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| What did the French and English fight over? |
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| Land but in specific, the region around the Great Lakes and also the land drained by the Mississippi and Ohio rivers. |
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| In the “original charters”, what did the King of England grant the colonists? |
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| The King of England granted the colonists land from one coat the other when he had no idea what the West or East coast was. |
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| Treaties were signed with Native Americans about the purchase of what? |
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| Treaties were signed about the purchase of land. |
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| What belief of the Native Americans did the purchase of land conflict with? Find a quote from this chapter. |
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| “Indians believed that the Earth belonged to everyone. One Indian said that selling land was like selling the sea, or the sky.” |
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| Why did some of the Native Americans side with the French and others with the English? |
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| Some Native Americans sided with the French and other with the English because of old feuds/ conflicts between the tribes. |
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| The Huguenots were Protestants who escaped from France because of religious persecution and then came to the British colonies. |
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| What was France really interested in during this French and Indian war? |
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| They were interested in getting pelts for the fur trade. (Beaver, rabbit, etc.) |
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| Why was Ohio River important in this battle? |
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| The Ohio River was important in this battle because whoever owned the Ohio River, controlled the forts along the river and trade/ the river’s tributaries (food source). |
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| When did the French and Indian war begin and end? |
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| The war began in 1754 and the signing of the Paris treaty was in 1763 but the war actually ended in 1760. The Indians won because they were smart and hid in the trees wearing nature/nature colors so they weren’t such a big target for the French. |
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| What did King George and his Ministers do when they became aware that the colonists “weren’t going to let anyone tell them how to run their country”? |
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| King George and his Ministers levied/raised taxes, sent soldiers to America, and wouldn’t listen when the colonists complained. |
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| What was the Magna Carta? |
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| Magna Carta is Latin for great charter. It was signed in 1215. The Magna Carta is one of the world’s greatest documents of freedom and provided the foundation for any of the rights we enjoy today. The English Baron Landlord captured King George and took his ability to raise taxes, take land away, and arrest people without proof. |
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| Basically, what did knowing about the Magna Carta make the colonists want? |
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| The colonists wanted more rights and wanted the same rights as British citizens. |
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| Who was Champagne Charlie Townshend? |
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| He was called Champagne Charlie Townshend because he sometime got very drunk. He was a government official who represented King George. |
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| What was THE STAMP ACT? Be specific as to what it applied to. |
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| The colonists were supposed to buy a British stamp for every piece of paper they used. |
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| What was one of the in which the colonists protested this ACT? |
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| The colonists decided to get even with Townshend and not buy anything from England/ boycott product made by England, and tar and feathering the tax collectors, and through tea in the Boston harbor (Boston Tea Party). |
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| What did the Prime Minister of England do in response to these protests? |
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| The Prime Minister of England ordered Boston harbor closed which conflicted with trade, food source, and employment. |
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| What was the Townshend ACT? |
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| The Townshend act was when he decided to tax lead, glass, paper, paint, and tea. |
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| How did these ACTS (the stamp, the Townshend) affect the colonists? What did it make them want to do? |
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| It made them want to become independent from England and overthrow the rule of the King. |
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| Who was John Rutledge and what ideas did he bring to the Continental Congress? |
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| John Rutledge was from South Carolina and he was a delegate of the Continental Congress. At age 26, he came to New York. On his journey he met a number of people from the Iriquois nation. They gave him the idea to have all thirteen colonies unite and fight King George. He brought this idea from the Iriquois nations that the colonies should unite as one, the same way the Iriquois did in times of crisis to the Continental Congress. |
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