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Albany Congress
Purpose was to get Iroquois on the side of the British -
Albany Plan of Union
Benjamin Franklin's plan for the colonies to "join or die"; was rejected by both Britain and the Colonists -
7 Years War 1754-1763
French and Indian war was caused by English encroachment onto French lands.
Indians sided with the French.
Great Britain and the colonists won. -
Treaty of Paris 1763
essentially removes France from North America -
Pontiac's Rebellion
Native American rebellion led by Chief Pontiac in the Ohio Valley Region. -
Proclamation Line of 1763
Response to Pontiac's rebellion; stated that colonists could not go past the Appalachian Mountains -
Stamp Act
Tax on 50 commonly used goods like newspapers, playing cards, etc. Caused anger among the colonists, they created Stamp Act Congress which worked on colonial boycotts of stamp products. -
Townshend Acts
Taxes on tea, lead, glass, and paint -
Tea Act
Taxed tea, led to 'no taxation without representation' -
Common Sense
Written by Thomas Paine, urged America to break away from Britain. -
Northwest Land Ordinance of 1787
Provided a process for admitting new states; pop. had to be at least 60,000; banned slavery in the NW territory