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Other names for King William's War
- War for Grand Alliance
- 9 Years War
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When was King William's War?
1689-1697
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What was the result of King William's War?
- Treaty of Ryswick:
- France loses land
- William III king of England
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Other name for Queen Anne's War
War of Spanish Succession
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When was Queen Anne's War?
1702-1713
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What was the result of Queen Anne's War?
- Treaty of Utrecht:
- Britain gains Newfoundland
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Another name for War of Jenkin's Ear
War of Austrian Succession
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When was the War of Jenkin's Ear?
1740-1742
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What was the result of the War of Jenkin's Ear?
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle: Britain returns Louisbourg
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When was the French and Indian War?
1756-1763
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What was the result of the French and Indian War?
- Treaty of Paris:
- Britain acquired Canada and east of Mississippi River. Gained Florida from Spain
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Who were the Indian allies for the British in King William's War?
Iroquois and Mohegan
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Who were the Indian allies for the French in King William's War?
Wampanoag and Narraganset
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What happened with the Ohio Colony?
Fairfax family sponsored the colonization of Ohio but France argues it's their land.
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Who did the Ohio Co. of Virginia send to secure the Ohio colony? What were the 3 things he did?
- George Washington
- sneak attacks France
- Builds Ft. Necessity
- fails to protect it
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What were the four intercolonial congresses in order?
- Albany Congress
- Stamp Act Congress
- 1st Continental Congress
- 2nd Continental Congress
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When was the Albany Congress?
1754
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What were the two things that needed to get done in the Albany Congress?
- Plan a defense against French
- Get allies
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What was in the Albany Plan of Union?
- Congress for defense only
- 48 delegates chosen by colonies
- 1 pres. chosen by king
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What was the 1755 Three Front Strategy?
- 1) Ft. Dusquesne - Braddock defeated
- 2) Ft. Niagra - never happened
- 3) Ft. Carrilon (Ticonderoga) - never happened
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What was William Pitt's new strategy?
Colonists take New France
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When was Pontiac's rebellion? Who did it involve?
1763 indians v. Brits
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What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?
colonists stay east of Appalachian mountains
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What was another name for the Revenue Act?
Sugar Act
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When was the Revenue Act? What three things did it do?
- 1764
- lowers molasses tax
- if caught smuggling, larger penalty
- If caught, sent to Nova Scotia for court
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When was the Stamp Act? What did it do?
- 1765
- tax on all printed material
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What were the 3 reactions to the Stamp Act?
- Virginia resolves
- Sons of Liberty
- Stamp Act Congress
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When was the Stamp Act Congress? What were it's two goals?
- 1765
- Stop violence of Sons of Liberty
- Get Stamp Act repealed
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When was the Declaratory Act? What did it do?
- 1766
- Parliament reserves the right to tax the colonies
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When was the original Quartering Act? What did it do?
- 1765
- quarters troops in public areas
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When were the Townshend Acts? What did they do?
- 1767
- indirect taxes on materials
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What were the responses of the Townshend Acts?
Daughters of Liberty boycott
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When was the Boston Massacre?
March 1770
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When was the Gaspee Incident? What happened?
- 1772
- Commander William Duddingston, in charge of catching smugglers, his boat caught fire and sank
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What did the Tea Act of 1773 do?
lowered price of tea
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When was the Boston Tea Party?
1773
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When were the Coercive Acts? What did they do?
- 1774
- Boston Port Act
- Massachusetts Government Act
- New Quartering Act
- Imperial Administration of Justice Act
- Quebec Act
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What did the Massachusetts Government Act do?
- replaced government in MA with royal Thomas Gage
- repeals Massachusetts assembly
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What did the Imperial Administration Justice Act do?
Any royal official accused of a crime is held for trial in Great Britain
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When was the 1st Continental Congress? What were the goals?
- 1774
- Declaration of Rights and Grievances
- Continental Association boycott
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When and what was the Conciliatory Proposition?
- 1774
- Great Britain will no longer tax colonies if they voluntarily pay off the war debt
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Who were the Provincial Congress?
The repealed Massachusetts Assembly under John Hancock
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Who rides to Lexington? Who rides to Concord?
- Revere and Dawes
- Dawes and Prescott
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When was the Battle of Lexington and Concord? Who won?
- 1775
- British then colonists, but overall colonists
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When was the 2nd Continental Congress? What were the two goals?
- 1775
- Reconcile with Britain
- Prepare for war, find a general
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Why did George Washington get the job as general?
- wanted the job
- experience
- rich
- born in VA
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How did the colonies get the weapons to prepare for revolution?
Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold got them at Ft. Ticonderoga
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When was the Battle of Bunker Hill? Who won? How did they win?
- 1775
- British
- Kept pushing until colonists at top of hill ran out of ammo
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Who led the Battle of Bunker Hill for the Colonists?
Prescott
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What was the American Strategy?
- 1) Take New France
- 2) Use guerilla warfare
- 3) Survive
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What was the British strategy?
- 1) Stop rebellion in Massachusetts
- 2) Divide at NY
- 3) Preserve the south/use loyalists
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Who helped the colonies take New France?
- Ethan Allen attempts to take Canada - taken as PoW
- Richard Montgomery takes Montreal
- Benedict Arnold attempts to take Quebec
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How does Washington claim Massachusetts in 1776?
Siege of Boston: Builds up defense like they have more power than they really do
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Who were Richard and William Howe?
loyalists who led the army and navy respectively against colonists
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What happens at the Continental Congress of 1776?
- Richard Henry Lee announces idea of independance
- Jefferson (and sorta John Adams and Robert Livingston) put together Declaration of Independance
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When was the Battle of Long Island/Brooklyn? What happened?
- 1776
- Washington kept losing until Christmas break when he sneak attacked the Hessians
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When was the Battle of Saratoga? What happened?
