| INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION | THE SEVEN YEARS WAR | AMERICAN REVOLUTION | WAR OF 1812 & LEADERS | TRADE & ECONOMY | KEY TERMS & PEOPLE |
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The shift from hand production to machines
What major change in production marked the start of the Industrial Revolution?
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Britain and France
What two European powers were mainly fighting in North America?
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United Empire Loyalists
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Impressment of sailors / trade restrictions
What was one reason the U.S. declared war on Britain?
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What is the Hudson's Bay Company
This company controlled the fur trade and is the eldest company in North America
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Samuel Adams
Who was a key organizer of protests like the Boston Tea Party?
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Coal
What natural resource powered many early factories and steam engines?
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The high cost of fighting the war
What was the main reason Britain went into debt after the war?
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The first battles of the war began
What happened at Lexington and Concord?
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Who is Isaac Brock?
This British general was killed while defending Upper Canada.
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What is the North West Company (NWC)?
This rival company expanded inland across Canada.
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Continental Congress
What group organized colonial resistance and political decisions during the revolution?
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To find work in factories
Why did many people move from rural areas to cities during this time?
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What is the Battle of the Plains of Abraham?
This 1759 battle determined control of Canada
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Who are the Sons of Liberty?
This group organized resistance to British policies in the colonies.
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It was burned by British forces
What happened to Washington, D.C. during the war?
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What is Rupert’s Land?
This region was controlled by the HBC and was vital for trade.
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Benjamin Franklin
Who was a diplomat who helped gain French support for the American colonies?
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The spinning jenny (or power loom acceptable)
What invention improved textile production and sped up cloth making?
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Who is James Wolfe?
This British general led forces at the Plains of Abraham.
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Continental Congress
What political group formed to organize colonial resistance and leadership?
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Who is Charles Cornwallis?
This American general surrendered at Yorktown, ending the Revolutionary War.
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Who are the Métis?
This group emerged from both European and Indigenous ancestry.
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Minutemen
What term refers to citizen soldiers ready to fight at short notice?
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Poor working conditions / long hours / child labour
Name one negative effect of the Industrial Revolution on workers.
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Britain taxed colonies to pay off debt
How did this war lead to problems with the American colonies?
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Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This document, largely written by this man, declared independence in 1776.
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It remained British / not taken by the U.S.
What was the overall result of the war for Canada?
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What are beaver pelts / fur trade goods?
This economic resource drove European interest in Canada’s interior.
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John Burgoyne
Who was the British general defeated at the Battle of Saratoga?
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Benjamin Franklin
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