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England’s greatest rival in the 1750s
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Term
Definition
England’s greatest rival in the 1750s
France
1st French explorer; - explored the St. Lawrence River to find a mythical water route through the Americas
Jaques Cartier
French Explorer that established the first settlement at Quebec; - “Father of New France”; - made an alliance with the Huron Indians (undoing later)
Samuel de Champlain
French explorer that establishes Detroit
Antoine Cadillac
French explorer that claims the Southern portion of the Miss. river and calls it Louisiana; - first explorer to go South
Robert de la Salle
French missionary priests; - called the “black robes”; - tried to convert the Indians
Jesuits
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
England’s greatest rival in the 1750s | France |
1st French explorer; - explored the St. Lawrence River to find a mythical water route through the Americas | Jaques Cartier |
French Explorer that established the first settlement at Quebec; - “Father of New France”; - made an alliance with the Huron Indians (undoing later) | Samuel de Champlain |
French explorer that establishes Detroit | Antoine Cadillac |
French explorer that claims the Southern portion of the Miss. river and calls it Louisiana; - first explorer to go South | Robert de la Salle |
French missionary priests; - called the “black robes”; - tried to convert the Indians | Jesuits |
protestant minority that was not allowed to go to the New World | Huguenots |
main reason for the French to settle in the new world | fur trade!; - “hairy bank notes” |
why did the French have the best relationship with the Indians | 1. trade partners (fur trade); 2. treated them as equals; 3. did not steal their land |
last of the European world wars that was fought for control over the Ohio River Valley; - the French wanted to connect their N. American empire to Canada and Britain wanted to expand West | the Seven Years War/The French and Indian War |
man sent by gov. of Virginia Robert Dinwiddle to survey the land and evict the French | George Washington |
Battle of Fort Nessecity | George Washington; 1st battle of the Seven Years War |
Battle of Fort Duquesne | General Braddock; British were ambushed and severely beaten |
British Invade Canada | 1756; terrible for the British! |
USA’s oldest propaganda | Join or Die; - Benjamin Franklin draws a snake with 13 sections to unite the British against the French |
Benjamin Franklin’s attempt to create a unified gov. to defeat the French; - failed | New Albany Plan |
new Prime minister (1757) that proposed to borrow tons of money for supplies and to hire young officers to command the army | William Pit |
battles in 1758 that the Brits win with the help of the Iroquois | Louisburg, Ticonderoga, and Niagra |
Battle of Quebec | James Wolfe defeats the Marquis de Montcalm; turning point of the war!!; leads to the end of the war in 1763 (Treaty of Paris) |
results of the French and Indian War | 1. Great Britain gained all land east of the Mississippi River; 2. French driven out of N. America; 3. Great Britain hugely in debt!!; 4. Boosted American morale; 5. shattered the myth of British invincibility; 6. roots of the American Revolution |
George Granville came up with 4 ways to generate money from the colonists | 1. renewal of The Navigation Acts (stopped colonial smuggling) 2. Writ of Assistance (to search ships + buildings) 3. Admiralty Courts (courts set up to convict smugglers) 4. TAXES! |
what was the first tax put upon the colonists? | the Sugar Act |
the first direct tax on colonists that taxed all of the printed goods | Stamp Act |
who said “taxation w/out representation is tyranny” | James Otis |
who denounced tax and demanded its repeal | Patrick Henry |
there were two protests of the Stamp Act organized by the Sons of Liberty | 1. Mob Action: intimidation, threat, violence 2. Boycott: refused to buy British goods |
the year in which Parliament repealed the Stamp Act and started the Declaratory Act (stated that England still had the power to govern and tax them) | 1766 |
new Prime minister in 1766 that put a tax on the goods essential to the colonists | Charles Townshend |
in 1768 a ship owned by John Hancock (smuggler) was confiscated by officials; riots sweep over Boston | Liberty Incident |
act that forced the colonists to house British soldiers | 1st Quartering Act |
mob protest that united the colonists; 5 colonists killed | the Boston Massacre |
underground spy network that watched British movements | the Committee of Correspondence |
Tea Act of 1773 | British East India Company was bankrupt + decided to tax tea; this act gave them exclusive rights on the selling of tea |
The Boston Tea Party | in 1773 the Sons of Liberty dumped tons of tea into the harbor |
because of the Tea Party King George passed the Intolerable Acts | Boston Port Act (closed down port); Massachusetts gov act (lost right to rule themselves); New Quartering Act |