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21 Cards in this Set
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french and indian war
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the fourth and most decisive was
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george washington
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governor of virginia sent a small militia under command of a young colonel
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edward braddock
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led another expedition from virgina
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albany plan of union
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developed bu benjamin franklin that provided for an inter colonial governemnt and a system for recruiting troops and collecting taxes from various colonies for their common defense
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peare of paris
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british extended their control of north america and french power on the contienent virtually ended
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salutary neglect
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britain had exercised little direct control ver the colonies and had generaily allowed its navigation laws regulsting colonall trade to go unenforced
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george 111 crown
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pursued a colonial policy aimed at solving britains domestic financial problems
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whings
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dominant political party in parliament
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pontiac's rebellion
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alliance of native americans in the ohio valley destroyed forts and settlements from new york to virginia
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stamp act
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enacted by parliament in 1765 required that revenue stamps be placed on most printed paper
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patrick henry
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expressed the sentiments of many when he stood up in the house of citizens including no tazation with out representation
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stamp act congress
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representatives from nine colonies met in new york in 1765 to form the so called stamp act congress they resolved that only
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quartering
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required the colonists to provide food and living quarters for british sodiers stationed in the colonies
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sons and daughters of liberty
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a secret society organized for the purpose of intimidating tax agents
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declaratory act
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asserted that parliament had the right to tax and make laws for the colonies "in all causes whatsoever"
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townshed acts
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enacted new duties to be collected on colonial imports of tea glass and paper also provided for the search of privale homes for smuggled goods
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writs of assistance
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a general license to search anywhere
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letters from a farmer in penn
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dickson agreed that parliament coukd regulate commerce but argued that because duties were a form of taxation they could not be leived on the same colonies with out the consent of their representative assemblies
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samuel adams
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colonial leader of massachusetts agrued forceuly against the new duties
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james otis
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colonial leader of massachusetts agrued forceuly against the new duties
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massachusetts circular letter
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james o samuel a wrote and sent copies to every colonial legislature
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