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57 Cards in this Set
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Conflict between France and England aka War of Spanish succession
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Queen Anne's War
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Conflict between France and England aka War of Austrian succession
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King George's War
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1754-1763 Conflict between France and England aka seven years war
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French and Indian War
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Franklin's Idea of unifying the colonies during French and Indian War
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Albany Plan of Union
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Prime Minister of Britain 1766-1768
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William Pitt
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Document ending Seven Years War establishing British dominance in North America
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Treaty of Paris 1763
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Native American Uprising protesting British rule in Ohio Valley
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Pontiac's Rebellion
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British attempt to separate colonists from Native Americans
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Proclamation of 1763
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Open-ended search warrant
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Writs of Assistance
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American Lawyer who opposed taxation without representation
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James Otis
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PA Frontiersmen who slaughtered Indians after Pontiac's Rebellion
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Paxton Boys
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British law taxing imports from French Caribbean islands
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Sugar Act
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Courts dealing with trade laws
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Vice-admiralty courts
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British attempt to raise revenue in colonies by taxing printed goods
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Stamp act
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Denied Parliament's right to tax the colonies
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Virginia Resolves
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Colonial organization opposed formed in response to taxes
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Stamp Act Congress
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VA leader in opposition to British taxes
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Patrick Henry
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Group opposing British taxes by any means
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Sons of Liberty
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Act of Parliament asserting their right to rule and tax colonies
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Declaratory Act
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Act of Parliament requiring colonies to house British soldiers
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Quartering Act
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Parliamentary acts establishing taxes in colonial imports
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Townshend Acts
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Leader of the colonial opposition in Boston
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Sam Adams
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Five Americans killed by British soldiers during Mob scene
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Boston Massacre
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African-American killed at Boston Masssacre
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Crispus Attucks
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Defended British soldiers accused of murder at Boston Massacre
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John Adams
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Royal governor of Massachusetts
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Thomas Hutchinson
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System of communication between colonial governments
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Committees of Correspondence
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Prime Minister during the American Revolution
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Lord North
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Tax act lowering taxes and establishing monopoly for East India Company
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Tea Act
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Parliamentary acts to close down Boston following Boston Tea Party
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Coercive Acts
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Parliamentary act granting more local control for French Canadians
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Quebec Act
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Assembly of colonial representatives before independence
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First Continental Congress
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First battles of the American Revolution
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Lexington and Concord
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Battle of Breed's Hill, costly victory for the British
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Battle of Bunker Hill
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Wrote Common Sense encouraging independence
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Thomas Paine
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Judaical Decision abolishing slavery in MA
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Quock Walker case
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Wife of John Adams, Early advocate of woman's rights
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Abigail Adams
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Woman writer/scholar of the American Revolution
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Mercy Otis Warren
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French Volunteer for American Continental Army
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Lafayette
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Financier of the American Revolution
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Robert Morris
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Attempt to remove Washington as commander of Continental Army
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Conway Cabal
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Final battle of American Revolution, Defeat of Cornwallis
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Yorktown
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Document officially ending War for Independence
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Treaty of Paris 1783
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The end of state supported churches in the new states
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Disestablishment
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First constitution of the United States
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Articles of Confederation
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Frontier forts in US territory occupied by British after the war
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Northwest posts
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Plan for adding new states passed Confederation
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Northwest Ordinance
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Violent uprising challenging the authority of MA and US
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Shays' Rebellion
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Meeting to draft new Constitution
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Philadelphia Convention
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"Father of the Constitution", Wrote Virginia Plan
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James Madison
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CT proposal for equal and proportional representation
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Great Compromise
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Proposed national government favoring large states
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Virgina plan
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Proposed national government favoring small states
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New Jersey Plan
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Historical Interpretation stating economic causes for constitution
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Beard Thesis
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Leaders opposed to the Constitution
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Anti-federalists
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Leaders in support of the Constitution
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Federalists
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Refused to sign Constitution because it did not defend individual rights
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George Mason
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