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albany congress

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secure the support and cooperation of the Iroquois

form a colonial alliance based on a design by Benjamin Franklin. passed unanimously

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French and Indian War

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provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America, led to colonial discontent,

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Pontiac

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led a rebellion against the British colonists after they expanded their military presenceduring and after the French and Indian War.

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Proclamation of 1763

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boundary marked in the Appalachian Mountains

prohibited Anglo-American colonists from settling on lands acquired from the French following the French and Indian War.

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Samuel de Champlain

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founded Quebec consolidated French colonies. He also made important explorations

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Ohio River Valley

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British settlers wanted to farm the rich soil there, and the French wanted to trap beavers and trade the furs.

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New Orleans

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allowed access to the Mississippi River,

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Detroit

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New France fur trading post

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Fur Trade

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drove European exploration and colonization the fur trade helped foster relatively peaceful relations between Indigenous people and European colonists

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Jesuits

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French Catholic missionaries that attempted to convert the Indians to Catholicism geographers.

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Salutary Neglect

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unofficial British policy of non-enforcement of trade regulations

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Boston Massacre

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demonstrated to the colonists that British troops would resort to violence and restore order in the colonies. killed five Boston colonist by British troops

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Committees of Correspondence

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organized by patriot leader Samuel Adams, was a system of communication between patriot leaders in New England and throughout the colonies. They provided the organization necessary to unite the colonies in opposition to Parliament.

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Declaratory Act

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to show the american colonists that the british parliament had a right to tax them reaction to stamp act fail and lessen sugar act

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First Continental Congress

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Convention of delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies that convened in Philadelphia to craft a response to the Intolerable Acts. Delegates established Association, which called for a complete boycott of British goods.

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Intolerable Acts

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restricted colonists’ rights. restrictions on town meetings enforcing officials who killed colonists in the line of duty would be sent to Britain for trial

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Mercantilism

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economic idea that a country’s wealth is measured by the amount of gold it owns export more goods than you import,

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Quebec Act

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passed to gain the loyalty of the French who lived in the Province of Quebec. The Act had serious consequences for Britain’s North American empire. The Quebec Act was one of the direct causes of the American Revolution.

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Sons of Liberty

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used grassroots activism to push back against British rule. boston tea party sam adams john hancock

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Stamp Act Congress

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led to the first concerted effort by the American colonists to resist the British Parliament and the authority of Great Britain.

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Stamp Tax

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purpose of the tax was to pay for British military troops stationed in the American colonies after the French and Indian War, colonists they contended that they had already paid their share of the war expenses.

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The Association

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document produced by the Continental Congress in 1775 that called for a complete boycott of British goods.

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Townshend Acts

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taxed colonial imports of paper, paint, glass, and tea to then pay the salaries of royal governors, judges, and other officials.

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Boston Tea Party

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Protest against British taxes resulted in the colonists forming the First Continental Congress and drawing up a declaration of colonial rights.

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Writs of Assistance

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documents which served as a general search warrant,