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45 Cards in this Set
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Robert Walpole
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>1742
>Regarded as first prime minister of Great Britain |
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Privy Council
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>1600's
>Body of advisers to the British Sovereign |
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Benjamin Franklin
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>1770's
>One of the founding fathers of the united states; inventor of lightbolb, franklin stove, odometer. |
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New France
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>1700's
>area colonized by France in North America fromt he exploration of Lawrence River and Jaques Cartier |
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Paltry Wages
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>bad wages
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Albany Plan
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>1754
>proposed by Benjamin Franklin at the Albany Congress >early attempt at forming a union of the colonies under one government |
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French Indian War
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>1754-1763 AKA 7 years war
>War between Great Britain and France in the Americas. >resulted in money loss for Great Britain; causing them to tax; causing Revolutionary war |
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Louis XIV
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>late 1600's
>known as Sun God >Longest reign of any European Monarch. |
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Missionary Zeal
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missionary mission of some sort
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Louis Joliet
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>1673
>French Canadian Explorer >one of the first Europeans to explore and map much of the Mississippi river. |
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Father Jacques Marquette
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>1673
>French Jesuit missionary >assisted Joilet in the mapping of the Mississippi River |
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Rene Robert Cavalier
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>1600's
>French explorer >Explored Great Lakes, Mississippi River, and Gulf of Mexico ; claimed entore Mississippi river basin for France |
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The Iroquois Confederacy
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>1700's
>consisted of 6 tribes: Oneida, Mohawk, Cayuga, Onodaga, Seneca, and Tuscarora |
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King William's War
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>late 1600's
>fight between french, british, and american indians >increased tension between french and british |
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Fort Necessity
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>1750's
>used as a storage place for weapons |
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William Pitt
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>1760's
>British whig statesman >lead Britain during the seven Years War |
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Seige of Quebec
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>late 1750's
>important battle in french indian war >consisted of 10,000 soldiers >buid up was 3 moths;lasted for an hour |
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Peace of Paris
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>1763
>sighned by great britain, france, spain, and portugal >marked the beggining of british dominance outside Europe |
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Proclamation of 1763
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>1763
>end of french indian war; issued by king george 3rd >used to stabilize relations with americans and natives |
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Greenville Ministry
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>1760's
>headed by george greenville >confronted american distain with britain |
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Sugar Act
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>April 5, 1764
>another example of taxation without representation |
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Currency Act
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>1751
>acts that regulated paper money distribution in the colonies |
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Paxton boys
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>Vigilante group that murdered 20 Native Americans in the Conestoga Massacre
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Regulatory Movement
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>1764-1771
>North Carolina uprising where citizens took weapons and oppossed corrupt colonial officials >considered catalyst to the Revolutionary war |
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Stamp Act
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>1765
>required any printed materials in colonies to have a london stamp on it >basically, taxing all documents |
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Virginia Resolves
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>1765
>series of resolutions passed by the Virgina General Assembly in response to the Stamp Act >fought taxation without representation |
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Sons of Liberty
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>1760's
>group of American patriots that protested Parliment |
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The Tory's
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>political philosophy that out of the cavalier faction
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Mutiny Act
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>1689
>made traitorous acts punishable by death |
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Quartering Act
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>1765
>forced colonists to forfeit their homes to accommodate British soldiers |
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Townsend Act
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>1767
>Acts passed to raise revenue in the colonies to pay for british needs and to punish new york for nto complaying witht he quartering acts |
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Navigation Act
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>1651
><laws that restricted the use of foreign shipping between britain and its colonies |
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Boston Massacre
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>1770
>british presence in boston caused conflict; resulting in the deaths of 5 civilians >sparked more anger towards britain |
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Samuel Adams
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>1770's
>political philosoher, statesman >one of the founding fathers |
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Loyalists
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>colonists who were loyal to the british
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Patriots
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>colonists who supported the cause for independence
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Gaspee incident
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>Americans boared the gaspee , a british ship, and burned it down
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tea act
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>1773
>allowed british to sell tea for higher prices |
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daughter of liberty
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>1700's
>women who displayed patiotism by boyotting british goods |
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boston tea party
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>1773
>Boston men dressed as mohawks and dumped british tea into the harbor |
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coercive acts
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>1774
>5 laws passed by parliment >attempt to make an example of massachusetts |
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first continentl congress
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>1774
>12 out of the 13 colonies attended >took place in pennsylvania >decided to protest british |
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john adams
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>1700s
>politician, philosopher >foundinf father >2nd president |
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battle of lexington and concord
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>1775
>1st battle of american revolution |
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general thomas gage
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>1770's
>british general >played role in american revolution |
