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The Road to Revolution
chapter 5
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History
8th Grade
11/03/2011

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French and Indian War
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French+indians vs. British over Ohio River Valley land
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George Washington
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told the French that we wanted their land then went to build a fort by ohio River but French Fort Dusquene was already there, so he built fort Nescessity down the road which was taken by French later on
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Albany Congress
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British invited Iroquois indians on our side but they wanted to be on French side
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Early British defeats Section!
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Diaster at Fort Dusqusene
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General Braddock was only used to marching in lines and fighting but the french hid and fired and British lost very badly and Braddock lost
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More British Defeats Section!
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7 years war
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British finally offically declared war on the French. Montacalm destroyed British forts or caputured them.
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The British turn the tide Section!
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James Wolfe
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British general, who worked with William Pitt
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William Pitt
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british general worked with Wolfe
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JW+William Pitt=
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wins! We captured fort dusquene. renamed the fort "fort Pitt"=Pittsburg
attacked quebec from a cliff surprised french Wolfe killed and french Montacalm killed
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Pontiacs War
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Ottawa nation- Pontiac formed an alliance with native americans. attacked british forts British won still
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The Proclamation of 1763
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British banned settlers from settling west of the Appalachian mountains
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British debt from F+I war and what they did
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they told Colonists they had to pay off debt too by taxing highly colonists not happy
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The Sugar Act
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taxes on molasses and sugar. colonists protested and smuggled goods?
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The Quatering Act
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Colonists must house british soliders and be nice to them
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The stamp act
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anything with the stamp on paper products mostly were taxed.Colonists boycotted British goods
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Writs of Assitance
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Officals could search your house,ships,wagons, bags for illegal goods without telling you what they are looking for
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Boston Massacre
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crowd yells at british soliders, soliders got mad and started shotting at unarmed colonists and killed 5 colonists, John Adams lawyer for the soliders
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Committees of Correspondence
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informed Colonists what was happening gossip really
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The Tea Act
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lowered price of tea but the East Indian Company had a monoply of the tea industry and tea merchants were mad
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Boston Tea Party
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men dressed as indians and dumped tea into the boston harbor
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Intolerable Acts
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by King George- 1. closed port of Boston
2. governer got more power
3.anyone accused of murdering a british solider were tried in britian
4. strengthed the Quatering Act
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Quebec Act
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gave land from Ohio and missouri rover to French
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First Continental Congress
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meeting tht gathered delates to discuss things
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shot heard around the world
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we had a weapon bse in Concord. British were coming for the fort base. We met them in lexingon and fired. WE then fought in Concord
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2nd contineal army
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choose GW to be commander of Continenal Army
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Patriots vs. loyalists
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p=independece
l-loyalist side
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olive Branch Petition
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asked for peace
peace denied
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green mountain boys and Ethan Allen
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took over Fort Ticonderoga we got their CANNONS!
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battle of bunker hill
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we were on a hill they were below us we shot them with cannons 2on 2 out 3 we retreted cause we didnt have amo
british won but lost many ppl
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British advantges
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blockage and mercenatary
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Invading Canada
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bendict arnold, richard montgomery, GW went to fight British in Canada and failed
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