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Salutary Neglect---> The French and Indian War Flashcards

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Why did the king change from a monarchy to salutary neglect while ruling the colonies?

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The colonists were breaking away from the monarchy because the King forced the Anglican Church.

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Salutary Neglect

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British Policy that allowed the King and Parliament to turn a blind eye to what was going on in the colonies in exchange for economic loyalty

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What did salutary neglect lead to in the colonies?

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The colonists started to experiment with democracy

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Mercantilism

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to obtain as much gold and silver as possible to establish a favourable balance of trade

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Smuggling

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Colonists started taking money from the king and obtaining and exporting goods with other countries(were supposed to have economic loyalty)

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What was in the Pirate Code that was democratic?

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Captains were elected and could be removed by the crew, every man gets to vote, and fair rations.

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Why was red the preferred color for buccaneer flags?

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red meant no quarter would be given and battle would be fought to the death

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Where does the term “Jolly Roger” derive from?

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it derived from the french phrase Jolie rouge which means pretty red and was used to refer to buccaneer flags

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What color was used for pirate ships?

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black

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What were privateers the only ships to do?

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attack ships of their own nations

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What were some weapons pirates used?

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cutlass, revolver, daggers, cannons, and grape shot

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Cutlass

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dull maritime sword

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Who was the most notorious pirate ever?

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Blackbeards

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What was Blackbeards real name?

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Edward Drummond and he changed it to Edward Teach when he moved to Bristol, England

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What was the name of Blackbeards ship?

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Queen Anne’s Revenge

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Who killed Blackbeard?

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Lt. Robert Mayard and he received a large bounty

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Bartholomew Roberts(Black Bart)

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most successful pirate, he captured more than 400 ships and he sailed for Brazil. His ship was called Royal Fortune

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Calico Jack Rockham

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small time pirate, cruised off the coast of cuba and he captured several vessels. He had 2 female crew members

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Who were Calicos two crewmates that were women?

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Anne Bonny and Mary Reade

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What led to the Navigation Acts?

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Smuggling in the colonies

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What did the Navigation Acts entail?

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P- Products went directly to England
E- European imports must pass through English ports
T-Tax all goods leaving England
S- Shipping must be on English made ships with an English crew

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House of Burgesses

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members were elected representatives of the Virginia General assembly

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What amendment did the declaration of Virginia allude to?

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2nd amendment(right to bear arms)

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How were checks and balances used in a royal colony?

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The lower house paid the royal governors salary so even though the royal governor had final say in all laws the lower house could check the governor by lowering their pay.

