THE THREE POINTLESS WARS
WHAT COUNTRIES FOUGHT WITH EACH OTHER IN EUROPE?
FRANCE, ENGLAND, AND SPAIN. THE FIGHT SPILLED OVER INTO COLONIES IN NORTH AMERICA
FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR
FIGHT OVER WHO WOULD CONTROL THE NORTH AMERICA CONTINENT
GOVERNOR DINWIDDIE OF VIRGINIA HEARD NEWS FROM SCOUTS: THE FRENCH WERE BUILDING ROADS INTO THE OHIO VALLEY ( NOW WESTERN PA)
GOVERNOR SENT A MESSAGE TO KING GEORGE II
- SEND A MESSENGER TELL THE FRENCH TO LEAVE. IF THEY DONT CHASE THEM OUT. PROTECT THE LAND BY BUILDING A FORT
WHAT WERE THE ACTS
A SERIES OF TAX LAWS WRITTEN BY THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT TO RECOUP SOME MONEY SPENT DEFENDING THE COLONIES
WHO WERE THE THREE RIDERS SENT TO WARN THE COUNTRYSIDE AND CONCORD?
PAUL REVERE
WILLIAM DAWES
SAMUEL PRESCOTT
WHAT WERE THE 13 STATES DOING AFTER THE REVOLUTION?
ACTING AS SEPARATE COUNTRIES WITH OWN LAWS, CONSTITUTIONS, MONEY, AND TREATIES.
EXPLAIN THE WAR OF THE GRAND ALLIANCE
1. WAR OF THE GRAND ALLIANCE
- STARTED BY LOUIS XIV TRYING TO EXPAND EMPIRE IN EUROPE
NETHERLANDS, GERMAN STATE OF AUSTRIA AND ENGLAND FORMED AND ALLIANCE
- FOUGHT IN EUROPE, BUT THE ENGLISH PAID THE IROQUOIS TO ATTACK FRENCH SETTLEMENTS IN CANADA
-IN RESPONSE THE FRENCH ATTACKED THE ENGLISH SETTLEMENTS IN NY AND NEW ENGLAND
- THE SETTLERS IN CANADA AND NEW ENGLAND CALLED THIS WAR KING WILLIAM'S WAR ( NORTH AMERICAN PART OF THE WAR )
- 8 YEARS OF FIGHTING LEFT A HATRED FOR EACH OTHER
WHO BEGGED TO CARRY OUT THE MESSAGE?
GEORGE WASHINGTON
WHAT DID PATRICK HENRY ARGUE?
NO BRITISH CITIZEN COULD BE FORCED TO PAY TAXES UNLESS HIS REPRESENTATIVE IN PARLIAMENT AGREED
WHO WERE THE MINUTEMEN
COLONIAL MILITIA READY AT A MOMENT NOTICE
WHY WERE THE PEOPLE WORRIED ABOUT A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
BECAUSE THE HAD JUST FOUGHT TO BE FREE FROM GREAT BRITAIN
WHY DID THE WAR OF THE SPANISH SUCCESSION START?
STARTED WHEN LOUIS XIV PUT HIS GRANDSON ON THE SPANISH THRONE FOUR YEARS LATER
- ENGLAND AND THE NETHERLANDS DECLARED WAR
-FRENCH AND ENGLISH FIGHT AGAIN IN THE COLONIES
-IN NORTH AMERICA THIS WAR WAS CALLED ...
* THE ENGLISH CAPTURED FRENCH SETTLEMENTS IN ACADIA - CANADA* THEY BURNED SPANISH COLONY IN PENSACOLA, FL
- WAR ENDED WITH NO VICTORY. SURPRISE SURPRISE
-OVER IN EUROPE THE ENGLISH AND THE FRENCH MADE PEACE.
- GUESS WHO STOPPED FIGHTING AGAIN?
WHERE DID THE SEVEN YEAR START
OHIO RIVER VALLEY IN NORTH AMERICA
KING GEORGE III AGREED TO REPEALED SOME OF THE LAWS. WHY WAS THAT NOT ENOUGH FOR THE AMERICANS?
BECAUSE THEY DID NOT REPEAL THE TAX ON TEA.
PARLIAMENT WANTED THE AMERICANS TO KNOW WHO WAS IN CHARGE
WHO WAS THE COMMANDER OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY?
GEORGE WASHINGTON
SIMILAR TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS AND THE HOUSE OF LORDS 2 HOUSE SYSTEM
THIS HOUSES WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR WRITING OUT LAWS AND VOTING ON THEM
SENATE
2 FOR EACH STATE - SENATORS FOR EQUAL VOICE
HOUSE
ALSO 1 REPRESENTATIVE PER EACH 30 THOUSAND PEOPLE
MEET IN THE HOUSE OF REP - PART OF ONE COUNTRY
CONGRESS - BOTH HOUSES
WAR OF JENKINS EAR
- AFTER GEORGE I DEATH BY STROKE
-WAR BETWEEN ENGLAND AND SPAIN
- NAVIES HARASSED EACH OTHER
- CAPTAIN JENKINS ATTACKED AS A PIRATE ( HE WAS A MERCHANT ) PARLIAMENT WAS FURIOUS OF THIS TREATMENT OF A SUPPOSED LAW ABIDING CITIZEN. THE SPANISH CALLED JENKINS A THIEF AND A LIAR.
- GREW INTO A BIGGER WAR WITH THE DEATH OF CHARLES VI, HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR
- IN THE COLONIES THIS WAR WAS CALLED...
- ENGLISH COLONISTS IN GEORGIA ATTACKED THE SPANISH COLONIES IN FL
- THE FIGHTING WENT ON FOR FOUR YEARS
- FINALLY ENGLAND, FRANCE AND SPAIN SIGNED A PEACE TREATY. NOTHING CHANGED JUST A LOT OF DEATH
WHAT WERE THE PROBLEMS FACED BY GEORGE WASHINGTON ON THE WAY BACK FROM THE OHIO VALLEY?
LACK OF FOOD, INDIANS, EXTREME COLD, AND A FROZEN RIVER
WHAT WAS THE BOSTON MASSACRE?
ALTERCATION IN 1770 BETWEEN COLONIST THROWING SNOW AND BRITISH SOLDIERS.
5 PEOPLE KILLED
WHERE WAS THE FIRST BATTLE IN THIS WAR?
BUNKER HILL
WHO WAS THE SECRETARY OF TREASURY AND SECRETARY OF STATE?
ALEXANDER HAMILTON
THOMAS JEFFERSON
THE WAR OF AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION IS ALSO KNOWN AS
KING GEORGE'S WAR
WHO WAS EDWARD BRADDOCK
LED THE REINFORCEMENTS FROM ENGLAND
WHAT IS THE BOSTON TEA PARTY?
COLONISTS DISGUISED AS INDIANS DUMPED 342 CHESTS OF TEA INTO THE BOSTON HARBAW
THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE BEGAN IN WHAT TOWN?
LEXINGTON
WHAT IS THE CAPITAL LAND GIVEN BY VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND?
WHY WAS A NEW CAPITAL NECESSARY?
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
SO THE STATES WOULDN'T FIGHT