Chapter3 Flashcards
Young George Washington
21yrs sold Virginia range
Fort Duquesne British fort captured by French
French refuse to leave
Washington attack French scouting party
Rivalry in the river valley
1754 a conflict begins
French+Indians England+colonies
Was over territory fur trade and fishing in Ohio valley
Fort necessity
Washington builds to spy on French
Fort falls to French
The Albany plan
The British summoned a intercolonial congress
Immediate purpose=loyal to Britain
Long term plan=achieve greater colonial unity
Treaty of Paris
1763 ends war Britain receives all NA east of Mi
Spain receives all land west of Mi
Proclamation of 1763
Basically banned colonists from settling west from the Appalachians
Quartering act
Stamp act
- 1765 When necessary the colonists supply British with certain supplies and living quarters
- 1765 had to buy stamps or seals for legal documents
Boston massacre
March 5,1770
A small crowd gathers to harass the soldiers
10 Brits soldiers
People crowd and start to throw snow and chunks of ice
Shooting begins 11 people hit 5 people die
Boston tea party
Dec 16 1773 Sam Adams leads the sons of liberty
Dress as Mohawk Indians dump 342-45 tons-chest of tea into the harbor
Coercive acts
Harsh law placed on colonists
Boston port bill
Quartering act
Intolerable acts- that’s what the colonist called them