chapter 5 Flashcards

American Colonies in the British Empire

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known as the 7 Years War, fought between the British + Colonists versus the French. was fought over the fur trade and control over the Ohio River Valley

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French & Indian War

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a person that is kidnapped, forced to work with no rights

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enslaved

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English people who journeyed to America for religious freedoms and founded the settlement of Plymouth

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Piligrims

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4
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accepting people and their beliefs

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tolerance

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5
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a large southern farm with cash crops and enslaved people

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plantations

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British leader of the Battle of Quebec

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James Wolfe

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what were the goods taxed in the Townshend act?

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glass, paper, lead, and tea

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Virginian who fought in the French and Indian war, first president

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George Washington

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9
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people who died here were called Patriot “martyrs”

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Boston Massacre

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10
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famous rider who warned the colonists that the British troops were on the move

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Paul Revere

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Why did Gage send British soldiers to Lexington and Concord?

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to arrest Handcock and Adams in Lexington and to destroy a stockpile in Concord

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tax on goods such as paper, glass, paint, and tea (1767)

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Townshend Act

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what was the significance of the Albany Plan of Union

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it could had given the union power to raise armies, build forts, and govern Indian affairs

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an economic theory where a country benefits off of the back of another to gain gold and power

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mercantilism

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15
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young workers who are being trained in a craft

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apprentice

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16
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2 men who were thought to be hiding in Lexington from the British troops

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Samuel Adams and John Handcock

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17
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search warrants that allowed British officials to search any place, take anything at any time. Outraged colonists created Amendment Four after this

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Writs of Assistance

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18
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wrote the Albany Plan of Union

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Benjamin Franklin

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19
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taxes all paper products (documents, newspaper, and playing card)

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Stamp Act

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20
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hired contract workers who agreed to work w/out wages for a period of time in exchange for a passage to the New World

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indentured servants

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21
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British military leader sent to conquer Fort Duquesne

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Edward Braddock

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22
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rocky soil, long winters, ship building, fishing, lumber, upper colonies

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New England Colonies

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23
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tax on molasses, but raised it on other goods like sugar, tea, textiles (clothes) (1764)

24
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native American tribe that supported the British

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school textbook, a novel about the life of George Washington, encyclopedia
secondary source
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a cop that is grown for the purpose of making money
cash crop
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laws created by the British Parliament to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party (1774)
Intolerable Acts
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water, lumber, diamonds, gold, air, fish, and sunlight
natural resources
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Why did both France and Britain wanted NA?
to build overseas empires and to establish wealth and power. They wanted to control fur trade and have settlements
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a person or group that joins forces for a common cause or goal
alliance
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created a monopoly on the tea trade. Colonists could only buy from England, the tea was cheap but it angered the colonists more (1773)
Tea Acts
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why did the British start the stamp Act
to pay war expenses
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tobacco, rice cotton, indigo, hot summer, fertile soil, plantations, Virginia, North and South Caroline, Georgia and Maryland (Belles colonies)
Southern colonies
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why did the British issue the Proclamation of 1763
to prevent further problems with the Indians
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another word for farming
agriculture
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people who owe money and cannot pay it back
debtors
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French commander of the Battle of Quebec
Marquis de Montcalm
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Ottawa Indian chief who formed an alliance with others to fight against the British
Pontiac
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religious group that settled in Pennsylvania. they believed strongly in non-violence and equality
Quakers
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list three reasons why the British tightened their control over the colonists
- believed colonists only half-heartedly helped with the war - had too much freedom - thought the merchants were trading with Britain's enemies
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military leader sent to construct a fort at the Ohio Valley
George Washington
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New British leader who's tactics changed the course of the French and Indian War
William Pitt
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Colonists could only trade goods with England with this Act
Navigation Acts
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to refuse to buy
boycott
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How did the colonists react against Britain to ruin its trade when the kind did not give in to their request?
boycott
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commander of British troops in colonies
Thomas Gage
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proclamation that calmed that the colonists couldn't settle East of the Appalachian Mountains
Proclamation of 1763
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required colonists to house troops in their homes; to wash their clothes and feed them (1765)
Quartering Act
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what are three other acts the British issued after the Boston Tea Party
-the Quartering Act of 1774 - the Quebec Act - The Boston Port Act
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said "Give me liberty or give me death!"
Patrick Henry
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last king of the American colonies
George III
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speedy members of the colonial militia
minutemen
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who were the 3 men who warned the colonists of the British?
Paul Revere, William Dawes, Samuel Prescott
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diary/journal, birth certificate, school ID, passport
primary source
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treating people badly based on their race or religion
persecution