- 1777
- Burgoyne and Howe plan to meet in Albany but Americans lead Burgoyne to hills and kill the troops while they hunt for turkeys
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What were the results of the Battle of Saratoga?
- Gives Amerians pride
- Forces British to change strategy
- Americans get support from France
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What did the Treaty of Alliance of 1778 do?
Gave colonists French and Spanish support
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How did the colonists win from Savannah, Charleston, Camden, to Cowpens? When did this happen?
- British won the battles but the Sons of Liberty drove out all of the loyalists so the real victory went to the colonists
- 1778-1781
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How do the British change their strategy after the Battle of Cowpens?
British realize they can't win in the mountains and focus on the East Coast
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Who leads Americans in the Battle of Cowpens?
Morgan
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Who leads the Americans in the Battle of Saratoga?
Gates > Arnold and Morgan
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When was the Battle of Yorktown? What happened?
- 1781
- Washington led the troops through Cornwallis' birdnest and trap his troops with the French navy
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What treaty ends the Revolutionary War?
- The Treaty of Paris 1783
- Americans get land S of Canada, E of MS, N of FL
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What were the branches of the new state governments? What powers did they have? Who was allowed to vote?
- Legislative, Executive, Judicial
- Taxes and militia
- White men with religion and property
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When were the Articles of Confederation written? By whom?
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Under the Articles, what powers did the new government have?
- 1) Make war and peace
- 2) Right to draft treaties and alliances
- 3) Control Indian affairs
- 4) Maintain standards of coins, weights, and measures
- 5) Maintain a postal service
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How would people pass the Articles?
- 1 vote per state
- You need 2/3 the votes to create new legislature
- All 13 needed to amend the Articles
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How did the Land Ordinance of 1784 come about?
Maryland wouldn't amend the Articles unless VA gave up some land to the central gov. More states gave up land too
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What did the Land Ordinance of 1784 state?
- We will divide the territory eventually
- The territory will be self governed somehow
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What did the Land Ordinance of 1785 state?
Territory will be 5 states, self governed, no slavery
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What did the SW Land Ordinance of 1790 state?
Same survey as 1785, same government as 1785, allows slavery
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Name 9 problems with the Articles.
- Leadership in states
- No executive branch
- No army
- No standard currency
- Debt
- Tariff
- France
- Rhode Island
- 13 to amend
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When was Shay's Rebellion? What happened?
- 1787
- Farmers can't pay taxes in hard currency
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What was the result of Shay's Rebellion?
Made people rethink the Articles
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When was the Mount Vernon Congress? What did they want to/actually talk about?
- 1785
- Wanted: Potomac River Co.
- Actually: Articles problems
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When was the Annapolis Congress? Who headed it? Was it successful?
- 1786
- James Madison
- no, only 5 states come
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When was the Constitutional Convention? What was proposed?
- 1787
- VA Plan
- NJ Plan
- Great Compromise
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Who made the VA Plan?
James Madison and Edmund Randolph
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What was in the Virginia Plan?
- Legislative Branch: Both houses by population
- Executive Branch: One president
- Judicial Branch: Courts
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Who made the NJ Plan?
William Patterson
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What was in the New Jersey Plan?
- L Branch: 1 House, 1 vote for state, equal repres.
- E Branch: 3 presidents
- J Branch: Courts
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What was the 3/5th's Clause? Where was is proposed?
Every other persons will count as 3/5ths of a citizen, proposed in the NJ Plan
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Who were the Federalists?
people who wanted the Constitution and trash the Articles
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Who were the Anti-Federalists?
people who wanted to amend the Articles, but not completely trash them
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What terms was Washington president?
1789 & 1792
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Who was in Washington's Cabinet? (4 dept., 2 unofficial advisers)
- Attny. General - Edmund Randolph
- Secretary of War - General Henry Knox
- Secretary of Treasury - Alexander Hamilton
- Secretary of State - Thomas Jefferson
- Post Master General - Samuel Osgood
- Chief Justice - John Jay
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What are the four original departments and their chairs?
- Dept. of Justice: Attny. General
- Dept. of Defense: Secretary of War
- Dept. of Treasury: Secretary of Treasury
- Sept. of Foreign Affairs: Secretary of State
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What were the 5 things Hamilton wanted to accomplish?
- Establish credit
- Make states subservient
- Generate revenue
- Generate more revenue
- Encourage manufacturing
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How did Hamilton establish credit?
Report on Public Credit: pay back IOUs
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How did Hamilton make states subservient?
Assumption Plan: Federal gov. will assum state debts
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How did Hamilton pass the Assumption Plan?
Traded votes for Jefferson and Madison
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How does Hamilton generate revenue (1)?
Bank of the US
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How does he get the Bank of US to pass?
Though Madison and Jefferson disagree with bank, Washington agrees and wins
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How did Hamilton generate revenue (2)?
Whiskey Tax
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What was the Whiskey Tax used for?
To pay back France
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When was the Whiskey Rebellion? Was it successful?
- 1794
- no, farmers got starstruck with Washington
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How did Hamilton want to encourage manufacturing?
- Report on Manufacturers: US gov give grants to private industries for manufacturing
- doesn't pass
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What were the two battles of Indian Affairs?
- Battle of Wabash
- Battle of Fallen Timbers
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When was the Battle of Wabash? Who against who? Who wins?
- 1791
- Miami & Shawnee Indians v. St. Clair (America)
- Indians win
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When was the Battle of Fallen Timbers? Who against who? Who wins?
- 1794
- Miami & Shawnee Indians v. Wayne (America)
- America wins
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When was the Jay Treaty?
1794
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What comes of the Battle of Fallen Timbers?
Get Ohio from natives, trade tobacco with natives
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