American History Chapter 3 Review – Flashcards
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describe the typical duties of a colonial governor
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executed local laws, appointed minor officials and summoned and dismissed colonial assemblies. Had the power to veto colonial laws.
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How were judges chosen
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the king would appoint them
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what were the duties of the Board of Trade
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nominated colonial governors, reviewed all laws passed by the local colonial legislature.
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Mercantilism
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loosely related policies to obtain gold and silver
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what is meant by a 'favorable balance of trade'?
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selling more goods abroad than were imported
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Albany Plan
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Proposed by Benjamin Franklin in 1754 as an attempt to form a union of the colonies. Later used to help form the Articles of Confederation.
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the Navigation acts
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designed to bring gold and silver into the British treasury.
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Navigation Acts of 1660
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set itno play to develop the imperial merchant and fleet to channel the flow of a colonial raw materials
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enumerated articles under the Navigation Act of 1660
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sugar, tobacco, cotton, ginger and dyes
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how did the Great Awakening impact the colonies
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by expanding their beliefs and developments across the globe, they also grew wealthy from this.
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the minister who was a great orator and was behind the surge of religious enthusiasm in Georgia
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George Whitefield
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the colleges that were funded because the Great Awakening
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Princeton(College of NJ), Brown(college of Rhode Island), and Rutgers(Queens College in New Brunswick)
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Enlightenment writer who found an audience in America
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John Locke
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2 other names for French and Indian War
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7 Years War and War of the Conquest
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Describe the cost of the French and Indian War for Great Britain
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The British Government had borrowed heavily from British and Dutch bankers to finance the war, and as a consequence the national debt almost doubled from £75 million in 1754 to £133 million in 1763. In order to address this onerous liability, British officials turned to larger import duties on enumerated goods like sugar and tobacco, along with a series of high excise (sales) taxes on goods such as salt, beer, and spirits
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Who was sent into the Virginia territory to reclaim the Ohio Companies
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Major General Braddock
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The impact on land of the peace terms by the Treaty of Paris ....
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FRANCE=The terms of the Treaty of Paris were harsh to losing France. All French territory on the mainland of North America was lost. GREAT BRITAIN=The British received Quebec and the Ohio Valley. SPAIN=The port of New Orleans and the Louisiana Territory west of the Mississippi were ceded to Spain for their efforts as a British ally.
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English leader who took ove the leadership effort for the French and Indian War
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William Pitt
