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39 Cards in this Set
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What was New Orleans?
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The capitol and main port of French Louisianna.
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Who were the first Illinois settlers?
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Independent fur traders unwilling to return to Canada after French govt prohibited their direct trade with the indians.
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What was Louisiana's economy dependent on?
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Combined efforts of Indians, settlers and slaves who farmed, herded, fished, and traded deerskin.
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What was Country or "Real Whig" Ideology?
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Stressed the threats that a standing army and powerful state posed to personal liberty.
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What was the war of the Spanish Succession?
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Known as King William's War & Queen Anne's War. Created funded debt by borrowing money from joint-stock companies.
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What was the Treaty of Lancaster?
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Treaty in 1744 by which Iriquois chiefs had sold a group of Virginia land speculators rights to trade at the forks of the Ohio River
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What was the Albany Congress?
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Britain odered New York governor to convene an intercolonial meeting to discuss matters with the Iroquois.
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What was the Albany Plan of the Union?
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Written by Benjamin Franklin. Called for an intercolonial union to coordinate colonial defense, levy taxes, and regulate Indian affairs.
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What was the French and Indian War?
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AKA. 7 yr war. War between the French and British beginning in 1756. Primarily over the OH River Valley. British won at an enormous expense in 1763.
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What was the Treaty of Paris?
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Ended hostilities between the British and the French on Feb 10, 1763. French ceded to Britain all lands east of the Mississippi & Britain gave back Cuba and the Phillipines.
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What was the Proclamation of 1763?
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Temporarily forbid white settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains
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What did the Proclamation Line do?
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tried to keep white settlers and Indians apart and prevent fighting between them
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What were the Quartering Acts?
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Required colonists assemblies to provide barracks and certain supplies for the troops.
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What was Pontiac's Rebellion?
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Began when 8 major groups joined in attacking British forces and American settlers from the Great Lakes to Virginia until 1766.
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What was the Currency Act of 1764?
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Forbid further issues of legal tender paper money.
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What was the Sugar Act?
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Combined new and revised duties on imported items. Also lengthened list of products that can only be sent to England.
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What was the Stamp Act?
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Required all valid legal documents, as well as newspapers, bear a govt-issued stamp.
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What was the British Constitution?
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Consisted of an accumulated body of English law and custom, including acts of Parliament.
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When were the writs of assistance?
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General search warrants that gave customs officials in America the power to inspect any building suspected of holding smuggled goods.
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What is Country Ideology?
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Govt power is inherently aggressive and expansive.
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What was the nonimportation movement?
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An organized boycott of British manufactured goods.
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Who were the Sons of Liberty?
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A collection of loosely organized protest groups which put pressure on stamp distributors and British Authorities.
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What was the Stamp Act Congress?
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Nine colonies sent delegates to New York City in Oct 1765. Stepped up boycott of the Sugar Act and wrote the Declaration of Rights and Grievances.
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What were the Declaration of Rights and Grievances?
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Denied Parliaments right to tax the colonies, and petitioned unsuccessfully both the King and Parliament to repeal the Stamp and Sugar Acts.
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What was the Declaratory Act?
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Gave Parliament the right to "legislate for the colonies in all cases whatsoever".
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Who were the Regulators?
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A vigilante group that emerged in 1766.
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What were the Townshend Duty Act?
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External tax on imported items such as lead, paper, paint, glass, and tea.
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What was the Boston Massacre?
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British fired on American civilians in Boston which caused additional friction between citizens and soldiers.
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What were the committees of correspondence?
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American leaders resolved to keep one another informed.
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What was the Tea Act of 1773?
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Permitted the company to ship tea from its warehouses in Britain without paying the duty normally collected.
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What was the Boston Tea Party?
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A group of well-organized men disguised as Indians raced aboard the tea ship Dartmouth, broke open 342 chests of tea, and heaved the contents in the harbor.
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What were the Coercive Acts?
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A series of repressive measures beginning in 1774.
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What was the Boston Port Act?
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Closed the port of Boston to all incoming and outgoing traffic until the East India Company was reimbursed for the tea.
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What was the Massachusetts Government Act?
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Provided that the Crown would appoint members of the governor's council and limited the number of town meetings.
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What was the Quebec Act?
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Extended boundaries of Quebec south to the Ohio River.
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What were the Suffolk Resolves?
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Denounced the Coercive Acts as unconstitutional, advised the people to arm, and called for general economic sanctions against Britain.
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What was the Continental Association?
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Created by Congress to organize and enforce sanctions against the British.
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Who were the Whigs?
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Advocates of the Revolution.
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Who were the Tories?
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Loyalists to the Crown.
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