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in 1534 he explored the st lawrence river, searching for the northwest passage |
jacques cartier |
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French protestants |
Huguenots
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granted limited religious freedom in France |
Edict of Nantes |
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the first permanent french settlement |
quebec |
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who founded quebec? |
samuel de champlain |
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sailed to the mouth of the MS River and claimed the entire MS River valley for France he named it Louisiana |
robert de la salle |
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British gainedNova Scotia from France and trading rights in Spanish America |
Treaty of Utrecht |
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a major french fortress that controlled access to the St. Lawrence River |
Louisbourg |
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The Albany Plan of Union- important because it set the precedent for colonial cooperation during theRevolutionary War |
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led aforce of British regulars and colonial troops against Ft. Duquesne. |
Edward Braddock |
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decided to concentrate British military strategy on conquering Canada |
William Pitt |
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majorattack against colonial settlements in the Ohio River Valley – around 2000settlers and soldiers were killed |
Pontiac's Rebellion |
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Itprohibited colonist from settling west of the Appalachian Mts |
Proclamation of 1763 |
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wasthe idea that a just society was one in which all citizens willinglysubordinated their private interests to the common good |
Republicanism |
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theminority party in Great Britain’s government |
Whigs |
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wasthe first of a series of acts by the British government that angered thecolonists. |
Proclamationof 1763 |
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placingduties on foreign sugars and certain luxuries – purpose was to raise money forthe crown |
Sugar Act |
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requiredthe colonists to provide for the living quarters for British soldiers stationedin the colonies. |
Quartering Act |
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requiredthat revenue stamps be placed on most printed paper in the colonies. |
Stamp Act |
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the stamp act was the first _____ _____ on the colonists |
direct tax |
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TheSugar Act and Stamp Act both used _______ courts forenforcement, which banned trial by jury and put the burden of proof on thedefendant. |
admiralty |
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statedthat Parliament had the right to tax and make laws for the colonies “in allcases whatsoever". |
Declaratory Act |
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collectedduties on tea, glass and paper – the revenue raised was to be used to pay thesalaries of royal officials in the colonies. |
Townshend Acts |
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One of the leading Sons of Liberty |
Samuel Adams |
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aBritish customs ship that had caught several smugglers |
Gaspee |
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passedby Parliament in 1773 to grant the British East India Company a monopoly overthe tea trade with the colonies – caused the price of tea to go down. |
Tea Act |
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1.In1774, to punish Boston for the Tea Party, Parliament passed a series of actsknown as the ________ Acts. |
Coercive (Intolerable) |
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InApril, 1775, the British sent troops to the towns of ________ and _______ toseize colonial arsenals. |
Lexington and Concord |
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pledgedtheir loyalty to Great Britain and asked the king to intercede with Parliamentto secure both peace and the protection of colonial rights |
Olive Branch Petition |
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declaredthe colonies to be in rebellion |
Prohibitory Act |
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who wrote Common Sense? |
Thomas Paine |
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thefirst treaty between the U.S. and an Indian nation – the Iroquois ceded most oftheir land to the new nation. |
Treaty of Fort Stanwix |
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By1777, ten of the former colonies had constitutions, mostly written and adoptedby the ______ _________ |
state legislatures |
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wrotethe first constitution for the U.S. |
John Dickinson |
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establisheda policy for surveying and selling western lands. |
Land Ordinance of 1785 |
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establishedthe Northwest Territory and established a method for creating new states out ofthe territory. Italso established the Ohio River as a boundary line in regard to slavery – nonew states north of the Ohio could allow slavery. |
Northwest Ordinance of 1787 |
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calledfor a legislative branch with representation based on population - which would favor the larger states |
Virginia Plan |
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calledfor a legislative branch with equal representation – would favor the smallerstates. |
New Jersey Plan |
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createdthe reservedpowers ofthe states. |
10thAmendment |
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Inan effort to resist the movement of U.S. settlers westward, a number of tribesformed the __________ __________ |
Northwest Confederacy |