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French and Indian War |
Britain and Americans vs French and Native americans, jumonville massacre, Americans won |
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Reasons Native americans allied with France |
Indians wanted to keep land, Americans destroyed it. Americans forced the indians into christianity, French let them be any religion. |
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Fort Necessity and Washington's leadership |
Ft. Necessity: Makeshift fort of Americans Washington And chief Tenacharison attacked French. Tenacharison killed Jumonville, the French captain Washington didn't speak french |
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Albany Plan of Union |
A plan to make the colonies have a more central Government. was adopted but never carried out. first formal proposal for a central government |
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Proclamation of 1763 |
A line of British soldiers guarding the border of the appalachian mountains. The British didn't want the colonists settling far west. |
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Taxation without representation |
Said by Patrick Henry. Colonists didn't want to be taxed if they didn't have representation. |
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Stamp act |
Taxes on legal documents, mail, licenses, newspaper. |
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Sugar act |
tax on molasses, tea |
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George washington |
leader of patriot army |
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Nathaniel greene |
never won a battle, lead british to yorktown |
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Laffayette |
like a son to washingon. one of the best french generals. wanted to lead the french army instead of rochambeau. |
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Loyalists |
Mostly in the south. loyal lo the British. fought against colonists |
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Trenton & Princeton |
Washington crossed the delaware river in the middle of the night surprised hessians sleeping Was a risk because washington needed a win. His men were going to get released from army |
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Saratoga |
General Howe and Bourgogne to surround Horatio gates at saratoga. Bourgogne's plan. How didn't follow it Captain Arnold saved the colonists and defeated the british |
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Captain Arnold |
One of washington's most trusted captains. Won battle of saratoga. At Battle of Long Island he switched to the British side. Hated by colonists and British |
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Battle of Long island |
British fleet spotted out of outhouse. British destroyed colonist towns. Washington brought a lot of cannons as a bluff to drive the British away. |
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Batlte of Yorktown |
French arrived with ships and men. Nathanial Greene lured British into Yorktown sent message to washington. Washington and Rochambeau marched down from New York. De Grasse Blocked british fleet helping Charles cornwallis. led to treaty of Paris |
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Treaty of paris |
1. land to Mississippi 2. independence 3. free of all britihs troops |
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3 intolerable acts |
1. took away massachusettss self government and British soldiers couldn't be tried in massachusetts 2. closing boston harbor 3. Quartering act |
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inflation |
increase in cost/value of item |
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Valey forge |
11,000 men 2,000 deserted 2,000 died |
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Olive Branch Petition |
First official attempt to avoid a full on war Affirmed american loyalty to British and the king |
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second continental congress |
the Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies, summer of 1775 |
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"common sense" |
Pamphlet by Thomas Paine Made colonists think about freedom and independance |
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examples of foreign assistance |
Dutch: money loans French: navy, army, money Spanish: army, money |