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who was Robert Walpole?
when was he born? why s he important? |
he was the first prime minister of great Britain.
he was best known 1701-1742 he was acknowledged as having held the office de facto because of his influence within the Cabinet. |
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what was the privy council?
what did they do? when did they do it? |
a privy council is a body that advises the head of state of a nation concerning the exercises of an executive authority
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who was Benjamin franklin?
when was he most important? why is he so significant? |
was one of the founders fathers of the united sates
his time in office |
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what was new france?
when was new france? wha is so significantof new france? |
new france was the area colonized by the french in north america.
this was during the period extending from the siant lawrence river. the territroy was divided into five colonies and i extended form the new found land all the way to gulf of mexico. |
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what was the albany plan?
when was it established? what was so significant? |
the albany plan was an erly attept to establishing a union for the colonies.
was established by benjiman franklin in 1754 in abany new york. this was significant because it created more centralized government. |
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what wass the french indian war?
when did it happen? why was it so significant? |
the french indian war was a war between france and britan to control territory.
it happened 1754-63 known as seven years war |
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who was louis xiv?
when was louis xiv? why was he so significant? |
he was king of france
during 1643-1715 he sold us the louisiana purchase |
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who was louis joliet?
when was louis joliet? why was she significant? |
he was a french explorer
1645-1700 known for his dicoverises in north america was one of few to map the mississppi river |
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who was father jaques marquette?
when was he? why is he significant? |
he was a french jusiet missionary
he was around 1637-1675 he was also one of few to map the nothern part of the mississppi |
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who as rene robert cavelier?
when was rene robert cavelier? why was he significant? |
he was a french explorer
was around 1643-1687 he was the first to claim the mississippi for france |
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what was the iroquious confederacy?
when was it? why is it significant? |
they were a group of indiginous people of north america
formed 1722 was the political and diplomatic entity that emerged from colonization |
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what was kings williams war?
when ws king williams war? why is it so sgnificant? |
it was a war against france england and the indians
1689-97 |
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what wa the sugar act?
when was it why is it significant |
it was a riasing revenue act set by britain
set in 1764 these icident help dout the british parliment cauesing revolution |
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what was the currency act?
when was it? why is it significant? |
was an act set by brish parliment and it regulted paper money issued to colonies
1734 tension and was cited as a grievance |
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what was the stamp act?
when was the stamp act? why is it significant? |
direct tax by british parliment
set in 1765 help grow the movment of merican revolution |
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who were the sons of liberty?
when were the sons of liberty? why were they important? |
political group of american patriots
they grew and spread in 1765 thye attacked stamp officials and burned stamps |
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what was the mutiny act? when was the mutiny act?
why is it important? |
it was an act passed by parliment of british
the act was passed 1689 created a bigger tension |
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what was the quatering act?
when was the act? why was the act important? |
these acts passed by british parliment forced american colonist to house and dress british solders
these acts were during 18th century they were significant because they created big tension between america and britian |
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what was the navigation act?
whn was the navigatin act? why was the navigation act significant |
they were a series of laws that resticted foriegn trade
1650-1673 they were later rented in colonies |
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what was the townshend act?
when was the act? why sis it signficant? |
this act was to raise revenue in the colonies
passed 1767 created tensions in colonies |
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what wa the boston massacre?
when was the boston massacre? why is it significant |
was an incident that led to the death of five civilians
held in 1770 craeted big tensions between civilians and siolders |
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who ws samuel adams?
when was samuel adams? why is he signifiant? |
was one of the founding father of the united states
1793-1797 was one of the leaders of the american revolution help make american republicanism |
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what was the tea act?
when was it? why was it significant? |
an act to expand british east indian company monopoly of tea trade reducd taxed on any british colonie
passed in 1773 |
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who was william pitt?
when was he? why ws he important? |
he was a british politician
1759-1806 named a member of privy council |
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what was the gaspee incident?
when was it? why ws it significant? |
it was incident that scorched the british schooner wichwas a ship that enforeed acts that americans colonist idnt lke so they burned it down
1772 led to the american revolution |
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who were the daughters of liberty?
when were they? why wer ethey significant? |
was a american colonial grop of women
active trough 1765-1769 they boycotted british goods |
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what was the boston tea party?
when was it ? why is it significant? |
it was a diect action by colonist
1773 the dressed up as indians and aborded the ship with tea and dumped it into tyhe harbor |
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who was john adams?
when was he? why is he important? |
was an american polotician second president
1735-1826 was one the most inffluential founding fathers of the united states |
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who were the paxton boys?
whenwere they? why were they significant? |
was a vigilant group that murderded 20 native americans
1763 murdered indians know as the conestoga massacre |
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who was pual revere?
when was he? why is he important? |
he was an american rebel and messenger
1735-1818 he warned the colonist that the britsh were comming |
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what was the first continental congress?
when was it? why was it significant? |
was a convention of delegates of twelve of the thirteen colonies
1774 called in response of the coercive acts |
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what was the battle of lexington and concord?
when was it ? why was it significant? |
was the first major batte of the revolution
1775 marked the outbreak of american revolution |
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what was the grenville minisrty?
when wsas it? why was it important? |
was a british government
dung 1763 -1765 they were dimissed because king didint like them |
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who was general thomas gage
whenwas he wh is he importnt |
was british army general
during american revolution was georges washing tons opponet |
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who was william piit
when was he why is he significant |
was a british politicain
active 1783 till 1806 his death youngets british prime minister |
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what was fort neccesity?
when was it? why is it significant? |
t was a battle
1745 georges washingtons military surrendred during french indian war and seven years war |
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what was the peace of paris of 1763?
when was it? why is it important? |
was a treaty
signed in 1763 marked the beginig of an extenive period of british dominance |
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what was the proclamation of 1763?
when was it? why isit significant? |
it was to organize graet britans new north american empire
was procliamed 1763 stabalize relations through trade |
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who were the patriots?
when were they why were they significant |
they were american colonists
during american revolution won independence against britian |
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who were the loyalist
when were the loyalist why were the loyalist important |
they were people in america loya to the king
during american revolution helped the british |
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what was virginia resolves?
when was it ? why was it significant? |
were a series of resolutions
1765 it esovled prblems with the stamp acts |
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what was the regulaory movement?
when was it ? whyb was it significant? |
was a norht carolia uprising
lasting 1764-1771 ctizens took up arms agianst corrupt colonial officails |
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what was the coercive acts?
when were they ? why were they significant? |
were the intolerable acts
durnig the american revolution they uilt up tnsion toward the ameriacan revolution |
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what was johns dikinsons letter to the farmer?
when was iit? hy was it significant? |
ws a militia during american revolution
1782-85 letters united the colonist against the townshend act by john dikinson but published uner a farmer |
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what was the massechusetts circular
when was it? why was it important? |
was va letter written by samuel adams
passed by massachusetts house of representative in 1768 increades tensions |
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what was the missionary zeal?
when was it why is it signiicant |
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what was the missionary zeal?
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