APUSH Chapter 4 Terms

Why did France want to explore America?

They were in searcher of beaver fur.

Coureur De Bois

Beaver Trackers

Edict of Nantes

a law that granted French protestants peace, rights & toleration.

Samuel D. Chapman

known as the ‘Father of New France’ and established Quebec.

Antoine Cadillac

French explore who founded Detroit.

Robert De Salle

French Explorer who founded Texas and named Louisianna

What was the relationship like between the French and the Natives?

Friendly

Salutary Neglect

American Colonists being neglected by British and were restricted by the British from trading with other colonies. Ended after the French and Indian War, due to the British being in debt and in need of taxes.

Who all fought over the Ohio River Valley Region?

Iroquis Tribe, France and Britain.

Other name for the French and Indian War

7 Years War

Albany Plan of Union

a plan devised by Benjamin Franklin to place british colonies under a more centralized government, but the idea was rejected by everyone.

“Join or Die” was said by who?

Benjamin Franklin

Who won the French and Indian War?

Britain

William Pitt

called the “Great Commoner”

James Wolfe

British Army Officer who took Quebec Region (Battle of Quebec)

Treaty of Paris

1763 document that allowed Britain to become the dominant empire and loss of land for France.

What two empires were kicked out after the French and Indian War?

Spanish and French

Why did Britain start taxing the colonies?

claimed war damages were expensive.

‘No Taxation without Representation’

Colonists had no representation in parliment, so they refused to pay taxes until they were allowed regional representation.

Pontiac’s Rebellion

British vs Indians. Tribal leader: Pontiac took over British settlements, but Britain brought in back up troops and crushed them. However, this resulted in respect for the Indians from the British. Caused British to want to expand.

Procclamation of 1763

Britain banned any colonists settlements from expanding West. Wanted stability on the frontier.

Mercantilism

economic system of self-sufficency - colonies enrich the Mother Country with raw materials and buying of products.

Navigation Laws

attempt by British to block out other nations from trading with the American colonies. leads to Salutary Neglect.

Sugar Act

taxed Sugar from West Indies. Violators did have the option of trial by jury.

Stamp Act

first direct tax, encouraged the revolution against the Crown (parliment).

Townshed Act

colonists who managed treasury as duties were fed up and resisted against British boycotting.

Sons of Liberty

Samuel Adams & other tax collectors were intimidated by colonists & repealed the Stamp Act in 1766. Replaced it with the Declaratory Act.

Declaratory Act

A tax system in which there was representation - replaced the Stamp Act.

Boston Massacre

Riot on King Street between American Soliders and a British Soldier. Paved vthe way for the American Revolution.

Boston Tea Party

a protest against the parliment Tea Act of 1773 by drastically cutting tea tax on American trade. No benefits to colonists - Coercive Acts passed as retaliation.

Causes of the French and Indian War

British settlements began to feel as though French colonists were encroaching on their land (Ohio Region).

Iroquis

Native Indian Tribe that was loyal to the British, but also to the French.