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Bacon's rebellion
Cause: Governor Berkeley's refusal to retaliate for a series of Native Americans attack on the frontier settlements. The colonists wish to attack the Native Americans, but why were denied permission by Gov. Berkeley
definition: armed rebellion by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of governor.
impact: the growth of the slave trade; led to larger issues 'class struggles' -
Great Awakening
cause: America become divided; a reaction to against the enlightenment.
definition: a period of intense religious revivalism that spread throughout the American colonies.
impact: the movement shows the people the higher authority of church doctrine and instead put greater importance on the individual and his or her spiritual experience. -
Albany Plan of Union
cause: Imperial officials wanted a treaty between the colonies and the Iroquois that would articulate a clear colonial- Indian relations policy.
definition: a plan to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies suggested by Benjamin Franklin.
impact: the plan gave the grand council greater relative authority; allowed the new government to Ley taxes for its own support. -
French and Indian War
cause: the French and the English are fighting over the control of Ohio River Vally, wanted t to expand their settlements into the area.
definition: a series of military engagement between Britain and France forces near Quebec City in Canada.
impact: great expansion of the British territorial; the large debt for Britain; The treaty of Paris. -
British Colonial Acts
cause: British wants to get as much money as possible.
definition: the series of laws that strict the colonists rights
impact: the Boston massacre; colonist are feeling thronged with their rights. -
Proclamation Line of 1763
cause: The land that the British got after the French and Indian war
definition: British produced the line of boundary with the land of the French
impact: the colonist are mad; the colonists want to explore west -
Pontiac's rebellion
cause: the French and Indian War
definition: Native Americans rise and against the British right after the French and Indian war
impact: make the British tread them more seriously;put the Natives in a stronger position -
Boston massacre
cause: the colonist want to have the right the English has.
definition: colonist died in the fight of with the British soldiers.
impact: the Boston tea party; the colonist are more annoyed by the English -
Boston Tea Party
cause: Tea Act (the English wants the colonists to buy tea from the English
definition: The consist throw the British tea into the ocean
impact: no more self-government in Boston; more acts; closed Boston port -
First continental Congress
cause: the colonists acts
definition: the colonists meeting and united together
impact: the continual associated to boycott all contact with British goods.