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Chapetr 5 Grade 7 Flashcards

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Governor Dinwiddie sent him when he was 22 to the French concerning the Ohio River

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George Washington

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Made up of civilians that are trained as soldiers

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Militia

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An agreement between countries to help each other against another country

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Alliance

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To give up; surrender

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Cede

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5
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Was captured by the British in the 1740’s (French Fort)

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Louisbourg

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Proposed by Ben Franklin; designed to have representatives from each colony to unite them (never accepted)

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Albany Plan of Union

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7
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“Bull Dog” he lead the British against Fort Duquesne and he needed to drive the French out of the Ohio River Valley

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Gen. Braddock

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Sent out to capture Louisbourg from the French named Fort Duquesne Fort Pitt

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Majors Amherst and Wolfe

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A job or task

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Duty

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10
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Refuse to buy any printed goods

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Boycott

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A written request formed by many people

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Petition

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12
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Set up by GB it was a legal document to search the homes of the colonists for smuggled goods

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Writs of Assistance

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Offered to defend the Red Coats and he becomes the defend attorney

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John Adams

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14
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Organized “The committed of Corresponding” led the Sons of Liberty

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Sam Adams

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Ottowan Chief is angered; he fights but he doesn’t have the support of the French anymore

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Pontiac

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Issued by King George III “all land West of the Appalation Mountains is forbidden territory to all English subjects, English ignored it

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Proclamation of 1763

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Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses and he is famous for saying “Give me liberty of give me death”

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Patrick Henry

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Started “the sons of the liberty”

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Isaac Sears

19
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British lawyer “Taxation without repersentation is Tyranny”

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James Otis

20
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She published plays that made fun of British officials member of the daughters of liberty

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Mercy Otis Warren

21
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An African American dock worker that was the first to die at the Massacre and belonged to “Sons of Liberty”

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Crispus Attucks

22
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Organized by Sam Adams; they were letters that were written to keep colonists informed about what was going on politically in the other colonies

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Committees of Correspondence

23
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what the colonists formed because the Stamp Act wasn’t fair

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Stamp Act Congress

24
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P.M. Set up 2 new taxes for the colonists

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Grenville

25
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Colonists used it; information designed to influence someone’s opinion

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Propaganda

26
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Total control of a market

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Monopoly

27
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End

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Repeal

28
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Men that were ready to fight in a moments notice

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Minutemen

29
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Formed in September 174; 56 delegates met in Philip; they were from the 12 colonies (not Georgia)

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1 CC

30
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Replaced the old Governor who was thrown out (British head of Red coat) Lexington and Concord

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Gen Gage

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A delegate from the 1CC (lawyer)

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John Jay

32
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Red coats 1st battle on April 18, 1775 (British won) shot herd round the World

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Lexington

33
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British 2nd battle April 19, 775; the colonists won

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Concord

34
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An act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or poeple

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Blockade

35
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A professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army (killers)

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Mercenarys

36
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Colonists who purported independence mostly live in New England colonies

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Patriots

37
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Colonists who wanted to remain faithful or loyal to the king mostly lived in souther and middle colonies

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Loyalists

38
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Sent by the 2 CC to King George III; they would pledge their loyalty to the kin but they want Parliament to repeal the Intolerable Acts

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Olive Branch Petitions

39
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Special unit of soldiers led by Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold; they captured Fort Ticonderoga it was by Lake Champlain from the British

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Green Mountain Boys

40
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Takes over as PM (head of Parliament) and the War changes; Fort Pitt

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William Pitt

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