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Writer of the Declaration of independence
Who was Thomas Jefferson
Act passed by the British Parliament that taxed molasses and sugar to increase American colonies revenue.
What was the Sugar Act (1764)?
A system of forced labor.
What is slavery?
Global war between Britain and France that took place mostly in North America.
What was the Seven Years War?
Treaty that ended the War of 1812.
What is the Treaty of Ghent?
He brought the Sons Of Liberty together to act against British tyranny.
Who was Samuel Adams?
Act that aimed to help the failing British East India Company by exempting them from paying taxes on a certain beverage.
What was the Tea Act (1773)?
Profitable agricultural products that were the center of trade between North America and Europe.
What are cash crops?
The Pueblo Indians led a successful uprising in New Mexico against Spanish colonial rule.
What was the Pueblo Revolt?
The formal end to British hostilities against France and Spain.
What is the Treaty of Paris (1763)?
He wrote the Declaration of Rights.
Who is George Mason?
Law requiring American colonists to house and feed British soldiers stationed in the colonies after the French and Indian War.
What was the Quartering Act (1765)?
Negotiations between a delegation of Iroquois and members of the British Board of Trade to create a settlement.
What was the Albany Conference?
Series of conflicts between the Wampanoags and English settlers.
What was King Philip’s/Metacom’s War?
Spain agreed to a boundary with the US at the 31st parallel and to opening the Mississippi to American shipping in the following year.
What is Pinckey’s Treaty?
They started the Great Awakening, preaching that the people are sinners in the hands of an angry God.
Who were Johnathan Edwards and George Whitfield?
A series of four laws passed by Britain after the Boston Tea Party to assert authority.
What were the Intolerable Acts (1774)?
Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that advocated for natural rights – furthering the advocacy for American Independence from Britain.
What was Common Sense (1776)?
The Iroquois Five Nations battled the French and their Indian allies in this war.
What was King William’s War?
Treaty with Britain, negotiated in which the US made major concessions to steer away from war over the British seizure of American ships.
What is Jay’s treaty?
He led nearly 8,000 British troops to march on Fort Ticonderoga.
Who was John Burgoyne?
Parliament affirmed its full authority to make laws binding the colonies, accompanied with the repeal of the Stamp Act.
What was the Declaratory Act (1766)?
Members of congress, predominantly from the South and West who aggressively pushed for a war against Britain after the election of 1816.
Who were the War Hawks?
English settlers and Pequot Indians battling over land and trade in east Connecticut.
What was the Pequot War?
Treaty between US and Spain where Spain ceded Florida to the US, surrendered all claims to the Pacific Northwest, and agreed to a boundary between the territory gained from the Louisiana purchase and the Spanish Southwest.
What is the Adams-Onis Treaty/ Transcontinental Treaty?