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18 Cards in this Set
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The French wanted control of the Ohio Valley as a link between
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Canada and Louisiana.
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The French and Indian War began as a competition between
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Britian and France for control of the Ohio Valley.
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King George III issued the Proclamation of 1763
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1) to reward the Iroquois Nation for its help in the French and Indian war,
2) to prevent more wars between the colonist and the Native Americans, and 3) to keep the colonists out of the Native American hunting grounds. |
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A Congress
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is a formal meeting of representatives.
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The Albany Plan of Union, Proposed by Benjamin Franklin
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failed because at that time the colonies did not want to work together for a common goal.
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The Treaty of Paris results:
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1) France gained most of it lands in present day Canada to Britian
2) Britian received Florida from Spain 3) Spain Kept control of the Land west of the Mississippi River. |
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The Colonists boycotted many British good because
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of the Taxes.
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The Monopoly on tea by the East India Company made many of the colonists so angry
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1) they did not allow ships carrying tea to enter their ports,
2) they boycotted tea 3) The Sons of Liberty had the Boston Tea Party |
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The Boston Tea Party was initiated by the Sons of Liberty
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to show displeasure toward the tea ships and tea tax.
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The First Continental Congress sent a petition to Parliament in England
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as their first step in trying to solve the colonists' problems.
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Lexington and Concord marked the beginning of
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the war with Britian.
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George Washington was named the
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Commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.
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John Hancock, Samuel Adams, and Paul Revere
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were all leaders of the Sons of Liberty.
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The British learned that the colonist would be difficult to defeat at
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the Battle of Bunker Hill.
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King George III hired
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Mercenaries from Germany.
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Phyllis Wheatly was one of the best known
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poets of her time.
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The Second Continental Congress sent the Olive Branch Petition to King George III
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to express its desire for a peaceful end to the problems.
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A revolution
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is a sudden, complete change, such as the overthrow of an established government.
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