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Royal Colony
the governor and his council was appointed by the king.
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Proprietary colony
The proprietor was granted a large amount of power from the king and the proprietor appointed the governor and council in the upper house. The lower house was elected by qualified voters.
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Self-governing colony
Almost completely independent from England. Voters elected the governor and the representatives in the upper and lower house.
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What happened during the Stono rebellion?
Jemmy led 20 armed slaves south to the Stono rivers in South Carolina where they recruited 60 people and then killed 22-25 white men
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What did the stono rebellion lead to?
Black Codes
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Who set up the dominion of new england?
James II
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What does the glorious revolution lead to?
The end of the dominion of New England
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What did the English bill of rights do?
It took power away from the king
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What was the cause of Nathaniel Bacon's rebellion?
Virginia frontiers men seeking land clashed with Natives and demanded help from the government and they refused aid
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What did Bacon and his men do during the rebellion?
They stormed Jamestown and burned it.
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What was the significance of Bacon's rebellion?
Showed colonial rebellion against government authority and caused revision on indentured servant system which led to greater reliance on slaves
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What caused Daniel Shays rebellion?
There were unfair taxes in Massachusetts, farms were foreclosed, and farmers were imprisoned as debtors.
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What events occurred during Shays rebellion?
Shays and 1200 men attacked court and the state militia put down the rebellion
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What was the significance of shays rebellion?
Articles of confederation were now viewed as too weak to maintain law and order which led to the constitutional convention where they would revise the articles
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What was the cause of the whiskey rebellion?
Farmers in pennsylvania refused to pay federal excise tax on whiskey and they attacked tax collectors.
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What events occurred during the whiskey rebellion?
Washington called for 15,000 troops to suppress the rebels and they dispersed
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What was the cause of Nat Turners slave rebellion?
Slaves wanted freedom
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What events occured during nat turners slave rebellion?
Turner, 70 slaves and 55 whites were killed. Turner was executed and hundreds of slaves were punished
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What was the significance of Nat turners rebellion?
It frightened the south which made them tighten the slave codes
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What was Ben Franklin's message in 'join or die'
unify the colonies against the French
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Who introduced slavery and scalping?
The dutch
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What were scalps used as?
currency
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Who passed Scalping in pennsylvania?
ben Franklin
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Who was killed in king phillips war?
6,000 natives, 600 colonists
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What did the Puritans do to Metacom?
They ripped his head off and put it on a stake at the top of a hill looking out at the water
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What were two important crops in the south?
indigo and rice
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Who discovered the use of indigo as dye?
Eliza Lucas
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What did the social hierarchy look like in the south?
1- Plantation owners 2-small farmers 3- women 4- indentured servants 5-slaves
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What was the encomienda system?
slave system used on natives by spanish
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Why did the encomienda system not work?
The natives knew the land
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What was the most important port city in the south?
Charlestown, North carolina
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What was in the 2 crop system?
corn and cattle
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What were some major port cities in the North?
Boston, Philadelphia, New York, and Baltimore
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What was the negative side to these major port cities?
crowded, poor sanitation which led to disease/vermin
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What were some groups that immigrated to the North?
Irish, Swedes, Jews, English/Welsh
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How did the French and Indian war begin?
Governor Robert Dinwiddie was told by the king to evict the French and he commissioned young George Washington to go to the French to leave or suffer attack and French Captain Leguardier said no!
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Who was the british general?
Robert Dinwiddie and Edward Braddock
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Who is the french general?
Captain Leguardier
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Where was Dinwiddie's fort located?
the forks of the ohio river which is present day Pittsburgh
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What was the new name of dinwiddie's fort after the French took it?
Fort Duquesne
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Fort Necessity
george washington called on his native allies and they hastily built a fort out of necessity in the great meadows
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How many english soldiers were brought to the battle of the wilderness and how many survive?
Braddock brings 2,000 men but only 462 live
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Why did GW tell braddock not to bring 1000 men to the battle of the wilderness?
Because he know that the french and Natives use guerilla warfare tactics and marching through the forest with so many men would be a bad idea
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What happened when Braddock was killed during the battle?
Louis Joseph found the british plans for the rest of the war in Braddocks pocket.
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What was the turning point in the war?
William Pitt became the new prime minister and he wanted to help the colonists so he sent over money, weapons, soldiers and he appointed better leaders.
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What did John Forbes do during the war?
he took over fort Duquesne and renamed it fort pitt
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What did Jefferey Lloyd Amherst do to help england during the war?
he took back several forts and took over the frenches fort montreal
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What did James Wolfe do during the war?
He sailed up the St. Lawrence river and executed a suprise attack on the French. He killed Louis Joseph but they both end up dying.
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Who wins the war?
England
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What treaty ends the war?
Treaty of Paris 1763
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What does the Treaty of Paris do?
it created the basis of Canada and France withdrew from New France and England got all land east of the mississippi river and to the west of New Orleans went to the Spanish because they were allies to England
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What did France get in the treaty of Paris?
Martinique, Guadeloupe, and St. Lucia
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What triggered Pontiac's rebellion 1763?
Ottawa Chief Pontiac was unhappy with British ruler in the great lakes region
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What did the Ottawa tribe do?
They attacked 8 forts and over 100 were killed
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What was Jeffrey Lloyd Amherst's part in Pontiac's rebellion?
Amherst had unfair policies in place towards Natives and to end the war he gave the natives a peace offering of blankets but he infested the blankets with smallpox and decimated the Ottawa population
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What was in the Proclamation of 1763 that triggered the colonists?
The king claimed that all land between the mississippi river was set aside for natives
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How did the english find out about the French settlements?
King George II granted wilderness tracts to the Ohio company and they were told to construct a settlement of 100 families and build a defensive fort. But they entered into french country.
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What were the women that were sent to new France by king Louis XIV called?
the king's daughters
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What were the king's daughters supposed to do in New France?
The king paid for their passage to new france so they could marry the men already living in New France and populate it. The largest family was paid
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What ages were people suppose to marry by in New France?
men by 20 and women by 16
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Habitants
The pieces of land nobles got along the St. lawrence River
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What was the French and Indian war a product of?
The 7 years war
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Who was the 7 years war between?
Russia, Austria, France vs. Prussia and England
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What led to the French revolution?
The large amounts of debt France obtained during the war?

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