ss the french&indian war + boston

which groups claimed land throughout north america?

england, spain, france, dutch, native americans

salutary neglect

colonists are left alone

who was involved in the french and indian war, and what were they looking to achieve?

British colonists - want to move west for fertile land

French & Natives - want to preserve whatever land they still have (lucrative fur trade, set up forts

Albany plan of union

aimed to unify 11 of the 13 American colonies, thereby creating one centralized government, with the opportunity for more colonies to join in the future.

what werte the french and british fighting over?

land (ohio river valley, natural resources, fertile land)

how long did the french and indian war last and whats the time stamp

7 years 1756-1763

how long did the french and indian war actually last, and whatsa the year stamp

1754-1763

what is the french and indian war also known as, and why was it considered only 7 years?

the 7 years war because france offically declars war on 1756

where does Washington and his men kill general jumonville, and what happens after?

they killed him at fort Duquesne, and return to fort necessity. they are forced to surrender due to bad fencing and protection

what is the "Join or Die" cartoon/flag? who made it?

1st polictical proproganda/cartoon, made by bejamin franklin.

WHAT WAS THE TURNING POINT OF THE FRWENCH AND INDIAN WAR?

battle of quebec, 1759. the treaty of paris (1763), offically ending the french and indian war

what were the terms of the treaty of paris

- French removed, give all teritory to britian

- britan gains teritory west of the appalician mts to the missipi river

- gian florida from spain

what was a problem after the war, what happened

issues with natives in new terriotry, leading to pontiacs rebellion

pontiacs rebellion

native attacks on colonists in the ohio river valley

what happens when british parliment posse proclimation of 1763

colonists are no longer allowed to settle in the ohio rivver valey, aldn is reserved for the natives

whats the outcome of the french and indian war

british gain more land and win

militia

citzen soliders

what does biritan do (starts off after f+I war)

tries to protect colonists, sends 10k troops (colonists never asked for them). ends with big debt from the french and indian war, begins taxing colonies to gain revenue.

george greenville ;what does he do

british finance minister (first one), tries to stop pirates smuggling - searches without warrants

sugar act

law passed by the British Parliament setting taxes on molasses and sugar imported by the colonies (1764)

stamp act

1765, placed tax on printed goods (cards, legal docs, newspapers) eventually britian repeals

patrick henry

helps pass resolution about taxation

samuel adams

starts ons of liberty to protest - boycotts, burns effigies, tar and feather tax collections, non importatipn agreements

effigies

a sculpture or model of a person.

repeals

cancels, removes

declaratory act

1766, britian can tax whenever on whatever

the townshend acts and what happens

only on importated stuff(glass, tea ,papers)

colonists get more angry, more boycotts

charles townsend

new finace minister, creates new taxes

daughters of liberty

encourage american made rpoducts (coffee, clothes)

red coats

sent to the colonists, treated the colonists badly, stole, beat up citizens

trouble in boston

- fight breaks out, colonists form mob

- 7 redocats confront crowd, colonsits yelling, thowing trash, snowballs

- red coats fire, 5 killed (crispus attucks - baclk rev leader)

-sam adams and paul revere use proproganda to stir up colonists against british

- call for stronger boycotts

- british parliment gives in and repealls all the townshend acts, except on tea

committee of correspondence

communication between colonies

crisis on tea

british east india company gets more tea they can sell

tea act

1773 act which eliminated import tariffs on tea entering England and allowed the British East India Company to sell directly to consumers rather than through merchants.

boston tea party

colonists dress up as mohawk indians, sneak on ship, dump 342 chests of tea (around 1 million$), 1773

intolerble acts

king george III wants to punish boston, pasts the intolerable acts (did 3 things)

1. boston harbor closed until tea paid for

2. no town meetings or gatherins allowed

3. colonists forced to hosue redcoats

what happend as a result of the intolerble acts

while it was meant to be an example for other colonies, it united people to help boston and go against britian

Quartering Act

v1765 - Required the colonials to provide food, lodging, and supplies for the British troops in the colonies.

which two acts were repealed

stamp and sgar

where was the customs board headquarterd

boston

Declatory Act

1766: parliment has absolute authority over the colonies

the gaspee affair

sons of liberty members ttacked, boardered, looted, and toched a british ship (gaspee0

parliment

the lawmaking branch of the British government

1st continental congress

gathering of colonial leaders troubled abt relations with britian and colonies

sum up the tensions between the colonies and great birtian that led to armed conflict in 1775

- 1st continental congress demanded certain rights from britain

- armed conflict between british soliders and colonists broke out with the "shot heard around the world"

- 2nd continental congress created the continental army to fight Biritish

- In 2 early battles, the army lost control of Bostom but then regained it.

