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5276179259Edict of NantesIssued by the crown,granted limited toleration to French protestants0
5276179260HuguenotA French Protestant of the 16-17th centuries1
5276179261Coureurs de bois"Runners of the woods", runners of risks,two fisted drinkers,free spenders,free livers and lovers2
5276179262VoyageursA boatman employed by the fur company's in transporting goods3
5276179263King Williams war1689-1713, earliest contests among the European powers for control of North America known to British colonists4
5276179264Queen Anne's war1702-1713 mostly pitted British colonists against the French coureurs de bois with both sides recruiting whatever Indian allies they could5
5276179265War of Jenkins earBroke out in 1739 between British and Spaniards confined to Caribbean Sea and Georgia6
5276179266King George's warSmall scale scuffle with Spain in America soon merged with large scale war of Austrian succession in Europe7
5276179267AcadiansAcadia people8
5276179268French and Indian war4th struggle began in America touched off by George Washington in the wilds of the Ohio balled in 1754 it rocked along on an undercard basis for two years then widened9
5276179269Seven years warMost far flung conflict the world had yet seen it was fought in America Europe West Indies Philippines Africa and ocean seven seas war10
5276179270Albany congressFranklin was one of the leading spirits meeting of representatives sent by the legislatures of 7/13 British North American colonies11
5276179271RegularsArranged in or constituting a constant or definite pattern12
5276179272Battle of Quebec1759 ranks as one of the most significant engagements in British and American history13
5276179273Pontiacs uprisingLaid siege to Detroit in the spring of 1763 and eventually overran all but 3 British posts west of Appalachians14
5276179274French and Indian war reasonFrench wanted to extend their North American colonies into the land west of Appalachian mts (Ohio territory)15
5276179275Outcome French and Indian warBritish won16
5276179276Impact of French and Indian warA great expansion of British territorial claims in new world enlarged Brittany's debt17
5276179277RepublicanismDefined a just society as one in which all citizens willingly subordinated their private selfish interests to the common good18
5276179278Radical whigsA group of British political commentators19
5276179279MercantilismJustified their control over colonies believed that wealth was power and a country's economic wealth20
5276179280Sugar act1764, first law ever passed by that body for raising tax revenue in the colonies for the crown21
5276179281Quartering actMeasure required certain colonies to provide food and quarters for British troops22
5276179282Stamp actRaise revenues to support the new military force mandated the use of stamped paper or affixing of stamps certifying payment of tax23
5276179283Admiralty courtsJuries were not allowed,guilty unless they could prove they were innocent24
5276179284Stamp act congressNYC, 27 distinguished delegates from 9 colonies25
5276737016Nonimportation agreementPromising stride toward Union they spontaneously United American prepare for first time in common action26
5276737017Sons of libertyGroup of rodent spirits27
5276737018Daughters of libertyEnforced non importation agreements against violators28
5276737019Declaratory actReaffirming parliaments right to bind the colonies in all cases whatsoever29
5276737020Towns head ActSeizing on a dubious distinction between external and internal forces30
5276737021Boston massacreTroops opened fire and killed 11 citizens31
5276737022Committees of correspondenceRallied colonial opposition against British policy and established a political union among 13 colonies32
5276737023Intolerable actsSeries of punitive laws passed British parliament in 1774 after Boston tea party33
5276737024First contential congress heldDiscuss intolerable act,Royal governor in Georgia succeeded in blocking delegates from being sent in congress34
5276737025First contential congress doOrganize colonial resistance to parliament coercive acts35
5276737026Second contential congress heldManage the colonial war effort,adopting Declaration of Independence36
5276737027Second contential congress doSucceeded first contential congress37
5276737028Common senseOne of most influential pamphlet by t Paine anticipated Thomas Jefferson declaration that only lawful states were those power from consent of governed38
5276737029Declaration of IndependenceNatural laws of humankind not just British rughts39

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