American History Test 2

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reactions of colonial elites after certain acts were passed in british parliament

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the colonial elites object to these new policies b/c England threatens to take away power from Colonists

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Sugar act

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this act gave individuals rewards for capturing smugglers. Some colonists didnt like this b/c they themselves were smugglers

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Currency Act-

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temporarily put a hault on printing paper currency

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Stamp act

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put a tax on all paper items. violence occurs in many colonies. Colonists burn stamps so they cant be used. people alo attacked the men in charge of stamping the paper

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Gaspee Affair

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1772- Gaspee is a naval patrol boat in place to catch smugglers. it was anchored in providence Rohode Iland and smugglers burnt it. English officials Decide to have the people responsible tried in London Instead of Rhode Island. This angers colonists b/c it shows lack of trust in the local judicial system

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Hutchinson Affair

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1772- Governor Hutchinson is told by his Massacheusets Colonial Congress that if he doesnt sign a bil then they will not pay him. the king then steps in and says GB will pay him and this upsets the colonial congress

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Tea act-

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1773- Parliament gave a bailout to the East India Trade company whos main business was with tea. The colonists who dressed as indians in the boston tea party were the competitores in tea.

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Intolerable acts

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parliament puts restriction on Massacheusets legislature which gives all the power to hutchinson. this act also closed the port of boston. the official name was "coersing acts"

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Issue of soveriegnty

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soverignty is political power. from british perspective sovereignty comes from one source, the king. From colonist perspective soveriegnty should be a division of power between the king first but then the colonists need some power too. this disagreement starts the revolution

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Early fighting

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in 1775 small battles break out before the official war breaks out. Lexington and Concord are some main battles

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Concord

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April- British come to concord looking for a weapons Cache. Minutemen defend the town. an unkown shot fires and starts the First battle. no rifles were found in concord. the minutemen then retreat towards Lexington

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Lexington

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in the afternoon after the battle in concord. this time the minutemen have gathered more men and are more prepared. and this time they also dont stand in front of the british but use guerrilla tactics from the woods. brits lose 70-80 men in there retreat back to boston

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Fort in hudson river Valley

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Ethan Allen leads a band of mountain men on the raid. he enters the commanders bedroom the commander is awakend by a saber put to his throat. Allen demands British to give up control of the fort and the fort is captured

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Bunker hill

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colonists get cannons and attack brish. british beat the colonists b/c colonists run out of ammo

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what three events signaled that colonists were willing to fight?

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1. Lexington and Concord 2. Fort in the Hudson river valley 3. Bunker hill

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how did the nation feel about all the fighting?

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The colonists were divided into 3rds. some thought that they should stay loyal to the British, some thought they should have a revolution and be done with the british and some were fence sitters

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Declaration of Independence was made up of what 3 parts?

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the preamble, the bill of particulars, and the philisophical conclusion

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what was the preamble?

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the preamble was the philisophical justification. this refers to the "laws of nature" coming from the enlightenment. the purpose was to justify the revolution to Fence sitters and the English people and win sentiments and help from other European Countries because a revolution like this has never happened before were the colonie turned its back on the mother country.

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what was the Bill of Particulars?

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Legal Brief, Bulk of the Document. its a long list of individual grievences towards the king and parliament. these all start with "he"

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philisophical conclusion

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first time United States of America was used

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Paine Pamphlets

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Thomas Paine writes 2 documents, the first is called "Common Sense" the second is called "the Crisis"

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Common Sense

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Thomas paine used regualr speech instead of lawyer talk. this document was printed and sold to the general public. it was distributed starting in january 1776

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The Crisis

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Colonists were losing badly by the end of 1776. paine visits George Washingtons Camp, he sees the bad morale and writes this to up morale. the next day washington and his men cross the delaware river on a sneak attack and defeat the British in battle

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War of Independence

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the war of independence stops in 1781 while the Revolution ends in 1787. the war was the actual fighting while the revolution was the political side of things. the war consisted of four phases

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First phase of the War of Independence

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Lasts till november of 1776- Regarded by the British as a policing act

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Second phase of the War of Independence

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December 1776-1778 American Victories start happening First in Trenton another good win was at Seritoga

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Valley Forge

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During the winter of 77 and 78. During the winter there is a kind of truce b/c its too cold to fight. During this time a Prussian Prince by the name of Baron Steuben comes to offer his services to General Washington. Steuben trains Washingtons army to fight and act like a proffessional army. steuben begins training in the spring and by the summer of 1778 the continental army is starting to look like a proffessional army.

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third phase of the War of Independence

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british decide to move fighting toward the south. this was done to stretch the american lines. this doesnt work b/c farmers down south are now recruited and they begin using guerrilla tactics against the british.

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fourth phase of the War of Independence

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British concentrate power and put half of forces in Virginia. the battle of yourktown is won by americans and half of the british army is captured and surrendered in north america. this ends the war.

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Federalist papers

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a book written with major contributions from Madison, Hamilton, and Jay on there thoughts on pro federalism

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Federalist era

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Federialst principles are at there height.

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who asks congress to set up a list of things that need to be protected?

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James Madison

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court system

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there were 6 chief justices in the supreme court. now there are 9. the court system starts at local and moves its way up tod district, circuit then supreme.