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The Black Boys rebellion, the Glossary

The Black Boys Rebellion, Smith's Rebellion or Allegheny Uprising, was an armed uprising between citizens of the Province of Pennsylvania and the British Army between March 5 and November 18, 1765.^[1]

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1760s riots
1765 in Pennsylvania
1769 in Pennsylvania
Pontiac's War
Rebellions in the United States

Allegheny Mountains

The Allegheny Mountain Range (also spelled Alleghany or Allegany), informally the Alleghenies, is part of the vast Appalachian Mountain Range of the Eastern United States and Canada and posed a significant barrier to land travel in less developed eras.

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Allegheny Uprising

Allegheny Uprising (released in the UK as The First Rebel) is a 1939 American Adventure Western film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Claire Trevor and John Wayne.

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American Revolution

The American Revolution was a rebellion and political movement in the Thirteen Colonies which peaked when colonists initiated an ultimately successful war for independence against the Kingdom of Great Britain. The Black Boys rebellion and American Revolution are rebellions in the United States.

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Battle of Bushy Run

The Battle of Bushy Run was fought on August 5–6, 1763, in western Pennsylvania, between a British column under the command of Colonel Henry Bouquet and a combined force of Delaware, Shawnee, Mingo, and Huron warriors.

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Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin (April 17, 1790) was an American polymath: a leading writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher and political philosopher.

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Black Joke

The Black Joke, sometimes spelled Black Joak, was a bawdy song heard in London around 1730.

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British Indian Department

The Indian Department was established in 1755 to oversee relations between the British Empire and the First Nations of North America. The Black Boys rebellion and British Indian Department are Pontiac's War.

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Carlisle, Pennsylvania

Carlisle is a borough in and the county seat of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Commander-in-Chief, North America

The office of Commander-in-Chief, North America was a military position of the British Army.

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Conococheague Creek

Conococheague Creek, a tributary of the Potomac River, is a free-flowing stream that originates in Pennsylvania and empties into the Potomac River near Williamsport, Maryland.

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Cut (earthworks)

In civil engineering, a cut or cutting is where soil or rock from a relative rise along a route is removed.

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Edward Braddock

Edward Braddock (January 1695 – 13 July 1755) was a British officer and commander-in-chief for the Thirteen Colonies during the start of the French and Indian War (1754–1763), the North American front of what is known in Europe and Canada as the Seven Years' War (1756–1763).

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Enoch Brown school massacre

On July 26, 1764, four Delaware (Lenape) Native Americans entered a settlers' log schoolhouse in the Province of Pennsylvania and killed the schoolmaster, Enoch Brown, and ten students. The Black Boys rebellion and Enoch Brown school massacre are Pontiac's War.

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Fort Bedford

Fort Bedford was a French and Indian War-era British military fortification located at the present site of Bedford, Pennsylvania.

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Fort Duquesne

Fort Duquesne (originally called Fort Du Quesne) was a fort established by the French in 1754, at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers.

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Fort Loudoun (Pennsylvania)

Fort Loudoun (or Fort Loudon, after the modern spelling of the town) was a fort in colonial Pennsylvania, one of several forts in colonial America named after John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun. The Black Boys rebellion and fort Loudoun (Pennsylvania) are Pontiac's War and pre-statehood history of Pennsylvania.

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Fort Pitt (Pennsylvania)

Fort Pitt was a fort built by British forces between 1759 and 1761 during the French and Indian War at the confluence of the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers, where the Ohio River is formed in western Pennsylvania (modern day Pittsburgh). The Black Boys rebellion and fort Pitt (Pennsylvania) are Pontiac's War.

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George Croghan

George Croghan (c. 1718 – August 31, 1782) was an Irish-born fur trader in the Ohio Country of North America (current United States) who became a key early figure in the region.

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Great Lakes region

The Great Lakes region of Northern America is a binational Canadian–American region centered around the Great Lakes that includes the U.S. states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin and the Canadian province of Ontario.

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Greencastle, Pennsylvania

Greencastle is a borough in Franklin County in south-central Pennsylvania, United States.

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Henry Bouquet

Henry Bouquet (born Henri Louis Bouquet; 1719 – 2 September 1765) was a Swiss mercenary who rose to prominence in British service during the French and Indian War and Pontiac's War.

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Highwayman

A highwayman was a robber who stole from travellers.

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James Burd

James Burd (March 10, 1725 – October 5, 1793) was a colonial American soldier in the French and Indian War, during which he played an important role in fortifying the Pennsylvania frontier.

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James Smith (frontiersman)

James Smith (November 26, 1737 – April 11, 1813) was a frontiersman, farmer and soldier in British North America.

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John Penn (governor)

John Penn (14 July 1729 – 9 February 1795) was an English-born colonial administrator who served as the last governor of colonial Pennsylvania, serving in that office from 1763 to 1771 and from 1773 to 1776.

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John Wayne

Marion Robert Morrison (May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), professionally known as John Wayne and nicknamed "the Duke", was an American actor who became a popular icon through his starring roles in films which were produced during Hollywood's Golden Age, especially in Western and war movies.

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Kingdom of Great Britain

The Kingdom of Great Britain was a sovereign state in Western Europe from 1707 to the end of 1800.

