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| * the way England governed their American Colonies by not interfering too much, the colonies were running themselves almost |
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| money owed to someone else |
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| Why was England and the colonies close to each other? |
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Colonists still had family in England;
Close business deals; British military protected colonists |
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| Differences between England and the colonies that caused them to pull apart |
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| Taxes on imported goods; Colonists couldn't trade with other countries; British governors were very strict and vetoed laws. |
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| French and Indian War (1756 - 1763) |
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| France fought England for control of North America; France lost and gave up land; England had a HUGE debt afterwards. |
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| Why was "no taxation without representation" important? |
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| James Otis said the phrase; No one was representing the colonists in Parliament (England) even though they were paying taxes to them! |
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| an agreement between 2 groups for peace |
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| Why did the British want to fight the French? |
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| They wanted control of the rich North American regions. |
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| Why didn't the Iroquois want either of the European countries to get too powerful in North America? |
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| They didn't want to lose their lands/hunting grounds |
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| What people was the newly won land reserved for? |
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| What did the Proclamation of 1763 say? |
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- told colonists where they couldn't settle in Western lands
- it ended the French and Indian War
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| Why were the colonists angry with the Proclamation of 1763? |
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| Part of the Treaty said colonists couldn't settle in lands WEST of the Appalachian Mountains plus most of it was reserved for Native Americans |
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| *the colonists paid these to their town or city, not to England (until that changed in 1763) |
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| Why was the land west of the Appalachian Mountains saved for Native Americans? |
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| * England decided that the powerful cheifs were a threat and want to keep them farther away from the colonies |
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| Who won the French and Indian War? |
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| Who was the King of England at this time period? |
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| How were the colonists' feelings changed after the French and Indian War? |
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| * not as loyal to England, the colonists did not like the additional taxes they had to pay after the war |
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