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22 Cards in this Set
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Privy Council
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Kings Principal Advisors
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Parliament
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The lawmaking body of England the consisted of the King and/or Queen, House of Lords, and House of Commons, which managed finances. They passed laws that applied to the colonies.
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Governer
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The head of each colony
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Assemblies
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Elected bodies that made local laws.
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Legislatures
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Very similar to the assemblies.
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Town Meetings
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Meetings in New England where the people gathered and settled local issues.
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County Courts
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They control the town and oversaw local matters.
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Justices of the Peace
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Cheif officals of the County Courts.
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Dominion of New England
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A group of unified colonies created by King James.
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Glorious Revolution
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Parliment Invited Jame's daughter Mary and her husband William to become joint rulers of England. The revolution was won without a shot being fired and William and Mary took the throne.
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Favorable Balance of Trade
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England must sell more than it bought.
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Navigation Acts
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The laws that governed trade between England and the Colinies
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Enumerated Articles
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The products that the colinies could sell within the British Empire
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King Williams War
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The First colonial conflict.
1689-1697 |
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Schenectady
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A town in Ney York attacked by the French and Indians during King Williams War
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Queen Anne's War
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Second Colonial Conflict
1702-1713 |
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Deerfield
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Town in Massachusetts destroyed by Indians in Queen Anne's War
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King Georges War
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Third Colonial Conflict
1744-1748 |
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Fort Pitt
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Was originaly Fort Duquesne owned by the French but it was captured by the British in 1758 during the French and Indian War and renamed Fort Pitt. Now Pittsburg is on the site.
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Seven Years War
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What Europe called the French and Indian War
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Pontiacs Rebellion
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The British placed 6,000 soldiers in the land won from the French and closed the Entire region to settlers.
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Proclamation of 1763
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The decision to close the west off to settlers and keep people from buying Indian Lands.
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