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Lenape

The Lenape (Lenape languages), also called the Lenni Lenape and Delaware people, are an Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands, who live in the United States and Canada.

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Loincloth

A loincloth is a one-piece garment, either wrapped around itself or kept in place by a belt.

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London Chronicle

The London Chronicle was an early family newspaper of Georgian London.

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Mercersburg, Pennsylvania

Mercersburg is a borough in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Moccasin

A moccasin is a shoe, made of deerskin or other soft leather, consisting of a sole (made with leather that has not been "worked") and sides made of one piece of leather, stitched together at the top, and sometimes with a vamp (additional panel of leather).

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Mohicans

The Mohicans are an Eastern Algonquian Native American tribe that historically spoke an Algonquian language.

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Moravian Church

The Moravian Church, or the Moravian Brethren (Moravská církev or Moravští bratři), formally the Unitas Fratrum (Latin: "Unity of the Brethren"), is one of the oldest Protestant denominations in Christianity, dating back to the Bohemian Reformation of the 15th century and the Unity of the Brethren (Jednota bratrská) founded in the Kingdom of Bohemia, sixty years before Martin Luther's Reformation.

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New France

New France (Nouvelle-France) was the territory colonized by France in North America, beginning with the exploration of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Great Britain and Spain in 1763 under the Treaty of Paris.

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Odawa

The Odawa (also Ottawa or Odaawaa) are an Indigenous American people who primarily inhabit land in the Eastern Woodlands region, now in jurisdictions of the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada.

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Ohio Country

The Ohio Country (Ohio Territory, Ohio Valley) was a name used for a loosely defined region of colonial North America west of the Appalachian Mountains and south of Lake Erie. The Black Boys rebellion and Ohio Country are Pontiac's War and pre-statehood history of Pennsylvania.

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Paxton Boys

The Paxton Boys, also known as the Paxtang Boys or the Paxton Rangers, were a mob of settlers that murdered 20 unarmed Conestoga in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in December 1763. The Black Boys rebellion and Paxton Boys are 1760s riots, pre-statehood history of Pennsylvania and rebellions in the United States.

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Pontiac (Odawa leader)

Pontiac or Obwaandi'eyaag (c. 1714/20 – April 20, 1769) was an Odawa war chief known for his role in the war named for him, from 1763 to 1766 leading Native Americans in an armed struggle against the British in the Great Lakes region due to, among other reasons, dissatisfaction with British policies.

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Pontiac's War

Pontiac's War (also known as Pontiac's Conspiracy or Pontiac's Rebellion) was launched in 1763 by a loose confederation of Native Americans who were dissatisfied with British rule in the Great Lakes region following the French and Indian War (1754–1763).

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Province of Pennsylvania

The Province of Pennsylvania, also known as the Pennsylvania Colony, was a British North American colony founded by William Penn, who received the land through a grant from Charles II of England in 1681. The Black Boys rebellion and Province of Pennsylvania are pre-statehood history of Pennsylvania.

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Royal Proclamation of 1763

The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued by King George III on 7 October 1763. The Black Boys rebellion and Royal Proclamation of 1763 are Pontiac's War.

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Scalping

Scalping is the act of cutting or tearing a part of the human scalp, with hair attached, from the head, and generally occurred in warfare with the scalp being a trophy.

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Scotch-Irish Americans

Scotch-Irish Americans (or Scots-Irish) Americans are American descendants of primarily Ulster Scots people who emigrated from Ulster (Ireland's northernmost province) to the United States during the 18th and 19th centuries.

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Seven Years' War

The Seven Years' War (1756–1763) was a global conflict involving most of the European great powers, fought primarily in Europe and the Americas.

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Sideling Hill

Sideling Hill, also Side Long Hill, is a long, steep, narrow mountain ridge in the Ridge-and-Valley (or Allegheny Mountains) physiographic province of the Appalachian Mountains, located in Washington County in western Maryland and adjacent West Virginia and Pennsylvania, USA.

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Stamp Act 1765

The Stamp Act 1765, also known as the Duties in American Colonies Act 1765 (5 Geo. 3. c. 12), was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which imposed a direct tax on the British colonies in America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper from London which included an embossed revenue stamp.

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Subaltern (military)

A subaltern is a primarily British military term for a junior officer.

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Susquehannock

The Susquehannock, also known as the Conestoga, Minquas, and Andaste, were an Iroquoian people who lived in the lower Susquehanna River watershed in what is now Pennsylvania.

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The Pennsylvania Gazette

The Pennsylvania Gazette was one of the United States' most prominent newspapers from 1728 until 1800.

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Thomas Gage

General Thomas Gage (10 March 1718/192 April 1787) was a British Army general officer and colonial official best known for his many years of service in North America, including his role as British commander-in-chief in the early days of the American Revolution.

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Tomahawk

A tomahawk is a type of single-handed axe used by the many Indigenous peoples and nations of North America.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Boys_rebellion

Also known as Black Boy Uprising, Black Boys, Black Boys Rebellion, Brave Fellows, Loyal Volunteers.

, Thomas Gage, Tomahawk.

The Black Boys rebellion, the Glossary

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See also

1760s riots

1765 in Pennsylvania

1769 in Pennsylvania

Pontiac's War

Rebellions in the United States

References