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11 Cards in this Set
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Albany Plan of Union who wrote it? what was it an attempt to do? |
Benjamin Franklin to create one general government for the colonies |
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Fort Necessity |
George W. built with his troops and Native allies when French were gonna attack them while they were journeying to build a fort during French Indian War. |
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George Washington |
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Pontiac |
Native American Leader, Ottawa chief, fought with French, later attacked many British forts along with native allies and won. Was called Pontiac's War. |
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Proclamation of 1763 |
imaginary line along crest of Appalachian Mountains. Colonists were not allowed to settle past the line. |
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Sugar Act Stamp Act |
New tax on molasses, avoided by smuggling. taxed legal docs such as wills, diplomas, marriage papers, and things like newspaper and almanacs. |
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Townsend Acts |
taxed stuff like glass, paper, paint, lead, and tea. |
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BOSTON MASSACRE |
3/5/1770 mob of hundreds of people with snowballs, dozen british with muskets, bang bang bang, five colonists dead, 2 british charged with manslaughter, rest acted in self-defense |
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About Tea |
Tea was from British East India Company (BEIC), then sold to merchants, then sold to colonists at higher price. Tea was still taxed. Then Parliament ruled BEIC could sell directly to colonists. |
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BOSTON TEA PARTY |
Boston harbor. Sons of Liberty in costumes. SOL jumped on british ships carrying tea and dumped tea into Boston harbor, |
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Intolerable Acts |
passed by british because they were angry because of boston tea party 1. Boston harbor completely shut down. 2. Massachusetts colonists no town meetings more than once a year without governers permission, 3.british official who broke law to be tried in Canada or Britain. 4. colonists to house british when no other housing to be available, |
