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allowed limited toleration to the French Huguenots
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Samuel de Champlain became known as the “Father of New France.” Good relationship with Indians.French colonists didn’t immigrate to North America by hordes
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King Louis XIV became king, he was interested in colonies over seas- established Quebec 1608
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was aimed at rival Dutch shippers trying to elbow their way in American carrying trade
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Louisiana was founded, in 1682, by Robert de LaSalle
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The English colonists fought the French coureurs de bois and their Indian allies .Didn’t think they should waste troops in America. British tried to capture Quebec and Montreal
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By Angelican church to train young clergy members
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The Grand Alliance (England, the League of Augsburg, Denmark, Portugal, and the Netherlands) declared war on France and Spain to prevent union of the French and Spanish thrones following the death of King Charles II of Spain.- second french indian war
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Smallpox affected 1/5 people introduce inoculation, some people didint like it because it went against god
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influential, contained many common sayings and phrases, and
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They were worried people wouldn’t be saved and wanted to revitalize the religion. John Edwards was a preacher that talked about the eternal damnation nonbelievers would have after death
-“Sinner in the hands of an Angry God”-dangling spider
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John Peter Zenger, a New York newspaper printer, was taken to court and charged with seditious libel . Freedom of press began
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An orator of rare gifts, he even made Jonathan Edwards cry and
convinced always doubtful Ben Franklin to empty his pockets into the collection plate -
b/t British and Spanish. Jenkins had his ear cut off by a Spanish commander, laugh at him to go home crying. War confined between Caribbean Sea and Georgia
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War of Austrian Succession and Jenkikn's Ear War
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Founded due to great awakening to educate religious leaders
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Lead to the French Indian War
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referred to in the colonies, was the beginning of open hostilities between the colonies and Gr. Britain. England and France had been building toward a conflict in America
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the British sent haughty 60 year-old officer experienced in warfare to lead a bunch of inexperienced soldiers with slow, heavy artillery
• ambushed routed by using “Indian tactics”
• tried to attack a bunch of strategic wilderness posts, defeat after defeat piled up -
William Pitt -he became a foremost leader in the London government and later earned the title of “Organizer of Victory”
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ranks as one of the most significant engagements in British and American history
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French kicked out of America. They gave Louisiana to Spain
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colonists saw it as another form of oppression from a far away country
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it ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris, the bristish won the seventh
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protested to the Quaker’s the peaceful treatment of the Indians.
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it increased duty on foreign sugar imported from the West Indies-paid for debt
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required certain colonies to provide food and quarters for British troops-payed for debt
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imposed a stamp tax to raise money for the new military force
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Representatives from 9 of the colonies met in NY to discuss Stamp Tax
The Stamp Act Congress wasn’t acknowledge by British but did form some type of unity -
Founded due to great awakening to educate religious leaders
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Charles “Champaign Charley” persuaded parliament to pass the act
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legislature was suspended for not following quarter act
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Founded due to great awakening to educate religious leaders
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a crowd of about 60 townspeople began taunting and throwing snowing to men with redcoat
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some Whites, led by patriot Samuel Adams,
disguised themselves as Indians, opened 342 chests and dumped the tea into the ocean in this -
Repressive Acts- passed to punish colonies especially MA
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A good law in bad company, it guaranteed Catholicism to the
French-Canadians, permitted them to retain their old customs, and extended the old boundaries of Quebec all the way to the Ohio River -
the First Continental Congress met to discuss problems in Philadelphia- Declaration of Rights
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the British commander in Boston sent a detachment of troops to nearby Lexington and Concord to seize supplies and to capture Sam Adams and John Hancock