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| To help ease Catholic-Protestant feuding, the Edict of Nantes (1598) was issued. It granted religious toleration to the Huguenots (French Protestants). |
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| french canadian traders of fur |
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| 6; King williams war nad Queen Anns war |
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| one mini war of england...england won and signed peace treaty |
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A Spanish commander cut off an English Captain Jenkins' ear.
Caribbean and the buffer colony of Georgia
known asKing George's War. |
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| somebody from Acadia: a French settler who colonized Acadia after 1604 britan conquered in1 713 |
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| 6; French and indian war:seven years war |
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began in america;In America, it was England/American colonists/some Indian tribes vs. France/French colonists/more Indian tribes.
The belligerents were England/America/Prussia vs. France/Spain/Austria/Russia. |
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| where 7 of the 13 colonies met to discuss weather to unite of not to unite |
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| violent;in ohio; campaign to drive the british out of ohio |
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| whites were not permitted to cross and settle west of the Appalachian Mountains;'The purpose of the proclamation was to resolve the Indian issue with the "out-of-bounds" line. But, the colonists cried foul asking, "Didn't we just fight a war to win this land?!" |
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| reigned no less than 72 years; had a deep intrest in overseas colonies |
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| 6; people; samuel de champlain |
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| an intrepaid soldier and explorer whose energy and leadershipfairly earned him the title Father if new france;;;leading figure in vast empire of the st. lawrence river |
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| 6; people; edward Braddock |
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He took the focus off of the French West Indies (this sapped British resources).
He put the focus on Quebec and Montreal (since they controlled the supply routes into New France).
He replaced old, cautious officers with young, daring officers. |
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scored a major victory at the Battle of Quebec.
Quebec was considered impenetrable with its bluffs. But, Wolfe's men snuck up the cliffs, then surprised and defeated the French on the Plains of Abraham. Both Wolfe and his French counterpart Marquis de Montcalm were killed in the battle. |
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| Ottawa chief Pontiac led a violent uprising in the Ohio valley |
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| signed the declaration of independence |
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| 7; people; george grenville |
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| suggested enforcement of the much-ignored Navigation Acts |
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| 7; people; charles townshed |
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| initiated and got the passage of the Townshend Acts (1767) which taxed paper, lead, paint, and tea. |
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| 7; people; crispus attucks |
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| fits to die during the boston massecure; black man who became a ralleying cfy for freedom |
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manipulative prime minister
Lord North eventually gave in to repeal of the Townshend duties, except for tea, just to retain the point that Parliament had the right to tax. |
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| Sam Adams was a red-blooded patriot…passionate and hot-blooded. |
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| 7; people;Marquis de laffayatte |
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| gave america not only service, but some 200,000 dollars... |
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| 7; people; Baron Von Steuben |
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| a Prussian drillmaster who whipped the American soldiers into shape |
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| issued a proclamation promising freedom for any enslaved black in virginia who joined the british army |
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| that is a society where citizens elect representatives to govern for them |
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| They criticized how the king would appoint relatives to positions, accept bribes, or such corruption. These were a threat to liberty. |
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| a nation's wealth and power is measured by its treasury of gold or silver. |
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| (1764), a tax on sugar. This was the first tax on Americans for raising revenue. Americans protested, the tax was lowered, and things calmed. |
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| 1765) required colonists to provide food and quarter for British troop |
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| required using either stamped paper or affixing a stamp that showed payment of the tax. |
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| required using either stamped paper or affixing a stamp that showed payment of the tax. |
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| courts set up and run by England). In these courts, defendants were guilty until proven innocent and there were no trials by a jury of peers. |
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| called and convened in New York City to plan objection to the act |
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| 7; nonimportation agreements |
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| pledges to boycott British goods |
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| 7; sons and daughters of liberty |
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| showed their disapproval of tax collectors by tarring-and-feathering them, riding them out of town on a rail, stoning and burning effigies (dummies) of the tax collectors, and sometimes ransacked officials' homes. |
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| declaring that London still ruled over the American colonies |
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(1767) which taxed paper, lead, paint, and tea.
These were "indirect taxes" |
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| A colonial crowd of about 60 were milling about and taunting/threatening about 10 British redcoats. Things escalated until the British soldiers opened fire, killing or wounding 11 Americans. |
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| 7; commities of correspondance |
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| nothing but a letter-writing network with the goal of exchanging news/info and organizing and keeping resistance. |
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| when tea was thrown overboard into the sea |
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| to punish America, Boston especially |
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*The French were guaranteed Catholicism as okay
*The French could have trials without juries as they were accustomed
*The French were allowed to stay in the Ohio Valley. |
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| 7; first continental congress |
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(a) draw up a list of grievances (which were ignored by London) and (b) wrote a Declaration of Rights.
Plans were made to convene again in 1775 if the situation didn't change. |
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| 7; battles of lexington and concord |
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The "Shot Heard 'Round the World" in **Lexington (April 1775) started the American Revolution
*british left to concord
*Massachusetts "Minutemen" met the troops on the Lexington green where the first shots were fired
*With Lexington, the American Revolution had begun |
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| During the winter of 1777-1778, George Washington and 12,000 troops of the Continental Army endured a season of intense deprivation and demoralization that came to be seen as the bleakest period of the American Revolution. |
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| 8; people; Ethan allen and benidict arnold |
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controlled the troops that suprised and captured the british garrisons
*importance of this raid lay in the fact that the colonists captured much-needed cannons and gunpowder. |
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| 8; people; richard montgomery |
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| marched north along the Lake Champlain route toward Quebec, and was met by Benedict Arnold and men, weary from the grueling trip. In the battle (Dec. 1775), Montgomery would be killed, Arnold wounded, and their men scattered. |
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| wrote pamphlet Common Sense that urged American independence. |
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| 8; people; richard henry lee |
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| made a motion for independence on June 7, 1776. It passed on July 2, 1776 |
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| He had led the first assault up the steep path to the Plains of Abraham when Quebec was seized in 1759 |
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| would descend from Montreal southward on Lake Champlain. |
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