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What is the name of the war which began the build up of the American revolution? |
Seven Year War/ French and Indian War |
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When was the war fought? |
1756-1763 |
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Which Team won? |
The British and Americans |
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What was a result of the seven year war? |
The different colonies of America began to bond and see themselves as one nation |
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What was the Boston massacre? |
(March 5, 1770) The murder of 5 colonists, which generated range amongst Americans everywhere. |
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What land did the British gain? |
Past the Appalachian mtns, up to the west coast |
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Where did Indians go after? |
The kept retreating west |
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Where did the french go? |
They retreated north to what would now be called canada |
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Why did the British tax colonists? |
Because they were in debt from the war and decided to exploit the Americans because they believed they fought the war for them |
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What taxes were imposed on the colonists?. |
Stamp act, Tea act, Sugar, Stamp Quartering Acts |
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What was the basis of no taxation without representation? |
The colonists believed they did nothing to deserve the taxes and refused to pay unless they were told why.... Additionally, they had no representatives in the British parliament therefore it was illegal to tax them by Britain's law |
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What was the enlightenment? |
An intellectual movement of the 17th and 18th century |
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Features of the enlightenment |
Ideas on how to categorise knowledge Ideas on how people can coexist without the same beliefs Ideas on how people change society using logic reasons |
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Who are philosophes? |
Enlightenment thinkers or philosophers |
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Who was John Locke? |
A philosopher who believed that there are natural rights of all people such as life, liberty and the pursuit of property |
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When was the American revolution? |
1775-1783 |
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When was the treaty of Paris signed? |
1763 |
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What was mercantilism? |
The economic relationship between European colonies and their mother land. It restricted trade and so that colonies can only trade with their mother land |
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What was the mercantilism policy called, what did it do and when was it created? |
The Navigation Acts of 1650's enforced their mercantilism policies by law |
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What preventative measures did Britain take to control her colonists? |
Change policies to reflect new territories
Issues a proclamation (1763) preventing colonists from passing the Appalachian Mountains Directly tax colonists Places more soldiers Tightens control |
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When was the quartering act passed? |
March 24, 1765 |
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Stamp Act |
March 22, 1765 |
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When were the sons of liberty formed? |
August, 1765 |
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When were the intolerable acts passed? |
March 24, 1774 |
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When was the Boston Massacre? |
March 5, 1770 |
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When was the Boston Tea Party? |
December 16, 1773 |
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When was the Boston (tea) Boycott? |
May-December, 1773 |
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When was the battle of Lexington and Concord? |
April 19, 1775 |
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When was the first continental congress? |
1775 |
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When was the 2nd continental congress? |
July 4, 1776 (Also declares independence) |
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When and what was the Townsend Act? |
The Townsend Act of 1767 declared that duties were placed and all British importd |
