VAUS UNIT 2 Flashcards
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Who won the Freach and Indian War?
British
A group of colonial leaders met in Philadelphia in 1776 to draft and sign the DoI
2nd Continental Congress
Colonists who believe in complete independence from the king
Patriots
Colonists who remain loyal to Britain during the American Revolution
Loyalists
Natural rights from John Locke
Life, liberty, property
Coercive Act
Close Boston port
banned town meetings
Quartering soldiers
Declaratory act
Parliament meant had power to make laws
Virginia Resolves
Blocked sale of British goods
Committee of Correspondence
Each colony would communicate with each other of British activities
Treaty of Paris (1763)
France: lost Canadian possession, most empire in India, lands east of Mississippi River
Spain: got French lands west of Mississippi, New Orleans, Lost Florida to England
England: claims all land in Canada, control Caribbean slave trade, commercial dominance in India, land East of Mississippi
George Washington
Virginian who led the 1st Continental Army and allowed Aftican Amercians to fight in war and grant freedom
John Adams
Lawyer in Boston who defended British in Boston Massacre
Ben Franklin
Ambassadors of France and convinced them to send troops during war and representative of Pennslyvania
When was the First Continental congress
May 1774
Patrick Henry
Member of House of Burgesses who said “give me liberty or give me death” response to Coercive and Quebec act during 1st CC
First in favor of war