1750's Flashcards
What did the 1750 Iron act do?
Banned export of colonial iron from outside the empire
What did locals do to get around the shipping/trade acts?
Bribed local officials
What was the 7 years war about?
Control over the Ohio valley
What happened during the war?
French and Indians pillaged settlement in first phase, French came within 60 miles of Philadelphia, after Pitt became secretary of state in 1756, put more funds into war, British won
What happened in the 1754 Albany Congress?
Met with Iroquois to improve relations and secure Indian loyalty to the british
What happened in Father Le Loutre’s war? (1749-55)
British vs French and NA, NA resisted settling of protestants in Nova Scotia, NA left Nova Scotia, NA and French lost
What caused the Cherokee war? (1758-61)
Virginia militia attacked NA, originally good relations
What happened as a result of the Cherokee war?
29 Cherokee chiefs executed, Cherokees fled west, Spanish Florida given to Britain
What did the British do as a result of Pitt’s excess spending in the 7 years war?
Tax the colonists
How big was smuggling in the Americas?
Cost 4x as much to use British navy to collect duties in comparison to duties themselves, custom officials bribed, when smugglers caught they were set free by sympathetic american juries, ships used to avoiding navy
How did the economy run in the new england colonies? (NH, MASS, CT, RI)
Fishing, Lumber, Cattle, Grain, shipbuilding, trading, naval stores, furs and skins, rum distilleries
What trades were biggest in the middle colonies? (NY, NJ, DEL, PEN)
Cattle and grain, tobacco, trading, iron workers
What were the biggest trades in the Southern Colonies? (NC, SC, V, GA, MARY)
Rice and indigo, trading, naval stores
Approximately how much trade came into the colonies that was smuggled illegally?
£700K a year
