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Unit 3-Early American Life Flashcards

1
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Who made up the majority of people who came to America?

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English (60%)

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2
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Which nationality became Americans when they moved to America?

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Britains

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3
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Who was brought to America against their will?

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Blacks

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Who settles in the frontier as the next largest group?

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Scots, Irish, scotch-irish

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What did the Germans do when they settles in PA

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Built the long riffle
Invented conastoga wagons
Iron stove

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Who was known as Huguenots

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French protestants

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7
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Which religion was Paul revere

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French Protestant

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8
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Who was a wealthy person, that dressed in fancy clothing?

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Gentry

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9
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How was wealth determined in colonial society?

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By land

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10
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What did colonial society bring to America?

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Ideas and costumes from Europe, the belief that people are equal

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11
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Who were the first slaves?

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Native Americans

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12
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Why didn’t the Native Americans work out as slaves?

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Disease made them die out

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13
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Where did slaves come from?

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West Indies or Africa

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14
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Who were slaves reserved for?

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People who were not Christian’s (pagans)

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15
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T/F Africans were not the only people brought to America by force.

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True kidnappers, kid napped poor people and sent them to America

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16
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What fraction of British America were of African descent?

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1 of 5

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17
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Who is someone that learns a trade by being an assistant

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Apprentice

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18
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When do boys start an apprenticeship?

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At a young age

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19
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Who were the most respected members of society?

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Media:journalists, printers, writer, etc

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20
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Who was the most famous printer in the 1700s?

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Ben franklin

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21
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What was franklins most famous writing?

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Poor Richards Almanac

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22
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What is poor Richards Almanac?

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Wise sayings and information

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23
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What was Ben franklin famous for?

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Ben was famous for creating bifocals and electricity

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24
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What is the title of someone who is silversmiths, cabinet makers, and tin smiths?

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Artisan

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25
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Others trades and occupations of society?

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Farmers and fish men, indentured servants

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26
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What is an indentured servant?

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Work for someone, in return get shelter food and a trip to America

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27
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What was the economy of Spain?

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Mining silver and growing sugar

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28
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What was the economy of New France

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Fur trade

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29
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Economy of Britain?

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Diverse economics-geography affected if, plantations

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30
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Where were plantations in the British economy?

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Southern colonies: Maryland and Virginia had tobacco, Carolinas and Georgia rice and indigo,
New England colonies had an abundance of sea food, built own ships, triangle trade, and navigation acts

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31
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What was the southern colonies region largest port?

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Charleston

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32
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What helped to bring on revolution in the New England colonies?

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Fishing, England imposed navigation acts:said where they could trade

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33
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Which group of colonies had no special ties to England?

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Middle colonies

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34
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Economy in middle colonies?

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Best balanced economy, farming and comerse

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35
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What were the greatest ports in the middle colonies?

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Philadelphia and New York

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36
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T/F There were few demands on family life.

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False heavy demands

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37
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How was colonial women status determined?

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By men

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38
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What governed colonial family life?

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Common law

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39
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What status did women have?

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No legal/political, couldn’t serve on a jury

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40
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How was a child life decided?

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By parents

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41
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What did parents decide for their children?

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Marriage and education

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42
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What was colonia education cared to European education?

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People in colonial America were more educated

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43
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New England colony education?

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Became leader in development of public education, beloved everyone should read the Bible(Puritans), literacy rate higher then elsewhere……British America

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44
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Which colony passed laws about schools?

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MA Bay passed laws requiring towns of 50 or more families to maintain a school

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45
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Outside of New England education?

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Teachers lived with families
Women opened “dame schools”
Some children were home schooled
Large plantations

46
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What is a dame school?

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Opened in women’s homes to teach kids

Dame is a term for women

47
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What was education like on the large plantations outside of New England?

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Private teachers hired

Some were sent back to England for college

48
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What was college education like?

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Primarily training grounds for ministers and lawyers

Only very wealthy attended

49
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Which college was founded first, second, third?

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Harvard
William and Mary
Yale

50
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What did journalism bring?

A

1st successful newspaper

Freedom of press

51
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Who was arrested?

A

John peter zenger

52
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What was zenger tried for?

A

Libel

53
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What was the enlightenment?

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European intellectual movement, believed all problems could be solved using human reason, applied reason to government and politics, wanted rational religion, church service attendance declined

54
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What were the causes of the Great Awakening?

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People were preaching for the need for revival of religious belief, Jonathan Edwards put out the idea that we were all damned, George Whitefield traveled back and forth preaching to big crowds

55
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What were the effect of the great Awakening?

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New religious groups formed (baptists, methodists, Presbyterian), stimulated growth of education institutions, belief grows-all people are equal before god, makes Americans more willing to challenge authority prior to American revolution.

56
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What were the problems in England?

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Colonies ignored by England, English civil war, mercantilism, navigation acts, problems governing, England fights with Dutch, glorious revolution

57
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Who were the rivals in the English civil war?

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Charles vs. Parliment

58
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What caused a conflict between Charles and parliament?

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Charles was demanding money from towns and cities which was not his job, it was parliaments job

59
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What did parliment think Charles was trying to do?

