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50 Cards in this Set
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Queen Anne’s War:
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conflict between France and England aka War of the Spanish Succession
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King George’s War:
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1740-1748 Conflict between England and France aka War of the Austrian Succession.
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French and Indian War:
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1754-1763 Conflict between England and France aka The Seven Years War
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Albany Plan of Union:
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Franklin’s idea of unifying the colonies during French and Indian War
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William Pitt:
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Prime Minister of Britain 1766-1768
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Treaty of Paris
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1763 document ending 7 Years War establishing British dominance in North America
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Pontiac’s Rebellion:
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Native American uprising protesting British rule in Ohio Valley
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Proclamation of 1763:
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British attempt to separate colonists from Native Americans
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writs of assistance:
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open-ended search warrant
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James Otis:
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American lawyer who opposed taxation without representation
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Paxton Boys:
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PA frontiersmen who slaughtered Indians after Pontiac’s Rebellion
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Sugar Act:
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British law taxing imports from French Caribbean islands
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vice-admiralty courts:
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courts dealing with trade laws
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Stamp Act:
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British attempt to raise revenue in colonies by taxing printed goods
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Virginia Resolves:
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denied Parliament’s right to tax the colonies
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Stamp Act Congress:
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colonial organization opposed formed in response to taxes
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Patrick Henry:
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VA leader in opposition to British taxes
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Sons of Liberty:
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group opposing British taxes by any means
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Declaratory Act:
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Act of Parliament asserting their right to rule and tax colonies
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Quartering Act:
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Act of Parliament requiring colonies to house British soldiers
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Townshend Acts:
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Parliamentary acts establishing taxes in colonial imports
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Sam Adams:
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leader of the colonial opposition in Boston
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Boston Massacre:
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five Americans killed by British soldiers during mob scene
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Crispus Attucks:
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African-American killed at Boston Massacre
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John Adams:
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defended British soldiers accused of murder at Boston Massacre
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Thomas Hutchinson:
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Royal governor of Massachusetts
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Committees of correspondence:
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system of communication between colonial governments
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Lord North:
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Prime Minister during the American Revolution
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Tea Act:
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tax act lowering taxes and establishing monopoly for East India Company
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Coercive Acts:
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Parliamentary acts to close down Boston following Boston Tea Party
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Quebec Act:
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Parliamentary act granting more local control for French Canadians
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First Continental Congress:
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assembly of colonial representatives before independence
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Lexington and Concord:
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first battles of the American Revolution
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Battle of Bunker Hill:
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Battle of Breed’s Hill, costly victory for British
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Thomas Paine:
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wrote Common Sense encouraging independence
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Quock Walker case:
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judicial decision abolishing slavery in MA
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Abigail Adams:
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wife of John Adams, early advocate of women’s rights
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Mercy Otis Warren:
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woman writer/scholar of the American Revolution
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Lafayette:
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French volunteer for American Continental Army
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Robert Morris:
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financier of the American Revolution
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Conway cabal:
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attempt to remove Washington as commander of Continental Army
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Yorktown:
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final battle of American Revolution, defeat of Cornwallis
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Treaty of Paris 1783:
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document officially ending War for Independence
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Disestablishment:
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the end of state supported churches in the new states
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Articles of Confederation:
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first constitution of the United States
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Northwest posts:
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frontier forts in US territory occupied by British after the war
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Northwest Ordinance:
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plan for adding new states passed by Confederation
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Shays’ Rebellion:
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violent uprising challenging the authority of MA and US
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Philadelphia Convention:
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meeting to draft new Constitution
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James Madison:
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“father of the Constitution” , wrote Virginia Plan
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