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58 Cards in this Set
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Two main ideas of americans?
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republicanism
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How was Britains empire acquired?
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a fit of absentmindedness
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British athorities embraced what idea?
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mercantilism
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A typical cartoon portrays america as a ... Britain as a ...
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rebellious daughter, lady of fashion
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What did the British government reserve the right to do? how many times?
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veto any colonial legislation 469
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Who achieved a fortune by smuggling?
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John Handcock
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What is special about the painting of Paul Revere?
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he is wearing working clothes
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What was the first law passed for tax revenue?
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Sugar Act of 1764
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How much debt did Britain have?
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140M pounds
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What PM administered the first taxes on the americas?
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George Grenville
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What prosecuted offenders of the tax laws? what was special about them?
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admiralty courts, no jury, guilty until proven innocent
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What did American draw a distinction between?
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legislation and taxation
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What evidence did Britain provide for American presence in Britain?
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virtual representation
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What was the first tax related congress?
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Stamp act congress 1765
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What did they agree on in the stamp act congress?
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non importation agreements
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Who took the law into their own hands?
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son/daughters of liberty
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What did they say?
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Liberty, Property, and No stamps
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what was printed on a tea pot in england?
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NO stamp act
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When was the stamp act repelled?
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1766
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What gave Parliament the right to bind the colonies is all cases?
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Declaratory Act
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What happened to King Georges statue during the revolution?
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it was melted into bullets
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Charles ______ Townshend
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Champagne Charley
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Was was most despised in the Townshend acts?
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tax on tea
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What did the Townshend acts pay for?
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salaries of royal governors
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What happened in 1768?
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Britain landed two regiments of troops, named red coated ruffians or bloody backs
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Who was the leader of the boston massacre?
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Crispus Attucks
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Who served as the British soldiers attorney?
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John Adams
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In 1770 leaders of england?
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PM Lord North, King George III
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Who drew a painting of the boston massacre?
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Paul Revere
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Samuel Adam
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leading spirit in hosting tea party, live and breathed politics... appealed to his "trained mob"
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Who established committees of correspondence? referred to as?
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Samuel adams "the foulest, subtlest, and most venomous serpent ever issued from the egg of sedition"
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"the foulest, subtlest, and most venomous serpent ever issued from the egg of sedition" referring to?
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committees of corr...
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who recieved monopoly in tea trade?
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British East India Company
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in annapolis after burning a ship of tea, people chanted?
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liberty and independence or death in pursuit of it
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"an abridgment of what are called English liberties?
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stamp act
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mass governor during tea party?
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Thomas Hutchinson
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Date of tea party?
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December 16, 1773
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tea was a...
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badge of slavery
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the sons of liberty wanted to make sure tea was not an ___ to the people
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invincible temptation
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Intolerable acts named
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the massacre of american liberty
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what was passed alongside the intolerable acts?
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quebec act
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about the quebec act, one protestant said it would be a
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jubilee in hell
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response to intolerable acts?
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first continental congress, 12 of 13 colonies except Georgia, John adams played major role
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our of congress came?
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the association
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what was done to opponents of the association?
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they were tarred and feathered
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Troops sent to... to pick up... in...
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Lexington and Concord, samuel adams and john Hancock.. 1775
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a british officer said the war could be solved by a ...
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sheep herder
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who like the revolution in england?
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the whig party
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what prevented Britain from easy capture of america
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no urban centers, spread out
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"There is no american who does not reject an novelty whatsoever in the management of taxation
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quito lawyer
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what brought truce to religion wars in europe (30 years wars)
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treaty of westphalia in 1648
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french gamecock
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marquis de lafayette
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what was "their congress now is quite disjointed since gallolws are for them appointed"
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continental congress
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first constituition in war?
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articles of confederation 1781
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what was one battalion called?
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ragged, lousy, naked, regiment
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"flly from their own shadows"
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washington
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Black flutist
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Lew
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group of blacks who fought with british
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lord dunmores ethiopian regiment// black loyalists
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