Causes and Effects of French and Indian War Flashcards

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What 3 countries were involved?

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England, France, Spain

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What land does Britain own?

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East coast (colonies)

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What land does France own?

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Mississippi River Valley

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What land does Spain own?

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Florida and everything from Texas to California

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What area is disputed territory between France and Britain?

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Area West of the Appalachian Mountains

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Who was involved in the French and Indian War?

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French and Native Americans vs. Britain and Native Americans

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How did the British fight?

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In straight lines

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How did the French and Native Americans fight?

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Fought using guerilla warfare, a hit and run strategy giving them the advantage the first few years of the war

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France had the advantage because of guerilla warfare, so what did Britain do about it?

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Parliament made a deal with the 13 colonies, saying if they helped them fight France they would pay for the war debts

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Between what years did 7 years war last?

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1756` to 1763

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What did the Treaty of Paris of 1763 do?

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Gave all the land the belonged to France to Britain

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What happened to the Native Americans after the war?

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Britain wanted their land so the Native Americans started the Pontiac Rebellion, declaring war on Britain

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How did Britain respond to the Pontiac Rebellion?

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Created the Proclamation of 1763, granting Native Americans all the land West of the Appalachian Mountains

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How did the colonists feel after the war?

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The colonists helped win a war for Britain and expected to get something in return, but instead ended up with nothing but land limitations

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What did Great Britain have to do about the way they were governing the colonies and why?

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Britain had change the way they were governing because they had so much more land, meaning salutary neglect has to stop

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What was the governing system that existed within each of the colonies?

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Each colony has a governor who is appointed by the King. The governor will file whatever the King wants.
Each colony also has an assembly under the governor

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What kind of people voted in the assembly?

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Land-owning white men

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What two things does the assembly control?

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Controls the governor’s salary and taxes

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Why didn’t the assembly have taxes that often?

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Because the colonists voted for what they wanted the assembly to do, and they didn’t want to give themselves taxes

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Who controls England?

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Parliament

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21
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What act was passed in 1764?

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Sugar Act

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What did the Sugar Act do?

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Didn’t put a tax on sugar, but said that the colonies could only purchase sugar and molasses from England; Parliament trying to control trade

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How did the colonists respond to the Sugar Act of 1764?

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They started smuggling

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Who was the richest person in the 13 colonies, and how did they get their money?

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John Hancock, smuggler

25
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Who were the Writs of Assistance and what did they do?

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Blanket warrants that could search for smuggled goods anywhere, whenever, or whoever they wanted

26
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How was James Otis involved?

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James Otis sues Britain for violating their rights with the Writs of Assistance according to the English Bill of rights

27
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What year was the Stamp Act?

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1765

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What was the Stamp Act?

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Parliament put a direct tax on paper products

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How were the colonists effected by the Stamp Act and what was their reaction?

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The colonists were paying off the war debts of Britain through taxes on paper products

30
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What did the phrase “no taxation without representation” actually mean?

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The colonies didn’t want representation in Parliament, they wanted salutary neglect back. They were ok with taxes as long as they were the ones that were controlling them

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Why did Britain refuse the colonists’ request of salutary neglect?

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Because the colonies had too much land and population to be running by themselves

32
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What did the colonies do about the decline of their request?

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Stamp Act Congress of 1765 was a meeting in New York where only 7 of the 13 colonies showed up to the meeting, meaning the other 6 were ok with the British acts and policies

33
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Who led the Sons of Liberty and what was their purpose?

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John Hancock and Samuel Adams led, and the purpose was to protest for independence from Britain

34
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What was the primary strategy of the Sons of Liberty?

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Non-importation was the way the Sons of Liberty protested the Stamp Act

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What was non-importation?

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Encouraged colonists not to buy Britain’s non-imported (taxed) items (boycott)

36
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What year was the Stamp Act repealed and why?

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1766, the Stamp Act gets repealed because the strategy of the Sons of Liberty was working

37
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What happened in 1766?

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Britain passed the Declaratory Act, which expressed Parliament’s power, saying the colonists had to follow direct orders from Britain

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What was the Townshend Act of 1767?

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Britain put a tax on paper, paint, glass, lead, and tea, all being manufactured goods that everybody used

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How did the colonists respond to the Townshend Act?

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Reinstated the Sons of Liberty, protests, and non-importation returns

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What did Britain do about the Sons of Liberty, protests, and non-importation on the Townshend Act?

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1968, Britain repealed the Townshend Act except for the tax on tea and sent 2,000 British soldiers to the colonies

41
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What was the date of the Boston Massacre?

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March 5th, 1770

42
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What was the Boston Massacre?

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British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists, 5 people were killed including a 7-year-old and a black man (‘6 “4)

43
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Who named the Boston Massacre and why?

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Samuel Adams named it the “Boston Massacre” so it would make everyone angry because he wanted independence

44
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Who was the cousin of Samuel Adams?

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John Adams

45
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What was the aftermath of the Boston Massacre?

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The 8 soldiers that fired into the crowd were found not guilty because John and Sam Adams treated them according to their own laws in the English Bill of Rights

46
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What year was the Tea Act?

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1772

47
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What was the Tea Act of 1772?

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Parliament only made tea buyable through the British East India Company, and lowered the price of tea to make people buy more of it

48
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What is a monopoly and how did Britain create one?

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Parliament created a monopoly, a single company succeeding in making a profit by adjusting the prices of a product, forcing buyers to pay extra or less

49
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What did the colonists do about the monopoly in Britain?

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The colonists responded with the Sons of Liberty, protests, and non-importation yet again and started producing and drinking coffee instead of tea

50
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What was the name and purpose of the group that the colonists formed as a response to the Tea Act 1772?

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Committee of Correspondence, the colonies started writing letters and banding together, writing about what to do about Britain and their policies

51
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What was the date of the Boston Tea Party?

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December 16th, 1773

52
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What was the Boston Tea Party of 1773?

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Sons of Liberty board 3 ships in Boston and dump 342 chests of British East India Company tea into the Boston Harbor

53
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How did Britain respond to the Boston Tea Party of 1773?

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Passed the Coercive Acts of 1774 (Intolerable Acts), intended to punish Boston by shutting down the port until they repaid all of the tea

54
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What extra thing did Parliament do and why?

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Parliament was trying to send a message to the rest of the colonies by disbanding the Massachusetts
Assembly

55
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What kind of city was Boston?

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Boston was a port city and made its money through port trading

56
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When and where was the First Continental Congress?

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Philadelphia, 1774

57
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What was the First Continental Congress?

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A meeting where all of the colonies except for Rhode Island agreed to The Association, a total boycott of everything British; colonies were not going to buy, sell, or use anything from Britain.

58
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What did the colonies do about the Coercive Acts?

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The colonies wrote a letter to Great Britain that asks Parliament to repeal the Coercive Acts by apologizing for the Boston Tea Party, and Parliament declined

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What do the colonies do after Parliament declines their request of repealment of the Coercive Acts?

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Each colony calls up their militia (volunteered military) to protect their rights