Ch. 5 1750-1776 Flashcards
(37 cards)
Where were the French?
In Canada
What years was the French and Indian war during?
1754-1763
What years were fought where during the seven years war?
9 years in new world
7 years in Europe
Who proposed the Albany Plan of Union?
Ben Franklin
What was the Albany Plan of Union?
First attempt to unify ALL colonies together with representatives from each b/c they didn’t wanna give Congress the power to tax
Political cartoon for Albany Plan of Union
JOIN OR DIE (snake)
Who was the seven years war against and who won??
British and colonists vs. French and natives
-British win from spending lots of money
What ended the seven years war?
1763 Treaty of Paris
Who gets what territory after the seven years war?
- British get New France (Canada to Mississippi River)
- French kept the Rockies
- French gifts Spain what’s from Mississippi to the Rockies
Proclamation of 1763
British pass law
Colonists are not allowed to settle west of Appalachians
*makes colonists made b/c there is lots of land
Who could go on the land west of the Appalachians?
Redcoats
-natives settled on that land, British were broke betches from seven years war, they protected natives so they wouldn’t cause a fight
FIGHTS=LOTS OF $$$ THEY DONT HAVE
What ended salutary neglect?
Britain was broke so they started to tax colonists for money
What year was the sugar act passed?
1764 (taxes on sugar)
What was created to curve smuggling?
WRIT OF ASSISTANCE
- the British could search any vessel they wanted
- violation of colonists rights 😤
What year was the stamp act passed?
1765 (gov’t stamp on all paperwork)
*another way for Britain to get 🤑
Who would assault tax collectors?
Mad colonists
Ex) The Sons and Daughters of Liberty
🔥 tax collectors houses and cover them in tar and feathers
Who founded The Sons and Daughters is Liberty?
Samuel Adams 🍺
From Boston, Mass.
When was the Boston Tea Party?
1773
What was the 2nd attempt to unify the colonies??
Stamp Act Congress
1765
What made Britain repeal the quartering act?
Anger over the stamp act
Declaratory Act 1766
Britain can tax colonists as they please
Townshend duties 1767-1770
Tax on imports
Ex) tea
NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPERESENTATION
John Dickinson “letters from a Pennsylvania farmer”
Why is Ben Franklin good man?
He tried to go to London and save relationship between Britain and colonies but gets treated like SHIT
