Road to Revolution Flashcard Review

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What is mercantilism?

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An economic policy where colonies supply the mother country with goods and raw materials to increase wealth and power.

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How does mercantilism work?

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colonies---> raw materials to mother country

mother country---> sells goods to other countries

Mother country makes the money

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Who was the Ohio River Valley controlled by?

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The French

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Why did the British want control of the Ohio River Valley?

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to trade with local Natives and more farmland

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French and Indian War was a conflict between

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British and French

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Why were the forks of the Ohio River important?

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river used for transportation

could travel in 3 directions (North, South, West)

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The Albany Plan of Union by Benjamin Franklin called for

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unification of the colonies

to defend and to make laws and raise taxes

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Why was the Albany Plan of Union rejected?

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colonies were worried they would lose freedoms

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What brings an official end to the French and Indian War?

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The Treaty of Paris (1763)

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What were the terms of the Treaty of Paris (1763)

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gave England control of the Ohio River Valley and Canada

(British controlled lands stretched west to the Mississippi River and south to the Gulf of Mexico)