Chapter3 Flashcards

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Young George Washington

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21yrs sold Virginia range
Fort Duquesne British fort captured by French
French refuse to leave
Washington attack French scouting party

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Rivalry in the river valley

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1754 a conflict begins
French+Indians England+colonies
Was over territory fur trade and fishing in Ohio valley

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Fort necessity

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Washington builds to spy on French

Fort falls to French

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The Albany plan

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The British summoned a intercolonial congress
Immediate purpose=loyal to Britain
Long term plan=achieve greater colonial unity

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Treaty of Paris

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1763 ends war Britain receives all NA east of Mi

Spain receives all land west of Mi

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Proclamation of 1763

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Basically banned colonists from settling west from the Appalachians

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Quartering act

Stamp act

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  1. 1765 When necessary the colonists supply British with certain supplies and living quarters
  2. 1765 had to buy stamps or seals for legal documents
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Boston massacre

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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

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Boston tea party

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Dec 16 1773 Sam Adams leads the sons of liberty

Dress as Mohawk Indians dump 342-45 tons-chest of tea into the harbor

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Coercive acts

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Harsh law placed on colonists
Boston port bill
Quartering act
Intolerable acts- that’s what the colonist called them

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