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New England Colonies

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Massachusetts
New Hampsure
Rhode Island
Conneticut

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Middle colonies

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New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware

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Chesapeeke

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Maryldand
Virginia

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Southern

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North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia

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New England Colonies Econimics

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focused on rum ships iron and fish

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Middle colonies Economics

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iron
specifically delaware focused on tobacco

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Chesapeeke economic

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focused on tobacco naval supplies furs skins cattle and grain

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Southern economic

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focused on rice indigo naval supplies

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all colonies have these in common

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Economics - furs skins lumber cattle grain
Settlers- English, Jews (except chesapeeke), French Huguenots, Scotish

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Middle Orgins of settlers

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German
Dutch
Welsh
Swedes

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Chesapeeke Orgins of settlers

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Africans
Germans

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Southern Orgins of settlers

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Africans
Highland Scots
German
Welsh

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New England and Middle slaves

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worked on non plantation, worked as farm hands, artisan shops, and personal servants

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Chesapeeke Slaves

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mainly tobacco, some skilled crafts,, cooks, seamstress, dairy maids, servants on fam farms

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Southern Slaves

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rice based plantation worked in farms tending live stock
some militia

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Mercantilism

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Gold and silver should flow in to mother country then leave

Exports should exceed imports

Produce raw product for mother country and purchasable manufactured from mother

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Navigation Acts

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Must be transported in English ships and sold through English ports

Goods transported into colonies where customs must be paid

stimulated new England’s ship building

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Salutery Neglect

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leaves colonies to govern themselves

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Non Importation

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prohibits the import of goods

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tension between 10 and ebenezer

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ebenezer shot 10

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British plan for excess tea

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monopolized the tea and forced colonist to pay with taxes

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Intolerable Acts

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closed Boston harbor, hobbled the legislative, banned most tea , and expanded quatering

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ratio between red coats and bostonians

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Stamp Act

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used to pay British troops in colonies and war debts this required colonist to pay a tax on paper

it was protested by boycott and harass

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Stamp Act Congress
a solution to stamp act 9 delegates sent
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Townshend Acts
used to increase revenue for G.B Full power to parliment on paper, glass, tea, and lead
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French and Indian War (Ohio River Valley)
Fur Virginia creates Ohio company and claims 1/2 mil acre (includes G.Wash and told French they gotta go 1753) French fortify indians side w french
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Albany Plan of Uniton
created by franklin in 1754 Ny is setting No Unity 7/13 sent
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How G.W starts war
at fort necessity G.W brings indians and soldiers resulting in french officer death G.W took the blame
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Battle of Monongahalla
G.W first sign of combat and leadership were losing
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Fight of Quebec (1759) and Montreal (1760)
Put french out and last time french flags fly in CA
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first treay of Paris
Between Britts and French removed french finicial conflict proclamation of 1763 none west of the APP
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Paul rivere
produced British propaganda na dmidnight rider
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Comitte of Correspondence
mid 1760s, found ways around stamp act multiple grooups first sign of unity most members were elites
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Sons of linerty
more members of society and public protest lead by samuel Adams and handcock
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First Continental Congress
1774 sept- oct 12/13 meet Georgia no shows agree to boycott and non importation militia is formed meet in 1 year if things don't go well
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Loyalist (Tories)
Carolina, Georgia, and New York had loyalists, some in Jersey/Penn 20,000 fought with Britts and wore green
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timeline
1766- Stamp act --commitees of corespondence --sons of liberty 1767- Townshend Acts 1770- Boston Masacare 1773- Boston Tea Party --intolerable Acts 1774- First Continental Congress 1775- Lexington and Concord --Buncar Hill --Sons Continental Congress --1776 Thomas Paine common sense and siege of Bostona
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1775 independce
British depart for Lexington stopping for Hancock and adams then march to Concord to take stockpile
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Lexington Green April 19 1775
70 minute men vs G.B 7 dead start war
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June 17 Buncar Hill
america lost but know they can fight they ran because they ran out of ammo >500:1000
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Second Continetnal Congress May 1775
13/13 create Continetnal armyy (June 19 G.W is the leader)
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Declaration of causes and Olive Branch Petition
why we fight pleed for peace both refused and took effense
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Thomas Payne Common Sense
150,000 copies of the panphlet sold donated all profit to Continental army
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Siege of Boston
Dorchester Heights 60 canons positioned over Boston without notice British evac on March 17 1776
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1776 timeline
June 7- Lee resolution proposed free colonies June 11 committed of draft declaration, foreign alliances, and confederation formed July 2nd Lee resolution voted o 12 for 0 against 1 abstain (NY) July 4-- langue of Declaration approved
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American Revolution
Britt embarrass G.W on statin in 1776, there goal was to capture G.W Rain and fog prevented the war from ending G.W strat RUN until time time was at Christmas in Trenton in Dec 26 and cross Delaware to capture trenton and the hessians and took dub at Princeton
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Battle of Saratoga (1777)
Britt captain dont like each other ( John B from Quebec and William H from NY) William didn't come this allows dub for =colonies and Benedict Arnold is hero but not recognised haratio gates is recognised turning point Britt surenreder 5000 prisoners of war and were provided a navy and soldiers from France Spain and Europe
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War in the South
Britt used army+loyal+slaves+back country farmers 20,000 in south fight Britts using gorilla war fare hid in trees hit and run Savannah captured in 1778 and charleston 1780 and camden captured by britts Gates humiliated and lowest point of war
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THE END
American gets Cowpens and Guilford courthouse and has Britts run to York town where they would get met by french navy in 1781 unnofical end
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1780
Lowest point of the war for America Charleston falls defeat at Camden, Bennedict Arnold becomes traitor
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Black Participation
Brit offered freedom to blacks if they fought they followed through with this and gave them freedom in Canada ending with 20,000 that helped Britts 15 to CA others to W africa also served in continental and given freedom if subbing for a white
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Treaty of Paris 1783
America received recognition as independent gain control of Canada to fl and cut off at the mississippi Loyalist were not persecuted but were supposed to be given old supplies back that did not happen most went to Canada or back to britt

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