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Treaty of Paris 1783
Ended the revolutionary war
Effect of the French and Indian war on Native Americans
The British took retribution against nations that spot on the French side by cutting off their supplies and forcibly compelling the tribes to obey the rules
Pontiacs rebellion
Uprising of Native Americans, following the French and Indian war that led to the passage of the proclamation of 1763 in the British decision to establish a permanent, standing army in North America
George Greenville
British Prime Minister from 1763 to 1765. He ordered the Navy to enforce the navigation laws to pay for the seven years war. In 1764 he had parliament, pass, the sugar act.
Proclamation line of 1763
British produce boundary marked in the Appalachian mountains at the eastern continental divide. Prohibited Anglo American colonist from settling on lands acquired from the French.
Paxton boys
Group of Scots, Irish man, living in the Appalachian Hills, that water protection from Indiana tax
Loyalists
Colonist who remained loyal to the British crown during the American war for independence
Republicanism
Ideology of governing a nation as a republic, where the head of state is not appointed through heredity, but usually through an election. Has a limited government philosophy.
French revolutio
social and political revolution in France, that top of the monarchy; created a dilemma for the US between helping the crown or the people, the US chose neutrality
Saint Domingue, slave rebellion
Period of conflict in the French colony of Saint Domingue, which culminated in the elimination of slavery there in the founding of the Haitian republic
Impressment
The arbitrary, seizure of goods or individuals buy a government, or it’s agents for public service. Used by the British to regain deserters from the Royal Navy to American vessels
Sugar act
Act that lower the duty on foreign produce molasses as an attempt to discourage colonial smuggling
Currency act
British ban on printing colonial money to alleviate British creditors fears of being paid in the depreciated currency of the colonies
Stamp act of 1765
Act than imposed a tax on all printed materials, including newspapers, legal documents, and even playing cards
Declaratory act of 1766
Act that attempted to regulate the behavior of colonist. It’s stated that “ in all cases whatsoever “parliament can make laws
Tea act of 1773
Granted the British east India company, a monopoly on the sale of tea in the colonies and lower the price of tea. Led to the Boston tea party.
Townsend duties of 1760
Ask that impose taxes on a variety of imported goods, such a glass lead paint and tea. Met with the most resistance by colonist.
Tea party of 1773
Political protest that took place the night of December 16 at Griffin’s wharf in Boston. A mob organized by the sons of liberty rated three ships and throughout all of the tea they were carrying into Boston harbor.
Intolerable acts of 1774
Series of punitive laws passed by parliament in 1774, after the tea party; meant to punish Massachusetts colonist for their defiance
Sons of liberty
Organization formed by American colonist which used acts of civil disobedience in violence to protest British taxation and push for independence
Colonial forms of resistance
Colonist would boycott riot, and intimidate, tax collectors
Boston massacre
Deadly confrontation between British soldiers in American colonist that took place in Boston in March 1770 led to the death of five colonist
daughters of liberty
Organization formed by women prior to the American revolution. They protesting the treatment of the colonies by their British rulers
Quebec act
1774 @they gave Catholic French Canadian religious freedom and restore the French form of Civil War; notified mini western claims to the coast polonaise by expanding the boundaries of Quebec to the Ohio river
First continental congress 1774
Convention of delegates from 1213 colonies that met on September 5, 1774 at Carpenters Hall as a response to the intolerable acts
Phillis Wheatley
First, African American female writer to be published in the United States. Her book “poems on various subjects quote was published in 1773; pioneered African-American literature also the first African-American to get a volume of poetry how published
Battle of Lexington and Concord
Initiated the revolutionary war, British governor Thomas gage sent troops to Concord to stop the colonist who are loading arms the next day on April 19, 1775. The first shots were fired in Lexington.
Battle of bunker hil
First major battle of the revolutionary war happened on June 17, 1775 the British attack a newly established American fort; they suffered heavy casualties, but won the battle
African American involvement in the war
Both and slave and free fire in the continental army; black soldiers, mostly thought an integrated units
Second continental congress 1775
Convention of delegates from all 13 colonies that met on May 10, 1775 in Philadelphia. Met soon after warfare again
Thomas Paine’s common sense
Argued that the colonist should freedom cells from British rule and establish an independent government based on enlightenment ideals – one that would protect men’s natural, rights
Declaration of independence, 1776
Formal draft of a resolution created by the continental Congress, which broke all ties with the independent states of America and the British government and crown, created the idea that the colonist were states
Thomas Jefferson
Third President of the United States, he favored limited central government. He was the chief drafter of the declaration of independence; approved of the Louisiana purchase in 1803, and promoted ideals of republicanism.
Articles of confederation
1781, first American constitution, establish the United States as a loose confederation of states under a week national Congress, which was not going to the power to regulate commerce or collect
George Washingto
Father of this country. Played a critical role in fighting for, creating, and leading the United States and its earliest days. He was a surveyor farmer in soldier who rose to command the colonial forces in the revolutionary war
Minute men
Small handpicked elite force that were required to be highly mobile enable to assemble quickly. Selected from militia muster, Rolls by their commanding officers.
Women’s involvement in the war
Most carried on with daily tasks, but many took action by boycotting British goods, or following their men to war
Washington’s Christmas crossing of the Delaware river
Washington and his forces crossed the Delaware river, cause a surprise attack to British soldiers on the eve of Christmas
Baron von Steuben
Prussian born military officer, who served as an inspector generals, in major general of the continental army during the
Marquis de Lafayette
French major, who, aided the colonies during the revolutionary war by training their soldiers
French and Spanish aid in the war
France helped in the capture of Gibraltar, Menorca and Flores, and in return Spain would a France in the war
Battle of Yorktown
Last major land title in the revolutionary war, American in French forces, surrounded Yorktown and capture lieutenant general Charles Cornwallis
Treaty of Paris, 1763
Ended the French and Indian war