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Explain the reasons that the French and Indian War was fought. |
The French and Indian War was fought to decide if Britain orFrance would be the strong power in North America. |
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Who led the British forces in the first two battles of the French and Indian War? |
George Washington |
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What was the Albany Plan of Union? What was it meant to control? Was the plan ever used? |
The Albany Plan of Union was a plan to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies. It was meant to control the colonies and was never carried out. It also called for a council of representatives elected by colonial assemblies |
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What was the first battle of the French and Indian War? Who won? |
In the first battle, Washington defeats the French in a surprise attack. |
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List some important information about the 5 themes of geography for the Battle of the Monongahela. Location. |
Pennsylvania. Banks of the Monongahela river. Across from modern day Kennywood. |
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List some important information about the 5 themes of geography for the Battle of the Monongahela. Place. |
Seneca, Mohawk, Delaware Indians Huge trees Beavers |
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List some important information about the 5 themes of geography for the Battle of the Monongahela. Region. |
Land controlled by Iroquois Confederacy, British, and French Beaver territory |
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List some important information about the 5 themes of geography for the Battle of the Monongahela. Movement. |
How do they move: horses and boats Why do they Move: control access to the Mississippi River and trade. Whoever controlled the Ohio River valley controlled eastern access to the Mississippi River and fur trade. |
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What larger war was the french and indian war a part of |
The Seven Years War |
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What were some of the major effects of the French and Indian War? |
1) Taxes on the colonies 2) Weakened Relationships between the colonists and the British |
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What was the Proclamation of 1763? How did the colonists react to it? |
It banned colonists from settling past the Appalachian Mountains. It angered the colonists and was widely ignored |
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What was the Sugar Act? How did it affect the colonists and what did they do about it? |
1) Put a duty on several products, including molasses It also called for harsh punishment of smugglers. 2) Colonial merchants, who sometimes traded in smuggled goods, protested. |
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What is a duty? |
Import tax |
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What was the Quartering Act? How did it affect the colonists and what did they do about it? |
1) The act required colonists to quarter, or house, British troops and provide them with food and other supplies. 2) The colonists protested angrily and complained that Parliament was violating their rights. |
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What was the Stamp Act? How did it affect the colonists and what did they do about it? |
1) The Stamp Act required that all colonists buy special tax stamps for all kinds of products and activities. 2) Protests against the Stamp Act were widespread. The Julius Ceasar Speech was said |
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What were the Townshend Acts? |
Set up system to enforce the new import duties |
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What was the Declaratory Act? |
said Parliament had total authority over the colonies |
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What happened in the Boston Massacre? How are accounts of the event different depending on the perspective? |
The Boston Massacre was when a hoard of colonist approached British soldiers, threatened, threw snowballs, and clubbed them. The crowd was heading closer to the guards that kept the king’s money safe. One British was clubbed in the arm, stepped a little on one side and fired. Confused soldiers fired a few shots following the first. Soon, other soldiers began to fire, thinking they heard someone say “fire.” A few colonists were injured and even killed. Depending on the perspective, views vary. From a soldier’s view, the Massacre was a mistake and mostly the colonists’ fault. From the colonist perspective, they believed a bunch of heartless soldiers opened fire on defenseless colonists. |
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What happened at the Boston Tea Party? How did this affect the relationship between the British and the colonies? |
At the Boston Tea Party, colonists dressed up as Native Americans and invaded a ship coming to import them tea, and dumped the tea into the harbor. This weakened the relationships between the two sides. |
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What did the Intolerable Acts do? |
The acts did not scare the colonists- like the British hoped, but actually pushed them to have more anger and vengeful thoughts about the British. |
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What was the First Continental Congress? What did they agree to do if their demands were not met? |
1)Americans in the colonies reacted to the Intolerable Acts by trying to help the people of Boston. While food and supplies were pouring into Boston from other colonies, the Committee of Correspondence organized a meeting to discuss what to do next. They demanded the declaration of rights. 2) The Congress then voted to meet again in May 1775 if its demands were not met. |
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What did the Declaration of Rights do? |
They were sent to the king: The Congress demanded the repeal, or official end, of the Intolerable Acts and declared that the colonies had a right to tax and govern themselves. It also called for the training of militias to stand up to British troops if necessary. The Congress also called for a new boycott of British goods. |
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Where were the first battles of the Revolutionary War fought? |
Lexington and Concord |
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What did the Second Continental Congress do? |
Even after the battles of Lexington and Concord, most colonists still did not favor independence. At the same time, many of them were ready to use force, if necessary, to defend their rights against the British. As the crisis with Britain deepened, the Second Continental Congress came together in Philadelphia in May 1775. The Second Continental Congress was starting to act like a government. |
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What was Common Sense and why was it written? |
1) A 50 page pamphlet 2) The pamphlet stimulated broad support for independence. |
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What were the four revolutionary ideas of the Declaration of Independence? |
1) all men are created equal, 2) unalienable Rights 3) governments get their authority from the consent of the governed |
