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54 Cards in this Set
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What are the dates for the Great Awakening?
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1730's--1740's
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Who preached the famous sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"?
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Jonathan Edwards
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What were the results of the Great Awakening?
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1. Changed Lives
2. Missionary endeavors 3. New Colleges 4. Religious freedom strengthened 5. Preparations for political freedom |
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What were England's advantages in the French and Indian War?
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More men; Better agriculture, trade and industry; and control of the seas
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What were France's advantages during the French and Indian War?
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Highly civilized government; well-fortified Quebec; alliances with all Indians except Iroquois and Cherokee
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Who tried to take Fort Duquesne from the French?
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General Braddock
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Who became the Prime Minister of England during the French and Indian War?
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William Pitt the Elder
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What did the Peace of Paris do?
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1. France surrendered Canada and all territory east of the Mississippi river
2. New Orleans and Westo of Mississippi R. given to Spain 3. Spain gives up Florida to Britain |
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What claimed that the real measure of a nation's wealth is measured by the amount of gold it possesses?
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The Mercantile Theory
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What made all goods imported or exported from the colonies be carried on British boats and 3/4 of its crew be English?
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The Navigation Act of 1660
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What required that all European goods shipped to the colonies must be shipped to and processed in England first?
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The Navigation Act of 1663
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What taxed sugar, rum, and molasses?
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The Molasses Act
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What prohibited trade of woolen goods between the colonies and foreign countries?
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The Woolens Act
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What prohibited the production of forged items made of iorn in the colonies?
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The Iorn Act
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What was the most important agency in the colonies?
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The Board of Trade
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What gave British officials permission to search through any building if the British official possesed a search warrant?
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The Writs of Assistance
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What drew a boundary on the Appalacian Mountain chain prohibiting colonists from settling past it?
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Proclamation of 1763
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What cut tax on raw sugar in half, but raised the tax on refined sugar?
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The Sugar Act of 1764
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What forbade colonishts to issue any more paper money or to pay English debts in colonial currency?
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The Currency Act of 1764
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What made colonists buy stamps for any paper item?
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The Stamp Act of 1765
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What required colonists to house British troops and supply them with anything they need for as long as needed?
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The Quartering Act of 1765
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Who wrote "The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved"?
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James Otis
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What was the most hated of all of Grenville's acts?
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The Stamp Act
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Who became the new prime minister to George III?
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Lord Grenville
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When did parliament repeal the Stamp Act?
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1766
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What stated that the colonies were 'subordinate' to England and Parliament had the power to pass laws to 'bind the colonies'?
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The Declatory Act
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Who was the first Chancellor of the Exchequer?
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Townshend
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Who wrote "Letters From a Farmer"?
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John Dickinson
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Who repelled all the Townshend Acts except for the tax on tea?
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Lord North
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What was set up to keep colonists and let the colonies' position be known to the world?
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The Committes of Correspondence
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What gave power to the governor?
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The Massachusetts Government Act
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What cancelled the American colonies' westward land claims?
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Quebec Act
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When and where was the "shot heard round the world"?
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April 19, 1775 in Lexington
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Who captured fort Ticonderoga?
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Ethan Allen and his Green Mountan Boys
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What was the first major battle of the War for Independence?
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The Battle of Bunker Hill
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Who was the president of the Second Continental Congress?
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John Hancock
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What did the colonies send to the King of England in attempt at peace?
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The Olive Branch Petition
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What stated that the colonies' only use of arms would be for defense?
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The Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms
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What first declared that the colonies were independent?
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The Proclimation of Rebellion
Prohibitory Act |
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What was the most important human statement of political principlesin the hisory of the world?
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The Declaration of Independence
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Who wrote _Two Treaties of Government_?
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John Locke
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Who wrote _Commentaries on the Laws of England_?
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William Blackstone
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Who drove George Washington and the Continental army from New York City?
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Sir William Howe and Richard Howe
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When did Washington cross over the Delaware and defeat the Hessian troops?
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Christmas night, 1776
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What was known as the turning point of the war?
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Saratoga
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When did the British launch a new campaign where Burgoyne and St. Leger met at Albany?
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1777
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Who defeated Burgoyne at the Battle of Saratoga?
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General Horatio Gates
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What was the book that Washington brought to encourage the troops at Valley Forge?
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_The American Crisis_
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When did Parliament pass a bill that gave up its ability to tax the colonies?
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1778
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Who abondoned Philadelphia to concentrate his forces in New York?
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Clinton
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What British posts did George Rogers Clark seize?
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Kaskaskia, Cahokia, and Vincennes
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Who were commissioned by Congress to attack Brittish vessels?
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Privateers
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Who made the famous quote while fighting against the British warship _Serapis_ "I have not yet begun to fight"?
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John Paul Jones
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Who helped the British take Savannah and Charleston?
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General Cornwallis
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