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44 Cards in this Set
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French and Indian War
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Wars against the English and the French this specially the fourth and was started here in the colonies instead of in Europe.
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George Washington
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Command of a small milita sent by the Governor of Virginia.
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Edward Braddock
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A general lead and expedition on 1755.
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Albany Plan of Union
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A plan by Benjamin Franklin that involved a intercolonial government, recruiting troops, and collecting taxes.
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Peace of Paris
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1763 Great Britain gets French Canada and Spanish Florida. Taking France out of the picture since they gave up the rest of the land the Spain.
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French and Indian War
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Wars against the English and the French this specially the fourth and was started here in the colonies instead of in Europe.
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George Washington
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Command of a small milita sent by the Governor of Virginia.
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Edward Braddock
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A general lead and expedition on 1755.
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Albany Plan of Union
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A plan by Benjamin Franklin that involved a intercolonial government, recruiting troops, and collecting taxes.
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Peace of Paris
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1763 Great Britain gets French Canada and Spanish Florida. Taking France out of the picture since they gave up the rest of the land the Spain.
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George III; crown
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Got the colonies to pay more money to Great Britain since they need financial help.
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Whigs
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Dominant political party in Parliament.
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Parliament
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A legislature based of the UK
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Pontiac's Rebellion (1763)
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Chief Pontiac attacked colonist in New York to Virginia on the western frontier. Since the colonist kept coming west and pushing the Indians.
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Proclamation of 1763
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The British said for the colonist not to go any farther so they can be protected against the Indians.
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Sugar Act (1764)
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The Revenue Act of 1764 raise the price of sugar and other luxuries, which raised more money for the crown.
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Quartering Act (1765)
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Colonist had to let in soldiers into their homes and feed them.
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Stamp Act (1765)
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First tax on item made by the colonist and taxed the stamps and legal things of the colonist.
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Patrick Henry
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Lawyer who spoke up and said the the British "no taxation without representation".
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Stamp Act Congress
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Representatives from nine colonies who meet in 1765 in New York.
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Sons and Daughters of Liberty
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A secret organization to intimidate tax agents.
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Declaratory Act (1766)
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This act gave the British authority to make tax and laws as they pleased.
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Townshend Acts (1776)
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Taxes on imported good payed the leaders placed by the crown so they could be independent.
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writs of assistance
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A general license to search any where.
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John Dickinson; Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania
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Was one of the few letters written to speak against the taxation the British are doing.
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Samuel Adams; James Otis
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Wrote a letter saying to repeal the Townshend Acts.
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Massachusetts Circular Letter
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The letter written by Samuel Adams and James Otis.
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Lord Frederick North
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New prime minister at the time and also wanted to repeal the Townshend Acts.
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Boston Massacre (1770)
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Was when two guards after being annoyed by civilians shoot and killed five people including and African American slave.
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Committees of Correspondence
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Created by Samuel Adams who kept the views the British.
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Gaspee incident
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When colonist dressed as Native Americans burned down a British customs ship.
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Tea Act (1773)
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This lowered the price of tea imported from the British cheaper even with the tax of the smuggled Dutch tea.
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Boston Tea Party (1773)
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Colonist dress as Native Americans went and dumped 342 crates of tea.
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Intolerable Acts
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Set by Lord North in response the the Boston Tea Party.
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Coercive Acts (1774)
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Acts that were completely unfair to the colonist.
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Port Act
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Closed the port of Boston till all the tea dumped was paid off.
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Massachusetts Government Act
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The crown lowered the authority of Massachusetts colony.
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Administration of Justice Act
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Then royal officials could be tried in the British courts.
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Quartering Act
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Now soldiers could now live in the personal homes of all colonies.
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Quebec Act (1774)
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That the British now controlled Canada but American colonist resented it.
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Enlightenment
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Literature and philosophy by Europeans and was popular to educated colonist.
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rationalism
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To think things out using logic and reasoning.
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John Locke
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Influenced many colonist with his philosophy.
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Followed up on the the philosophy of John Locke and influenced Americans majorly in 1760's and the 1770's.
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