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15 Cards in this Set
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Why did the French want control of the Ohio Valley? |
it was an important link between Canada and Louisiana. |
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A formal meeting of representatives is a |
congress |
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The English Colonies supported the Albany Plan for the following reasons: |
The colonies did not want to go to war, form an alliance with the Iroquois and they were united against the British. |
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The following were a result of the Treaty of Paris: |
France gave most of it's land in Canada to Britain, Britain received Florida from Spain, Spain kept control of land west of the Mississippi River. |
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Pontiac's Rebellion |
caused by the loss of Indian hunting lands to settler. |
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Boycott |
refusal to by goods. |
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Colonists responded to the East India Tea Company monopoly by: |
not allowing ships carrying tea to enter their ports, tea boycotts and the Boston Tea Party. |
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First Continental Congress |
sent a petition to Parliment. |
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Battles at Lexington and Concord |
marked the beginning of the war with Britain. |
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Commander-in-chief of the Continental Army |
George Washington |
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Sons of Liberty |
John Hancock, Samuel Adams, Paul Revere |
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King George III hired mercenaries from |
Germany |
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Battle of Bunker Hill |
proved the colonists would be hard to beat. |
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Phillis Wheatley |
poet |
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Olive Branch |
symbol of peace |
