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Chapter 6
Pre-Revolutionary War
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| French Exploration | both Britain and France began to move onto the Ohio River Valley, established trade for Beaver Skins, french came to halt English expansion |
| Salutary Neglect | allowed democracy in colonies |
| Navigation Acts 1650-73 | trade only w/ Britain, keep the French out, shipbuilding increased protection from British navy, limited manufacture, low prices, pay high prices for goods |
| Enforcement | difficult, corrupt agents |
| Mercantilism | favorable balance of trade for England, raw materials to mother country to make it self suffiecient, effected all colonies |
| King George's War (1744-48) | Louisbourg, at the peace treaty Louisbourg was given back to the french which angered the new englanders who had fought for the fort |
| George Washington 1754 | Virginia's governor sent GW to secure west lands claimed by VA attacked Fort Duquesne (French) Washington and men had to retreat and build fort Neccessity |
| French/Indian War (1754-63) | fought over beaver skins, most french forces in Europe |
| Albany Congress | attempt at unification, 7 colonies, to keep Iroquis loyal to Britain, long range effect was colonial unity, Franklin developed a system of home rule which the delegates accepted, colonies didn't want to give up self taxation powers |
| British | early battles didn't go well, British didn't approve of colonial regulars who used guerilla warfare |
| Treaty of Paris 1763 | French power in America all but gone, Spain took over some French claims in Louisiana, England gained all land east of the mississippi |
| Colonists | borne the brunt of the battles, gained military experience, shattered the myth of invulnerability |
| Friction | b/w the colonists and British troops, no recognition of American rank above captain, low opinion of colonial troops by British |
| British Reaction | Brits upset at reluctance of the colonies to aid in the war, many american shippers traded with the French, reimburse colonies for expenditures |
| Problems of Unity | distance between colonies, geographic barriers, religious conflicts, nationalities, different governments, class issues, boundary disputes |
| Indian Losses | lost main allies against the British |
| George III | changes in colonial policy, came with the rise to his power, end of salutary neglect, had to pay for cost of war, colonies should pay more |
| Proclamation of 1763 | colonists were not allowed to move past the Appalachian mountains |
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