Period Three (1754-1800) Flashcards
Seven Years War
A conflict between Britain and France partly fought as a New World proxy war through native tribes
How did the Ohio company involve in the war?
The Ohio Company, a British enterprise, settled land around the valuable Ohio Valley, angering French and their native allies.
Albany Plan of Union
Benjamin Franklin’s failed yet precedent-setting proposal to form an intercolonial government
What divides existed between the French and British
French were Catholic, British were Protestant.
French were more amicable to native tribes, whereas English disrupted the fur trade and desired for massive expansion into the interior.
Pontiac’s Rebellion
A native campaign against settlements in Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. Pontiac, chief of the Ottawa, was notable for killing many settlers and trying to push them back.
Why did Pontiac’s Rebellion increase tensions between British mainlanders and colonists?
The British could not afford to defend Detroit, leading to a successful native assault.
Proclamation Line of 1763
An imaginary line that barred colonists from crossing into the interior
Treaty of Paris
A treaty that took nearly all French land in Canada, India, and east of the Mississippi. Also, Spanish gained some French land and New Orleans, but lost Florida. England gained all the lost territory.
Paxton Boys
A group of armed settlers who massacred peaceful natives in retaliation against the Pennsylvania government not defending the PA settlers against hostile natives
The Regulators
A group of land-hungry vigilante settlers who wanted more protection in Western lands and clashed with the Cherokees
End of salutary neglect
This came about from a series of direct taxes on colonists (rather than import/export duties), including the Sugar Act
Writs of assistance
A document that rendered a warrant unnecessary
Quartering Act
A law requiring colonists to quarter soldiers at their expense
Stamp Act
A law requiring ALL commercial transactions to be stamped with a cheap, but not free, British stamp.
James Otis’s slogan
“No taxation without representation”
