THE THREE POINTLESS WARS
THE SEVEN YEAR WAR
DISCONTENT IN THE BRITISH COLONIES
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
AMERICAN CONSTITUTION & THE FIRST PRESIDENT
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WHAT COUNTRIES FOUGHT WITH EACH OTHER IN EUROPE?

FRANCE, ENGLAND, AND SPAIN. THE FIGHT SPILLED OVER INTO COLONIES IN NORTH AMERICA

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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

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WHAT WERE THE ACTS

A SERIES OF TAX LAWS WRITTEN BY THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT TO RECOUP SOME MONEY SPENT DEFENDING THE COLONIES

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WHO WERE THE THREE RIDERS SENT TO WARN THE COUNTRYSIDE AND CONCORD?

PAUL REVERE

WILLIAM DAWES

SAMUEL PRESCOTT

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WHAT WERE THE 13 STATES DOING AFTER THE REVOLUTION?

ACTING AS SEPARATE COUNTRIES WITH OWN LAWS, CONSTITUTIONS, MONEY, AND TREATIES.

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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 



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WHO BEGGED TO CARRY OUT THE MESSAGE?

GEORGE WASHINGTON

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WHAT DID PATRICK HENRY ARGUE?

NO BRITISH CITIZEN COULD BE FORCED TO PAY TAXES UNLESS HIS REPRESENTATIVE IN PARLIAMENT AGREED

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WHO WERE THE MINUTEMEN

COLONIAL MILITIA READY AT A MOMENT NOTICE 

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WHY WERE THE PEOPLE WORRIED ABOUT A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

BECAUSE THE HAD JUST FOUGHT TO BE FREE FROM GREAT BRITAIN

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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?



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WHERE DID THE SEVEN YEAR START

OHIO RIVER VALLEY IN NORTH AMERICA 

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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

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WHO WAS THE COMMANDER OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY?

GEORGE WASHINGTON

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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 

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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

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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 

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WHAT WAS THE BOSTON MASSACRE?

ALTERCATION IN 1770 BETWEEN COLONIST THROWING SNOW AND BRITISH SOLDIERS.

5 PEOPLE KILLED

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WHERE WAS THE FIRST BATTLE IN THIS WAR?

BUNKER HILL

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WHO WAS THE SECRETARY OF TREASURY AND SECRETARY OF STATE?

ALEXANDER HAMILTON

THOMAS JEFFERSON

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THE WAR OF AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION IS ALSO KNOWN AS 

KING GEORGE'S WAR


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WHO WAS EDWARD BRADDOCK

LED THE REINFORCEMENTS FROM ENGLAND

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WHAT IS THE BOSTON TEA PARTY?

COLONISTS DISGUISED AS INDIANS DUMPED 342 CHESTS OF TEA INTO THE BOSTON HARBAW

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THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE BEGAN IN WHAT TOWN?

LEXINGTON

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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