expansion into Ohio Valley and Plains territories and ability to trade in these regions; French and Indians fought against British and American colonists; lasted from 1754 to 1763.
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Louis XIV
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(5 September 1638 – 1 September 1715)
he became king at the age of 4 He kept france as the top euro power for most of his reign he believed that kings had divine right to rule |
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Missionary Zeal
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an institution to control the people
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louis joliet
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French Canadian explorer
also a catholic priest |
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Father Jacques Marquette
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(June 10, 1637 – May 18, 1675)
founded saint Ignace's Michigan's reunited the Illinois territory |
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Rene Robert Cavalier
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(November 21, 1643 – March 19, 1687)
French explorer claimed the entire basin of the Mississippi river |
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The Iroquois Confederacy
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are a tribe
they promoted power and peace |
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King Williams War
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(1689–97)
was called the war of the grand alliances it was england France Canada new england and Indians |
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Fort Necessity
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1754 to 1763
a historical landmark during the French and Indian war |
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William Pitt
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(28 May 1759 – 23 January 1806)
the prime minster a part of the French revolution youngest prime minster Siege of Quebec |
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Siege of Quebec
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Pivotal battle in the French and Indian war over new france which after this war became canada
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Peace of Paris 1763
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signed on 10 February 1763 by kingdoms of Great Britain, France and Spain, with Portugal in agreement. ended the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War
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Proclamation of 1763
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George regulates trade, settling and land. no messing with the Indies, Americans!
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Grenville Ministry
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Government created after earl of bute died. grumpy bevcuz the rules on americans are so lax. George hated it.
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Sugar Act
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Tax on all sugar products 1764
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Currency Act
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America isnt allowed to make anddistribute its own currency anymore 1764
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Paxton Boys
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Vigilante group of Presbyterian Scots-Irish frontiersmen from central Pennsylvania, centered in Paxton Township. They fought against native Americans b/c they were afraid of them
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Regulatory Movement
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historians consider it a catalyst to the American Revolutionary War.a North Carolina uprising, lasting from approximately 1764 to 1771
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Stamp Act
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Tax on all paper products in 1765
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