1754-1765 Pre Revolution Flashcards
What were the French and Indian wars called in Europe
The seven years war
Where were the French building forts where the British claimed to own land
The forks of Ohio
Allegheny and monongahela rivers
Who was the governor that sent someone to the French to tell them they were encroaching? Who was sent?
Lieutenant governor Robert Dinwiddie sent George Washington.
When and where was George Washington born
Pope’s creek virginia on February 22, 1732
Who was GW dad? How old was GW when his dad died?
Augustine Washington died in 1743 when George was 11 years old
Who was GW role model
His older half brother Lawrence
How did the washingtons have their wealth
Land
What was GW first job
Surveyor
Who provided GW with surveying work
The fairfax family
When and how did Lawrence Washington die
Consumption(tuberculosis) in 1751
When GW went to Barbados with his brother what disease did he get and survive from.
Small pox
Who was the love of GW life
Sally fairfax
Why couldn’t GW marry Sally
She was already married
Who does GW marry and when
Martha Dandridge Custis in 1759
How many children do GW and Martha have
0
When was GW elected in the house of burgesses
1759
When was GW elected into the first continental congress
1774
When was GW elected into the second continental congress
1775
How does GW campaign for a continental army
He wears his French and Indian war uniform to second continental congress
What position was GW given in the continental army
Commander
What was the land that GW got after his Lawrence and his wife died
Mount Vernon
When did GW surrender his position of commander of continental army
December 23, 1783
First written form of government in America
Articles of confederation
When did GW become first president
1789-1797
What disease did GW get on December 12, 1799
Quinsy a throat infection
When did GW die? Where was he buried?
December 14, 1799 at mount Vernon
What title does governor Dinwiddie give GW in 1754 and what is he told to do
Build a fort as lieutenant colonel
Where does GW go to build his fort? What group does he come across
Jumonville glen a group of French and Indians
Who was GW Indian guide
The half king
What did the half King do at jumonville glen
He killed jumonville with a tomahawk
What was the name of the fort GW built and where did he build it
Fort necessity in a meadow
What happened when fort necessity was attacked
Washington lost one third of his fort and surrendered on July 4,1754
Who drafted the instrument of surrender
Jumonville brother
What did GW unknowingly sign off when he signed the instrument of surrender
Admitting he murdered jumonville
What was the Albany congress?
Written 1754, it had delegates from colonies north of the Potomac river. It was used to see if the British could entice the Iroquois confederacy to become allies
Who do the Iroquois side with
No one
Who was the head of Indian affairs
Sir William Johnson
What were the two points of the Albany plan of union
A president appointed and salaried by the crown
Grand council a unicameral group that was a House of Representatives and in charge of laws and funds.
Who is considered the first American
B Franks
Where and when was B Franks born
Boston in 1706
What was B Frank’s pseudonym when he wrote letters
Silence Dogood
When and why does B Franks come to Philadelphia
He gets in an argument with his brother over the popularity of Silence Dogood in 1723
Who does B Franks “marry”
Deborah read