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Limit their power

60
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What did parliment do in reposing to Charles demanding of money?

A

Ordered an execution for him

61
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Who sided with parliment?

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Oliver Cromwell, he was governor of England for the next decade

62
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What was Cromwell known as?

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Lord Protector

63
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What did Cromwell do?

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Led parliment army against Charles

64
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After attaching Charles what did parliment realize?

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There was a need for stability

65
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What did parliment do to try and restore the stability?

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Restored the monarchy with Charles the second, focused in economic matters

66
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What is a balance of trade?

A

Mercantilism

67
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T/F there was equal values between import and exports.

A

False, there should be more exports then imports

68
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What did the navigation acts do?

A

Required colonies to sell certain goods, only to eng

69
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Examples of the goods that could be sold to England in the navigational acts

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Sugar, tobacco, cotton

70
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What did colines have to use in order to trade?

A

England ships

71
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What did colonists do to get around the navigation acts?

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Smuggling

72
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What were the terms of the navigation acts?

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Colonists sell certain products only to England, must use English ships

73
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Why were there problems governing?

A

Ocean was father of self govt
Kings major problem was New England
The charter was revoked from royal colonies

74
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Why did England fight with Dutch?

A

Fighting over control of trade and land in North America

75
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What was the glorious revolution?

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A new era of representative govt-> parliment showed it was supreme

76
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Who were the monarchs in the glorious revolution?

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William and Mary

77
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Why did Britains colonial policy come about?

A

There were four wars that happened with France

78
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What were the four wars with France?

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King Williams War
Queen Anne’s War
King George’s War
French and Indian War

79
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What was significant about the French and Indians war?

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Started in the colonies and spread to America

80
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What did Europeans call the French and Indian War?

A

7yrs War

81
Q

What was the first enforcement made by Britain to the colonies?

A

Salutary neglect

82
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T/F England rarely interfered directly in affairs with N American colonies.

A

True as a result the colonies prospered and developed own institutions

83
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What was the results of salutary neglect?

A

Peace with France, could now turn attention to colonies

84
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What was the last effort to for Britain to place a policy on colonies?

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Albany plan of union

85
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Time line leading ho to the Albany plan of union…

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  1. Before battles American leaders called the colonies to unite
  2. June 1754 colonial congress met in Albany NY
  3. 159 Indians attend and representiaves from 7 colonies
  4. Ben franklin wrote out a plan
  5. The plan provided model for later us govt
86
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What was franklins plan for the Albany plan of union?

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Wanted permanent union of colonies

87
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How did people react to franklins plan

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It was rejected

88
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What happened in the first part of the French and Indian War?

A

The British were defeated and the french won

89
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Why did the British lose?

A

Braddock sent 1500 British troops and 450 colonial militia to fort Duquesne, the 900 F+I held a surprise attack, 1/3 of the British force were killed or wounded

90
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What event happened after the Frenchs surprise attack?

A

Great Britain formally declared war on France

91
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Who became prime minister of England?

A

William Pitt

92
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What did Pitt do?

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Persuaded parliment to raise taxes and borrow large sum savings of money to fight the war

93
Q

What did Pitt realize about the British?

A

Realized they were fighting for world wide empire

94
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What happens half way through the war?

A

The british become more prepared and better led, they began to overwhelm the French and Indian forces

95
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When british began to outnumber the French what did they do first?

A

Attacked long line of fort and settlements the French built, seized st louisburg, and captured fort Duquesne and took fort niagra

96
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Why was st louisburg significant?

A

On the gulf of the st Lawrence

97
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When did the Iroquois begin to support Britain?

A

When the tide of war turns because of the Britishs increase in numbers

98
Q

What is the capital of New France?

A

Quebec

99
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Who seized Quebec and what side?

A

British, Wolfe

100
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What did Wolfe do to capture Quebec?

A

He held a surprise attack,

101
Q

Who was involved in taking Quebec?

A

Wolfe (Br) vs. Monteclam(Fr)

102
Q

When was the war nearly over?

A

After the fall of Quebec

103
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After the fall of Quebec how much longer did the war last?

A

Two years

104
Q

Who made the mistake of joining the French and Indian War 2 years before it was over?

A

The Spanish

105
Q

What did Spanish loose as a result of joining the conflict?

A

Havanna (Cuba) and Manilla (Philippines)

106
Q

Towards the end of the war what begins to happen to the French and Spanish empires in North America?

A

They begin to dissolve

107
Q

What did the British empire consist of?

A

India to miss river

108
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When did the births nearly control the sea?

A

When the French and Spanish empires dissolved

109
Q

Who signed the treaty of Paris?

A

Great Britain, France, and Spain

110
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What were the terms of the treaty?

A

Ended the war in America
France ceded present day Canada to Great Britain and all the lands from the miss river to Appalachian mountains
GB returned Cuba and manilla to Spain in exchange for fl

111
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What were the results of the French and Indian War?

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Colonists felt a loss of respect for British military power
Believed British did not treat them with respect
Colonists saw no reason why they shouldn’t expand and prosper on their own without British help

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