Road To Revolution

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Who was Braddock?: a stubborn man. Knew little about how to fight in the wilderness of NA.
Concord: A village in Massachusetts that held a large store of arms at one point, but was moved before the British could get at it.
Why did the Native Americans have to take sides in the war?: They had lived in the Ohio Valley for centuries, and the only way to protect their way of life was to take sides.
Why did both France and England try to make Native American allies?: Native Americans controlled fur trade in the heart of North America.
Who approved the plan?: No one
What was the Albany meeting?: It was when Delegates from 7 colonies met in Albany.
Tea Act: Passed by Parliament to help the East India Company, it let the company sell tea directly to the colonists. The price would be the lowest it had ever been, but still with a tax.
What does, "No taxation without representation" mean?: Only someone or their elected reps had the right to pass taxes. Parliament had no right to tax them since they didn't have reps. They were willing to pay taxes only if their colonial legislatures passed them.
Why did the French expect Native Americans to side with them?: They were trappers/traders not farmers, they didn't destroy hunting grounds by clearing forests for farms, also a lot of trappers married Native American women.
1st Continental Congress: September 1774, 12 delegates met in Philly to discuss the Intolerable Acts, only Georgia did not attend. The result was a boycott on all British goods, stop exporting goods to Britain, and they urged each colony to set up and train it's own militia.
How did the Tide of battle turn?: Amherst captured Louisbourg the most important fort in french canada. British won more Iroquois support
Events leading up to Lexinton: Britain sent more troops to Boston. 4,000 in total in the city. General Gage learned that minutemen had a large store of arms in Concord, a village 18 miles from Boston. They planned a surprise march to Concord to seize the arms. About 700 troops left Boston under cover of darkness. SOL were watching. Hung 2 lamps in the Old North Church in Boston to warn. Messengers saw the signal, and rode towards Concord. When the redcoats reached Lexington, 70 minutemen were waiting for them on the village green.
Outcome of meeting?: Iroquois did not agree with helping British but they didn't plan to join the French either. The Albany Plan of Union.
Wolfe's Plan: Ordered troops to move quietly in small boats to the foot of the cliff late one night. The soldiers came ashore and walked to the top. The french awoke to 4,000 British troops.
Which two were enemies?: The Algonquins and Iroquois were enemies
APoU?: proposed by Ben Franklin. Grand Council with reps from each colony. Make laws, raise taxes, set up defense of the colonies,.
Pontiac's War: British/colonial troops attacked back at pontiac for capturing British forts.
What happened with the fort?: French set up Fort Duquesne in the same spot. They were afraid of a counterattack so they built Fort Necessity. French and NA surrounded the fort and the British surrendered.
British East India Company: They brought tea to the colonies. It went, Company->Merchants->Colonists.
What taxes did Grenille want passed?: The Sugar Act in 1764 was a tax on molasses. The Stamp Act of 1765 was a tax on all legal documents, and newspapers, almanacs, playing cards, & dice. All items had to carry a stamp to show the tax had been paid.
Treaty Of Paris: Signed in 1763. end of French power in NA. Britain gained Canada and all French lands east of the Mississipi. Florida given to British because Spain entered the war on the French side. Spain gained all French lands west of the Mississippi as well as New Orleans.
Proclamation of 1763: Pontiac's War convinced the British to close British western lands to settlers. It drew an imaginary line at the base of the Appalachian mountains. Colonists were forbidden to settle west of the line. Settlers already west had to remove themselves at once. The British sent 10,000 troops to the colonies to enforce the laws, however, few went west. In the end the proc was ignored.
Who sided with the French?: Algonquins and Huron
What were the British strengths in the war?: Colonies were easier to defend than the widely scattered French settlements. Population of English colonies was 15 X greater than New France. Had some NA allies. British Navy ruled the seas.
Quebec: vital to the defense of New France, without it the french couldn't supply their forts farther up the St. Larwrence River.
Pontiac: An Ottawa chief who the NA turned to as a leader. Spoke out against the British. Led an attack on British troops at Fort Detroit. IN a few months captured most British forts on the frontier.
Who sided with the English?: Iroquois Nations.
Boston Massacre: March 5, 1770, a crowd gathered outside the Boston Customs House. They shouted insults at the redcoats who guarded the building. They began to throw snowballs, oyster shells & chunks of ice at the soldiers. The crowd grew larger and rowdier, and the soldiers panicked. They fired into the crowd, and when the cloud of smoke cleared, five people lay dead or dying. Sam Adams wrote to colonists about the shooting, calling it the Boston Massacre. Soldiers were arrested and tried in court. Defended by J. Adams, who wanted to give them a fair trial. The argument:soldiers provoked by colonists. Verdict: a light sentence.
George Grenville: The British PM who decided the colonists should help with the tax burden because they gained the most from the war.
William Pitt: Became head of the British government. Set out to win the war in NA.
What was the meeting for?: To persuade the Iroquois to help them. They wanted to plan a united defense.
Boston Tea Party: on December 16, 1773, Tea ships were anchored in Boston Harbor at Griffin's Wharf refusing to unload the tea due to taxes. Ships were not allowed to leave the harbor by order of the governor, until the taxes were paid. 50-60 people were dressed as Mohawks. They boarded the tea ships, split open tea chests, and dumped tea into the harbor. By 10 PM the job was done.
Intolerable Acts: When Parliament acted to punish Massachusetts, they gave them four laws. They shut down the port of Boston, no ship could enter or leave the harbor until the tea was paid for. Colonists could not have more than one town meeting a year without the gov's permission. Customs officers and other officials charged of a major crime were to be tried in Britain, where there was no evidence. The new quartering act meant soldiers would no longer camp in tents, but citizens had to house them.
what was the attack on Fort Duquesne about?: French and NA allies launched a surprise attack. British red uniforms made them easy to spot and shoot. Braddock was killed and half of the army were killed or wounded.
What was Washington's role in the war?: He went and delivered a message. He went back and was sent west after a promotion to build a fort to protect Virginia's land claims in the Upper Ohio River Valley.
Townshend Acts: The townshend acts were acts that made taxed goods such as glass, paper, paint, lead, & TEA! The taxes were low, but the colonists still objected.
Quartering Act: Colonists had to provide housing, candles, bedding, and beverages to the British troops stationed in the colonies.

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