American Revolutionary War Key Concepts

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Primary Cause of the French and Indian War

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Competition between Britain and France for control of the Ohio River Valley and its valuable resources.

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Haudenosaunee (Iroquois)

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Major Native American group that allied with the British.

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Wabanaki Confederacy

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Native American groups that primarily allied with the French.

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Treaty of Paris (1763)

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Ended the French and Indian War. Britain gained almost all of France's territory in North America.

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British Debt after the French and Indian War

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Britain accumulated massive debt, leading them to search for new sources of revenue from the colonies.

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Proclamation Line of 1763

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Issued by King George III to prevent colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.

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British View of Colonists

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The British leadership saw the colonists as 'spoiled and rebellious children' who were ungrateful for British protection.

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Colonial View of Self

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Colonists saw themselves as English citizens who deserved the same rights, especially representation regarding taxation.

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"No Taxation without Representation"

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The core principle of colonial protest against taxes imposed by Parliament without elected representatives.

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Stamp Act (1765)

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Tax on nearly all printed materials, leading to widespread colonial protests.