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Paxton Boys |
violent rebel group of 57 frontier settlers from Pennsylvania
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Why were the people of Philladelphia afraid of the Paxton Boys? |
They frequently were at war with the Wyalusing Indians and they killed 20 peaceful Christian Indians in Philladelphia |
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What did the Paxton Boys want from Colonial government, why did they march to Philladelphia? |
The Paxton Boys wanted Colonial goverment to provide troops to defend them from the Wyalusing Indians |
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How did Ben Franklin respond to the request of the Paxton Boys for more troops? |
Ben Franklin granted them 1,000 troops to defend the western settlements |
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Why were British Colonist divided from each other? |
-people did consider themselves as "Americanans" they were not united as a country yet. They called themselves "Virginians", or "New Yorkers" and were not united with the other colonies as a whole -differences in language -farmers and people from the city frequently fought -religious conflicts |
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In what ways were the diverse colonists united? |
-Troops and taxes -they were loyal to Britian -the British troops protected them from the Native Americans and the French -colonists sold many goods to the British like tobacco
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What were some reasons many colonists were loyal to the British |
-they sold many goods to the British like tobacco, grain , and fish -more than half of the settlers were British |
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salutary neglect |
The British government neglected , or paid little attention to it's North American colonies
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Navigation Acts |
Laws that restricted the use of foreign ships for trading between Britian and its colonies. These laws were not popular among colonist and only lasted for 200 years. |
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In what ways did some colonists not like British rule? |
-many colonists did not like the Navigation Acts |
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What are ways British controlled the colonists? |
-The Navigation Acts -Other Acts said Colonists could buy certain goods only from British traders -Duties were mandatory for goods bought from other countries other than Britian -the governor was appointed by the English King and he could veto the assembly
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assembly |
In each colony, citizens elected an assembly, a group of citizens who made laws and set the rate for taxes |
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veto |
reject a decision or proposal made by a law making body |
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Were there two groups that helped create laws in the colonies |
Yes, the British elected governors and the assembly |
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Did the British strictly enforce trade laws set upon the North American British colonies? |
No, this helped keep the colonists loyal to the British |
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Define the term Salutary Neglect |
An unofficial British policy allowing the North American colonies to violate the strict trading laws of Britian, like the Navigation Act and other Acts |
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The long war between the British and French was called |
The Seven Years' War |
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Did the British and French only fight in North America? |
No, they battled each other for control of different colonies and territories all over the world |
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import |
a product brought into a country |
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export |
a product brought out of a country |
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The Seven Years' War is sometimes also called |
The French and Indian war. Because the French and Indians fought together against the British |
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Why did the Indians have an interest in helping the French against the British? |
To protect their fur trade with the French |
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Did all Indians fight with the French against the British? |
No, the Seneca and Huron tribes fought with the French. The Iroquois Nation initially stayed out of the war, then they started to join the British when they knew the British were winning |
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Who won the war? |
The British won the war against the French and control of most of the colonies in North America |
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What is the Treaty of Paris? |
At the end of the 9 years of the Seven Years' War or, French and Indian war, the signing of the Treaty of Paris was a peace agreement between Britian and France in 1763 |
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What was the Appalachian Act? |
Colonists wanted to start settling in lands across the Appalachian mountains, but the British knew that would anger the Native Americans. The Act stated that no colonists could settle in lands west of the Appalachain mountains. |
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Where are the Appalachain mountains? |
Eastern Coast of United States and up through Canada |
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Why were some colonists angry about the Proclamation of 1763? |
They had fought in the war against the French when they would not let them west of the Appalachains, now the British would not let them settle either. They wondered why they had fought in the war to begin with |
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Name three hardships to the British colony of North America after the win of Seven Years'War? |
-Britian borrowed money to fight the war against the French -Britian had to pay more troops to defend the new territory it had won in the war -colonist were not happy with the British Proclamation Act of 1763 |
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In what ways did the Native Americans suffer from the British win ? |
-The Indians had made profits from trading with the French. , they had lost power when they no longer traded with the French -Although the Proclamation Act was law, British control could not stop colonists from settling in Indian lands west of the Appalachain mountains |
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In what way did the Seven Years' War make colonists feel more independent from British rule? |
Many colonial settlers enlisted and became soldiers in the British Army to fight against the French. They were trained to fight as well as the British soldiers |
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Was John Malcom a nice guy? |
No. He was tarred and feathered twice by British officials. He was very disrespectful towards poor people |
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Why did Britian suddenly decide to tax colonists in 1764? |
Because the Seven Years' War caused Britian to have massive debt. Britian needed money and taxed the Colonists, this made them angry at the British government |
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repeal |
do away with , revoke or annulling a congressional act or law |
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describe the Sons of Liberty and Daughters of Liberty |
groups comprised of citizens of colonies that held public meetings and spoke out against the Stamp Act |
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boycott |
an act of voluntarily refusing to buy or commence trade with certain group, country, or business |
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How did American Colonists boycott British Goods? |
-colonial women made their own clothes instead of buying British clothing -colonists in Boston dumped tea into the Boston harbor |
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Why did the colonist boycott British goods? |
The new taxes imposed by the Stamp Act, duties on paper, tea, and paints were a way the British were imposing fees from the colonists because they were in debt from the Seven Years' WAR |
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Was the boycott from Colonists successful? |
yes. All taxes were lifted except for taxes on tea |
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Did the Boston Massacre increase tensions between the British Government and The colonists |
Yes. 5 British soldiers were attacked by a group of men from Boston. The newspapers retold the story and anger towards British control increased among the colonists. |
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define propaganda |
information that is biased, or exaggerated meant to pursade the public to a particular point of view. -telling one side of the story to win support for a cause |
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what happened at the Boston TEa Party |
-crowds of colonists dressed up as Indians and stopped any one from taking tea off the ships. They dumped the tea off the ships |
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Why were the "Intolerable Acts " imposed on the Colony |
Britian wanted the colonists to pay for the Tea. They imposed the "Intolerable Acts" to punish the people of Boston |
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What were some of the laws or rules of the "Intolerable Acts" |
-No town Meetings -Took away power of Massachusetts assembly -closed Boston harbor to almost all shipping
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Closing the Harbor meant Boston could no longer survive by trade, how did the colonist survive during the time of the "Intolerable Acts" |
other colonies were outraged at the British Intoleralble acts they supported the people of BOston by supplying them with goods and food.
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When the other colonies decided to help the people of Boston, what group was formed? |
The First Continental Congress |
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Name some of the prominent groups at the time or before the Boston tea Party? |
Speak Aloud. The First Continental Congress The House of Burgesses Parliment Daughters of Liberty Sons of Liberty Paxton Boys
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