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45 Cards in this Set
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1. Robert Walpole
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*Prime Minister of Great Britain
*Reigned during the rule of King George 1 and 2 *Held the longest administration period in history |
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2. Privy Council
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*Privy means "Secret"
*Advises the monarch to take caution while ruling *Don't know much |
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3. Benjamin Franklin
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*One of the founding Fathers
*A noted polymath, inventor, satirist, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. *Was named "The 1st American" for his desire for colonial unity. |
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4. New France
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*The area of North America controlled by France during colonial times
*Extended from Newfoundland to the Rocky Mountains and from Hudson Bay to the Gulf of Mexico. *Was bought from France by America |
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5. Paltry Wages
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*Workers were payed this
*A very measly amount * |
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6. Albany Plan
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*proposed by Benjamin Franklin at the Albany Congress
*An early attempt of making a union and raising an army *Rejected by the Colonists and the British |
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7. French Indian War
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*War that erupted between the English and the French (allied with the local Indians)
*The British won *France gave Spain and the British land as reparations |
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8. Louis XIV
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*French King from
*Reigned a total of 72 years: from 1643 to 1715 *He was king during three major wars—the Franco-Dutch War, the War of the League of Augsburg, and the War of the Spanish Succession |
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9. Missionary Zeal
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10. Louis Joliet
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*French Canadian explorer known for his discoveries in North America
*Mapped much of the Mississippi River along with Father Jacques Marquette * |
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11. Father Jacques Marquette
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*French Canadian missionary and explorer
*Helped Joliet discover the majority of the Mississippi River *He and Louis Jolliet were the first Europeans to see and map the northern portion of the Mississippi River. |
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12. Rene Robert Cavalier
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*French explorer
*Explored the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada, the Mississippi River, and the Gulf of Mexico *Killed by his men after a voyage gone wrong |
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13. The Iroquois Confederacy
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*Divided into two groups: the Elders, consisting of the Mohawk, the Onondaga, and the Seneca; and the Younger, the Oneida and the Cayuga.
*Despite seperations, all decisions of the Confederacy had to be unanimous. *IDK |
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14. King Williams War
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*Wat between the french and the british
*After the English and French made peace in 1697, the Iroquois, now abandoned by the English colonists, remained at war with New France until 1701. *The british allied themselves with the Irqouis |
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15. Fort Necessity
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*An early battle of the French and Indian War.
*A storehouse for supplies such as gunpowder, rum, and flour. |
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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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21. Sugar Act
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22. Currency Act
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23. 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. Navigation Act
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33. Boston Massacre
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34. Samuel Adams
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35. Loyalists
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36. Patriots
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37. Gaspee Incident
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38. Tea Act
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39. Daughters of Liberty
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40. Boston Tea Party
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41. Coercive Acts
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42. First Continental Congress
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43. John Adams
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44. Battle of Lexington and Concord
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45. General Thomas Gage
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