Patriots

colnists who chose to fight for independnce from great britian

Minutemen

ready to fight at mionutes notice (the local miltia)

redcoats

british soliders (had red jackets)

2nd continetal congress

2nd group of delgates form colonies, 1st atempt at reiublican goverment in the colonies.

continental army

MA militia, soon including soliders from all colonies to fight agaionst Biritan

George Washington

virginian who commanded the army

battle of bunker hill

First major battle of the Revolutions. It showed that the Americans could hold their own, but the British were also not easy to defeat. Ultimately, the Americans were forced to withdraw after running out of ammunition, and Bunker Hill was in British hands. June 17 1755

The reason why France and England started a conflict in North America

over land

This was the reason the Albany plan failed

Because the colonies did not want to give up power or wealth

This  document ended the French and Indian war as well as establish new land claims in North America

Treaty of Paris 1763

This was the name of the area France and Britain fought over in the French and Indian War.

Ohio River Valley

The role of George Washington in the French and Indian war

Colonel for the Virginia Militia

This act was an attempt to prevent colonies from trading with anyone except for England

What is the Navigation Acts

This act placed taxes on all paper materials

stamp act

This act included tax on sugar and molasses as well as forced the colonists to buy sugar from the British West Indies

Sugar Act

This act placed a tax on most of the popular items in the colonies, including tea, paper, lead, glass and paint

Townshend Acts

This prevented the colonists from moving into the newly acquired territory in the Ohio River Valley

Proclamation Line of 1763

rinting materials faster, spreading information faster and providing more people the ability to read were all possible due to this invention

printing press

This was the group responsible for the Boston Tea Party

Sons of Liberty

In response to the Boston Tea Party, Britain passed a series of laws including one that would close Boston Harbor until the tea was paid for

Intolerable Acts/coercive Acts (Boston Port Act)

He was the leader of the Sons of Liberty and second cousin to John Adams

Samuel Adams

he engraving "The Bloody Massacre as perpetrated in King Street" seen here  was made by this man

Paul Revere

This act forced colonists to house and feed British soliders

Quartering Act

Closing the port of Boston, Banning town meetings, forcing colonists to house and feed British troops were all part of 

Intolerable Acts

he deaths of the colonists in the Boston Massacre were used as 

propaganda

The name of the British captain put on trial for the events that took place during the Boston Massacre

Thomas Preston

This was the rallying cry during colonial protests against the Stamp Act

no taxation without representation"

Colonists were not represented in Parliament

The means to bring items in illegally

smuggle

Spreading information for the purpose of promoting a cause

propaganda

To speak out against something 

protest

Money that is collected by the government for services

taxes (duties)

A rag doll, usually life size, that was burned during protests

effigy

the spreading of ideas, information, or rumor for the purpose of helping or injuring an institution, a cause, or a person

proproganda

when was bacon’s rebellion

1676

why did bacons rebellion happen / what happened

Began over a dispute over Virginia’s Indians Policy

• 2 yrs later, signed treaty saying idians would give up all land claimed by engliush and would get all land unclaimed

• however, colonists violated the treaty and began pushing into natives land

• Bacon and his men declared war on them and wealthy plantation owners

• governor berkely wanted to keep peace with natives, threated to puinish bacon

• bacon declars war on him and other goverment officals

• iin october, bacon died from dysentary rebellion fill apart

what was king phillp’s war

• Metacomet/King phillp: chief of wamponag tribe

• Because of rising populations, more colonists were pushing into native land, resutling in multiple attakcs

• In 1637, english settlers shot/ basically killed the netire pequot tribe, hostility increased a lot

• Metacomet/kingphilp had attacked many english villiages, metacome’s wife and son were sold into slavery, he was killed

• war left the colonists in lots of debt and a hatred of natives

Pontiac's Rebellion

1763-1766

• Natives unhappy with ending of french and indian war

• English did not treat them well

• English pushing into their home land

• led to devil’s hole massacre (300 indians attacked a supply train)

• rebellion edned by a peace traty signed by Pontiac

• not a surrender