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50 Cards in this Set
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What geographic feature was at the heart of the Louisiana Territory
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Mississippi River
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What are three reasons for the colonies to consider France a threat?
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France's strong alliances with Indians; failure of the colonies to present a united front; the British difficulty in defending its scattered settlements.
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Why did the Iroquois ally with the British?
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The enemies of the Iroquois had joined forces with the French.
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Under the Treaty of Utrecht, Britain gained territory in what three regions?
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eastern Canada, the West Indies, and Gibraltar
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What "world war" brought an end to French power in the New World?
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French and Indian War
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What event sparked the French and Indian War?
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a force commanded by George Washington clashed with the French near the forks of the Ohio River.
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What advantage did the French have over the British throughout the French and Indian War?
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stronger Indian allies
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What was Britain's chief disadvantage during the French and Indian War?
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lack of colonial unity
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Why was Franklin's Albany Plan a failure?
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the colonists feared centralized government.
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Who were the Acadians?
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French settlers who were forcibly removed from Nova Scotia
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The British three-part plan to win the Seven Years' War included what three things?
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leave fighting in Europe to Prussia; use its fleet to isolate the French colonies; replace old, incompetent commanders.
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The key campaign of the Frence and Indian War was the capture of what city?
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Quebec
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Why was the Battle of the Plains of Abraham important?
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The British captured the French Canadian capital.
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What peace treaty brough an end to the French and Indian War?
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Treaty of Paris
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What was one of the main reasons that the colonies were taxed after the French and Indian War?
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needed money to pay for the war
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What three reasons did Nationalism grow in the American colonies?
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the colonies were isolated from the help of Britain; private ownership of land gave Amer. a stake in their society; coloneis were accuntomed to self-government
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Which law was a direct threat against the colonists' "power of the purse"?
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Townshend Acts
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What was the first successful example of colonial unity was what Congress?
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Stamp Act Congress
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What did the French call the territory they claimed along the Mississippi River?
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Louisiana
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What important fort did the French build on the Ohio River at the outset of the French and Indian War?
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Port Duquesne
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What colonial Congress attempted unsuccessfully to unite the colonies during the French and Indian War?
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Albany Congress
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During what infamous incident did British redcoats kill five unarmed Patriots in 1770?
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the Boston Massacre
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Who was Edward Braddock?
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British commander who was badly defeated by French forces
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Who was Comte de Frontenac?
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resourceful French commander during King William's War
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Who was George III?
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British king who antagonized the colonists
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Who was La Salle?
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Frenchman who explored the entire length of the Mississippi River
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Who was Louis IV?
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King of France
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Who was Jacques Marquette?
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French priest who explored the upper Mississippi River
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Who was Marquis de Montcalm?
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talented French leader during the French and Indian War
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Who was Pontiac?
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Indian chief whose confederacy devastated the frontier
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Who was James Wolfe?
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talented British general who died capturing Quebec
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Who was Samuel Adams?
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leader of the Sons of Liberty
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Who was John Dickinson?
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author of Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania to the Inhabitants of the British Colonies
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Who was Benjamin Franklin?
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proposal to unite the colonies against France
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What was George Grenville?
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British minister who attempted to collect new taxes from the colonies
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Who was Patrick Henry?
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orator from Virginia who opposed British tyranny
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Who was Louis Joliet?
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French trapper who explored the upper Mississippi River
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Who was William Pitt?
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prime minister of Great Britain who won the Seven Years' War
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Who was George Washington?
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colonial commander who fought the first skirmish of the French and Indian War
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What is a boycott?
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refusing to buy as a means of coercion
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What is guerrilla warfare?
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surprise attack by a small, hidden group
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What is an internal tax?
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any tax on goods produced and consumed entirely within a country
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What does the "power of the purse" mean?
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requirement that salaries, taxes,and expenditures be scrutinized by elected officials
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What is the Proclamation Line?
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ban on colonization beyond the Appalachian Mountains
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What was the Quartering Act?
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requirement that the colonists help provision the British army
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Who were the Sons of Liberty?
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an organization that opposed the tyranny of British rule
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What was the Stamp Act?
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British attempt to tax legal and commerical documents in the colonies
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What was the Sugar Act?
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a tax on imported goods coming into the colonies like sugar and molasses
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What were th Townshend Acts?
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a repressive series of direct taxes on various colonial goods, such as glass
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Did the British army defeat Pontiac?
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no
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