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| Royal governor of Massachusetts, 5th generation American, tried to maintain the connection between England and America |
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| delivered message to French that they were encroaching on Virginia land, led exhibition to exert English control, promoted to commander of Virginia Army |
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| became prime minister of England and changed the course of the Seven Year's War, devoted more resources to the war, armed colonists and led attacks throughout Europe, the Carrribean, and Canada |
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| became king in the middle of 7 years' war, made the decision to keep an army in the colonies after the war |
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| led attacks against English forts, proved that colonists needed protection against Indians |
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| member of the House of Burgessess, helped form Committees of Correspondance |
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| member of Massachusetts House of Representitives, active member in the fight against British contol in America |
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| militia in Boston that was prepared to defend the city at a minute's notice against the British |
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| warned the minutemen that the British were coming |
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| royal governor of Virginia, tried to prevent conflict between England and America |
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| Formed by Virginians who got a grant from England that included sections of Ohio River, needed more land to contain growing number of colonists |
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| alliance between the Iroquois Confederacy and British colonies |
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| a plan to unify colonies militarily, authorized by Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Hutchinson; failed |
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| signed when France and Spain surrendered, Britain gained Canada, French terriroty west of Mississippi was given to Spain, Cuba returned to Spain, France got Martinique and Guadeloupe |
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| forbade colonists from settling west of Appalachian Mountains as a way to diminish violence between them and the Indians, impossible to enforce |
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| lowered the import tax on French molasses making it more attractive for colonists to follow the law, also raised punishment for smuggling French goods |
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| taxed all paper used to for official documents, there was an official stamp that denoted the tax had been paid |
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| the belief that Parliament represented everyone in the British empire, regardless of whether they voted for their representitives |
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| Virginia's House of Burgessess held a discusssion on the Stamp Act, they passed a servies of resolutions that stated that Americans were owed self-taxation |
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| those who resisted the Stamp Act |
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| put in place when stamp act appealed, gave Britain full control of colonies |
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| imposed a duty on painter's colors, glass, paper, lead, and TEA |
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| Nonconsumption agreements |
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| called for a boycott of all English goods |
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| Nonimportation agreements |
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| agreement to stop importing English goods |
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| Townshend Acts required participation from women (to produce homemade goods to replace English ones) |
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| a result of the mounting tension between English troops stationed in Boston and the citizens. One night, a crowed of Bostonians taunted a group of soldiers, urging them to fire, they did. Five men were killed. |
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| Committees of correspondance |
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| an information network between all the colonies, used as a way to spread news, provided forum for debates |
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| an act that was formed to give favor to East India tea, make it cheaper than illegal Dutch tea, and pursuade colonists to obey the law |
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| made to punish people in Massechusetts, closed Boston up from trade until tea was paid for, altered the colony's charter, gave England power to elect judges & sheriffs, stated that any royal official who committed a capitol crime would be tried in England, and allowed soldiers to lodge wherever (even households) |
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| colonists disguised as Indians boarded an English ship and dumped thousands of pounds of tea into the ocean |
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| First Continental Congress |
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| meeting of leaders from all colonies, discussed responses to Coercive Acts as well as what they thought their liberties should be as English citizens and what power Parliament had over them, formed a declaration of rights |
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| representitives in each town that made sure the rules of boycott were followed |
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| Committees of Public Safety |
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| the chapter of Continental Association in each town |
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