unit 3 line 1 and 2 Flashcards
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albany congress
secure the support and cooperation of the Iroquois
form a colonial alliance based on a design by Benjamin Franklin. passed unanimously
French and Indian War
provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America, led to colonial discontent,
Pontiac
led a rebellion against the British colonists after they expanded their military presenceduring and after the French and Indian War.
Proclamation of 1763
boundary marked in the Appalachian Mountains
prohibited Anglo-American colonists from settling on lands acquired from the French following the French and Indian War.
Samuel de Champlain
founded Quebec consolidated French colonies. He also made important explorations
Ohio River Valley
British settlers wanted to farm the rich soil there, and the French wanted to trap beavers and trade the furs.
New Orleans
allowed access to the Mississippi River,
Detroit
New France fur trading post
Fur Trade
drove European exploration and colonization the fur trade helped foster relatively peaceful relations between Indigenous people and European colonists
Jesuits
French Catholic missionaries that attempted to convert the Indians to Catholicism geographers.
Salutary Neglect
unofficial British policy of non-enforcement of trade regulations
Boston Massacre
demonstrated to the colonists that British troops would resort to violence and restore order in the colonies. killed five Boston colonist by British troops
Committees of Correspondence
organized by patriot leader Samuel Adams, was a system of communication between patriot leaders in New England and throughout the colonies. They provided the organization necessary to unite the colonies in opposition to Parliament.
Declaratory Act
to show the american colonists that the british parliament had a right to tax them reaction to stamp act fail and lessen sugar act
First Continental Congress
Convention of delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies that convened in Philadelphia to craft a response to the Intolerable Acts. Delegates established Association, which called for a complete boycott of British goods.
Intolerable Acts
restricted colonists’ rights. restrictions on town meetings enforcing officials who killed colonists in the line of duty would be sent to Britain for trial
Mercantilism
economic idea that a country’s wealth is measured by the amount of gold it owns export more goods than you import,
Quebec Act
passed to gain the loyalty of the French who lived in the Province of Quebec. The Act had serious consequences for Britain’s North American empire. The Quebec Act was one of the direct causes of the American Revolution.
Sons of Liberty
used grassroots activism to push back against British rule. boston tea party sam adams john hancock
Stamp Act Congress
led to the first concerted effort by the American colonists to resist the British Parliament and the authority of Great Britain.
Stamp Tax
purpose of the tax was to pay for British military troops stationed in the American colonies after the French and Indian War, colonists they contended that they had already paid their share of the war expenses.
The Association
document produced by the Continental Congress in 1775 that called for a complete boycott of British goods.
Townshend Acts
taxed colonial imports of paper, paint, glass, and tea to then pay the salaries of royal governors, judges, and other officials.
Boston Tea Party
Protest against British taxes resulted in the colonists forming the First Continental Congress and drawing up a declaration of colonial rights.
