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| the French colony in N. America (not as great as the British colonies) |
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| 22 yr old officer who led a small British band to attack French soldiers, where he was defeated |
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| 4th war b/w Great Britain and France that ended with the defeat of France & the transfer of French Canada to Britain |
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| one of the new leaders selected by King George II to run his gov. with him in control, British started winning battles which prompted the Iroquois to support them |
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| Ottawa leader who led natives to capture British forts after he realizing the French loss was a loss for natives too |
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| a British order which banned American colonists from settling west of Appalachian Mountains |
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| financial expert who King George III chose to be prime minister. he prompted Parliament to enact the Sugar Act |
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| a trade law enacted by Parliament in 1764 in an attempt to reduce smuggling in the British colonies in North America |
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| What did the Sugar Act do? |
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| 1. 1/2ed the duty on foreign-made molasses in hopes that the colonists would rather pay a lower tax than smuggle; 2. placed duties on certain imports; 3. it strengthened the enforcement of the law allowing prosecutors to try smuggling cases in a vice-admiralty court (juryless court) rather than in a more sympathetic colonial court |
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| Why did British not have much r/ships with natives? |
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| British did shipbuilding, farming, etc (independent professions) while French traded w/ natives |
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| Why were the colonists angered by the British after they won the war? |
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| The British did not allow the colonists to go to the western land (because of money...Proclamation of 1763). also, the British claimed that they fought to protect the borders of the colonies, so the colonists should pay for the war debt |
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| What did William Pitt want to do? |
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| Why did the natives fight against the British? |
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| they were afraid that the British would take their land |
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