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Unit 2 Vocab
chapters 6-12
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History
11th Grade
10/01/2012

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huguenots
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French Protestant dissenters
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Edict of Nantes
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decree issued by the French granting limited toleration to Protestants
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coureurs de bois

voyageurs

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"runners of the woods", French fur trappers 
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King William's War
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1689-1697

between French trappers, and settlers (Brits), and their respective native allies

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Queen Anne's War
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2nd in a series of conflicts for the control of N.America, between English and French colonists in the North and English and Spanish in Florida
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War of Jenkin's Ear
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small conflict between Britain and Spain in the Carribean and Georgia
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King George's War
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once again between British colonists and the French in the North, did not involve any territorial realignment which caused even more problems between the colonists and England
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Acadians
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French residents of Nova Scotia, uprooted and scattered as far south as Louisiana

"Cajuns"

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French and Indian War
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9 yr. war between Britain and France in America, resulted in the expulsion of the French in NA, also led to the Seven Years War in Europe
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Albany Congress
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intercolonial congress appointed by Britain to foster greater colonial unity and to assure Iroquois support against the French
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regulars
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trained, professional soldiers
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Battle of Quebec
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historic British victory over France on the outskirts of Quebec, marked the beginning of the end of French rule in NA
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Pontiac's Uprising
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campaign waged by Ottowa Cheif Pontiac to drive Britain out of Ohio country
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Proclamation of 1763
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issued by Parliament prohibiting settlement west the App. Mountains
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republicanism
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willingness to put civic duties ahead of private interests
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Radical Whigs
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feared the threat to liberty posed by the power of the elected reps. in Parliament
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mercantilism
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belief that a nation's wealth could be measured by their gold and silver reserves
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Sugar Act
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tax on imported sugar
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Quartering Act
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required colonists to feed and house soldiers
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stamp tax 
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unpopular tax on paper goods, repealed after mass protests, "no taxation without representation"
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admiralty courts
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no jury, assumed guilty until they could prove innocence 
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Stamp Act Congress
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held in NYC, 27 delegates
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nonimportation agreements
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united colonies boycotted British goods
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Sons and Daughters of Liberty
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used vigilante justice to encourage all poeple to boycott
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Declaratory Act
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absolute power over the colonies
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Townshend Acts
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import tax of glass, lead, paper, paint, and tea; nonimportation agreements used again 
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Boston Massacre
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clash in Boston between British soldiers and colonists, killing 11 citizens
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committees of corespondence
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Mass.; maintain colonial opposition against Britain
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Boston Tea Party
Definition
protest agianst British east india company's monopoly of tea trade, colonists dump tea into harbor
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Intolerable Acts
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closed boston harbor until debt payed, resticted town meetings, new agreesive quartering act 
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Quebec Act
Definition
60,000 conquered French, allowed to be catholic, no trial by jury, land increase
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first continental congress
Definition
1774 response to the intolerable acts, philidelphia, 7 weeks
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The Association
Definition
complete boycott of british goods 
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