Unit 2 Modules 3.1-3.3 Flashcards
Born in a rich farm family in Virginia. A Lieutenant Colonel who led troops during the Seven Year War. Fought the French for territories in the Americas for the British. First US President.
George Washington
1754-1763 global conflict between European Nations, primarily Britain & France, that began in North America in 1754, and erupted in Europe in 1756. France ultimately ceded all of its North America territories to Britain & Spain, but the enormous cost of the war also damaged the British economy.
Seven Years’ War (French & Indian War)
1754 plan put together by Benjamin Franklin to create a more centralized colonial government that would establish policies regarding defense, trade and territorial expansion. It aimed to facilitate better relations between colonists & American Indians. The plan was never implemented.
Albany Plan of Union
treaty ending the Seven Years’ War (French & Indian War.) Under its terms, the British gained control of North America east of the Mississippi River & present day Canada.
Treaty/Peace of Paris, 1763
Act of Parliament that restricted colonial settlements. West of the Appalachian Mountains. This sparked protests from rich & poor colonists alike.
Proclamation Line of 1763
After the Peace/ Treaty of Paris, 1763, The British’s victory prompted many settlers to move Westwards, & the British traders to deceive & ignored trading practices of Natives, many Natives lived in white ways in response. As such, Neolin inspired them to return to practicing their own traditions, which includes an Ottawa leader, Pontiac. During 1763, after the French ceded North American land to the British, Pontiac, along other Native leaders, laid siege to Detroit, attacked Fort Pirt & other British outposts & settlements along Virginia & Pennsylvania. Pontiac failed to push Britain back, & as a result, the British crown, to avoid more costly conflicts, issued the Proclamation Line of 1763.
Pontiac’s Rebellion
British colonial policy from ~1700 to 1760 that relaxed supervision of internal colonial affairs as long as the North American colonies produced sufficient raw materials & revenue to the British. Also known as Benign Neglect.
Salutary Neglect
Type of committee first established in Massachusetts to circulate concerns and reports of protest and other events to leaders in other colonies in the aftermath of the Sugar Act.
Committees of Correspondence
1765 act of Parliament that imposed a duty on all transactions involving paper items. This act prompted widespread, coordinated protests & was eventually repeated, many were angry as this act directly controlled internal colonial affairs.
Stamp Act
British claim that direct representation of colonialist was unnecessary because Parliament virtually represented the interest of the colonies
Virtual representation
Colonialist group formed by different ranking people in New York City, Boston, dedicated to the repeal of the Stamp Act. Protested & hang stamp collectors
Sons & Daughters of liberty
After the implementation of the Stamp Act, this was called to repeal it. Convened in New York City 1765, 77 delegates from 9 colonies petitioned Parliament to repeal the Stamp Act as, they argued, “Taxation without representation was tyranny. They urged boycotts of British goods & refusal to pay Stamp Acts, but still proclaimed loyaling to the crown.
Stamp Act Congress
1766 act announcing Parliament’s authority to pass any law “to bind colonies & people of North America” closer to Britain.
Declaratory Act
1767 acts of Parliament that instituted an import tax on a range of items including glass, paint, paper, lead and tea. They prompted a boycott of British goods and contributed to violence between soldiers & colonists.
Townshend Act
1770 clash between colonial protesters & British soldiers in Boston that led to the death of 5 colonialists. The bloody conflict was used to promote the patriot cause.
Boston Massacre
