4-4 Test Flashcards

1
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King Philip’s War

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Began 1675 Ended 1676

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2
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King Philip’s War CAUSES

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•Colonists hunger for land
•Tension caused by two cultures’ different:
-ways of life
-concepts of land use
•friction caused by competition for resources
(ex: land for planting, hunting & fishing)

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3
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Battles of KPW took place in:

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  • Massachusetts
  • Rhode Island
  • Connecticut
  • New Hampshire
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4
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Alexander Spotswood

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  • Lieutenant Governor of Virginia in 1718

* Warned British that FRENCH were building MANY FORTS near the colonies

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5
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French complained about…

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English settlements + activities on Lake Ontario

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6
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King Philip

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  • Puritan’s nickname for Metacom

* Leader of the Wampanoags

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7
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Great Lakes were…

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a source of tension with BOTH European powers (England + France)

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8
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A war would break out when…

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Both England and France tried establishing military posts deep on the Ohio River Valley

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9
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Duquesne de Menneville

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  • French governor of Canada

* 1752 - ordered construction of a new chain of forts from Lake Erie, south to the Ohio River

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10
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Robert Dinwiddie

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  • Lieutenant Governor of Virginia
  • Not happy when he learned about French forts
  • Sent a planter/surveyor George Washington to warn the French they were TRESPASSING
  • Duquesne de Menneville REJECTED his message
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11
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1754 Robert Dinwiddie..

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sent another group of VA to:
•build a fort where 3 rivers join
-Monongahela River
-Allegheny River
-Ohio River
•ordered Lieutenant Colonel GW to protect the unfinished fort from French attack
•French captured unfinished fort and called it Fort Duquesne

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Fort Necessity

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  • defensive post set up by GW
  • French surrounded fort and followed all day battle
  • GW surrendered to French
  • British left but French kept land
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13
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French + Indian War

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•1754-1763
French colonists = 70,000
British colonists = 1.5 million
Brits outnumbered French
•many Native Americans sided with French
-French were kind and didn't force them to give up there land or way of life
•British lost most battles
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14
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William Pitt

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  • British secretary of state
  • Took over managing the French + Indian War effort
  • Turned the tide of the war!
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15
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1758

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Brits captured Fort Duquesne + named it Fort Pitt

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16
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The Plains of Abraham (1759)

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  • Site of most decisive battle of French + Indian War
  • Quebec, Canada
  • British General Wolfe + French Commander Montcalm were killed in this battle
  • British captured Quebec
  • War started on this continent but spread to Europe
17
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Seven Year War

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war in europe 1754-1763
-in 1762 Spain entered the conflict on the side of the French
(Britain captured its colonies in Cuba + the Philippine Islands)

18
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1763

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The British won the war + acquired France’s territory in..
-Canada
-most of its claims in the Mississippi + Ohio River Valleys
Spain turned over..
-Florida
-The Gulf Coast of the Mississippi River

19
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Long-term consequences of the French + Indian War

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  1. ) British soldiers and sailors had done most of the fighting
  2. ) The Royal Treasury (England) had paid most of the bills
  3. ) The Brits did not allow the colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains (They could not afford to keep fighting the Native Americans)
20
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The English (FIW)

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  • outnumbered French
  • had a few Iroquois Indians
  • supplies didn’t arrive
  • faced a rough terrain
21
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The French (FIW)

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  • help from Native Americans
  • strategically placed forts
  • strong relations
  • more allies + supplies
22
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Braddock’s first goal as commander

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March his force through the wilderness to Ft. Duquesne and take it from the French

23
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Problems Braddock faced:

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  • rough terrain (wait for road)
  • late supplies
  • ambushed by French + Indians
  • red uniforms
  • only 8 Iroquois helped
  • soldiers fell ill
24
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William Pitt

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  • British secretary of state
  • Took over managing the French + Indian War effort
  • Turned the tide of the war!
25
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1758

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Brits captured Fort Duquesne + named it Fort Pitt

26
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The Plains of Abraham (1759)

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  • Site of most decisive battle of French + Indian War
  • Quebec, Canada
  • British General Wolfe + French Commander Montcalm were killed in this battle
  • British captured Quebec
  • War started on this continent but spread to Europe