Chapter 3 Flashcards
21 yrs, land surveyor Virginia Ranger
-his men attack a french scouting party who were spying on him
Young George Washington
British summoned a colonial congress to make a long term plan (achieve greater colonial unity and immediate purpose: to keep scalping tribes loyal to Britain, given 30 wager loads of gifts
The albany plan 1754
1763: Britain wins war and has all of N. America (including canada) and east of mississippi. Spanish gets land of west of Mississippi river
Treaty of Paris
Basically barred colonists from settling to west of appalachians
Proclamation of 1763
March 5, 1770 - small crowd gathered to harass a soldier, 10 brit soldiers show up and the crowd throws things, shooting begins and Crispus Attucks. english people say “incident on Kings street
Boston Massacre
Aka intolerable acts that were placed after Boston massacre. the Boston harbor closed down and it took away Massachusetts’ self government and historic rights
Coercive acts
1754- conflict begins the French and indians against england and colonists
- over territory, fur trade, fishing rights in ohio valley
Rivalry in Rive Valley
Stamp act
Had to buy stamps on seals for all legal documents (bills, wills, licenses, newspaper)