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Mercantilism |
British economic system, favorable balance of trade, export more than import |
Trade, more of, less than |
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Sugar act |
Reduce tax on sugar by 1/2, colonists upset, shift from prohibitive to revenue tax |
Reduce, shift |
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Sons of Liberty |
Group of terrorists, want independence use violence and intimidation to get what they want, led by Samuel Adams |
9/11, aggression, Boston Lagar |
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Taxation without representation |
Colonists not represented in parliament, citizens are guaranteed representation? |
Colonists... |
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Quartering Act |
Make colonists pay more for defense required colonies to provide barracks for British troops. Reinstated by British in response to Boston tea party |
Tea, made colonists mad |
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Stamp act |
Purpose is to raise money, required stamps to be placed on paper goods, targeted at colonists |
Mail... |
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Boston Massacre |
Failure to remove British army from Boston 1770, 5 people killed |
"Massacre" |
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Tea act |
Forced colonists to buy tea from the British east India company. |
india |
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Boston Tea Party |
Colonists dressed as native Americans and threw tea overboard, $750,000 wasted, organized by sons of liberty. |
Wasn't a party |
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Intolerable acts |
1.Reinstate Quartering act 2.Take away right to representative assembly in mass bay 3.Close port of Boston until tea is paid for 4.British soldier tried in England. |
In response to the tea party |
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First continental congress |
All colonies except Georgia Resolved:1. Petition the king 2. Boycott British goods 3.Boston militia drill 4. Meet again in a year |
Basically just agreements |
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Samuel Adams |
Led the sons of liberty group. |
Boston lagar, sons of liberty |
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Prohibitive tax |
Tax made to keep people from buying a product. Legal |
Cigarettes are an example of one today |
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Revenue tax |
Tax made to make money. Illegal |
Stuff like east India tea company |
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Battles of Lexington and Concord |
Colonial warning system Meet at Lexington 700 British troops vs. 70 colonists 5 colonists killed move on to Concord Objective fails head back to Boston Colonists attack, victory |
Outnumbered, 1 if by land, 2 if by sea. |
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Declaration of independence |
July 4th, 1776 congress sign Declaration of independence, colonies declared free and independent. |
National holiday, |
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Natural law |
Free and independent |
Bird |
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Social contract theory |
Gave up some rights to freedom, people can rebel if government abuses power. |
Exchange of rights, careful balance of... |
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Tories |
Those loyal to the king of England, loyalists |
Loyalists |
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Patriots |
Those against the king of England and the British |
Rebels |
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The revolution as a civil war |
Reasons it happened 1.money 2.violence by British 3. Personal liberty was vioalted |
3 reasons... |
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Battle of bunker hill |
Took place at breeds hill, British worried high ground will threaten British navy, British victory, but they suffer more casualties than the colonists |
Didn't take place on bunker hill |
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Battle of saratoga |
Turning point of Revolution British led by John Burgoyne Colonists led by Horatio Gates Benedict Arnold ignores Gates and leads Colonists to victory Largest American victory Leads to treaty of alliance with France |
Things change, 1:1, large event, new allies |
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Treaty of alliance |
Alliance with France to help defeat the British in America |
Alliance |
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War of attrition |
Guerilla warfare, drag on the fight and make it costly so the other side gives up. |
Vietnam |
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Battle of Yorktown |
Made possible by French naval victory at battle if capes Washington defeats cornwallis British surrender and end war even they have forces in New York. |
French help, first president, |
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Treaty of Paris |
America gains independence Land to the Mississippi river except new orleans, florida, and Canada. |
Large amount of land, foundation of independence |
