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19 Cards in this Set
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Both the Proclomation of 1763 and the Quebec Act of 1774 |
Interfered with Colonial claims to western lands |
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The Albany Plan of Union |
Was not implemented because of opposition by colonial legislatures, but it set a precedent for future plans to unite British mainland colonies |
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What helped convince the delegates to the Second continental congress to vote for independence? |
Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" |
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In the Declaratory Act, Parliament stated that |
It had the right to legislate for the colonies in all matters, including taxes |
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Americans objected to the Tea Act beacuse |
Its revenues were going to be used to pay for royal governors in the colonies |
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John Adams, a key figure in the Revolution did this |
served as the lawyer for the soldiers tried for shooting civilians in the Boston Massacre |
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In 1754, Virginia sent the 21-year-old surveyor George Washington into the Ohio Valley because |
The french were building forts there to regain the Indian trade from Pennsylvania and Virginia |
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Why did Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia join in the war against the French only three years after the beginning of the French and Indian War? |
French-armed Shawnees, Delawares, and Mingos had struck them hard in the west |
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In the Treaty of Paris in 1763, what was agreed upon? |
Britain gained new territories that quadruples the size of its possessions, French citizens from Acadia were deported, and Spain gained control of the Louisiana Territory west of the Mississippi. |
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What motivated Indian tribes in 1763 to join the anti-British coalition under Ottawa Chief Pontiac? |
The Delaware Indian religious Prophet Neolin called for Indians to repudiate Europeans culture, goods, and alliances |
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The purpose of the writs of assistance authorized by the Massachusetts royal governor was to |
curb smuggling |
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The Quartering Act of 1765 |
required colonial legislatures to provide supplies to British troops |
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On balance, what was the overall impact of the 1867 Revenue Act on the British treasury? |
It worsened the British treasury's deficit |
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Who published the Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania? |
John Dickinson |
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John Wilkes was |
a fiery London editor and opponent of King George III who became a hero to American colonists |
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Women's participation in the non-consumption agreements in 1770 |
showed that colonial protests reached deep into households and had broad support |
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The colonial committees of correspondence were were |
local committees established to coordinate anti-British actions. |
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the "Paxton Boys" of Pennsylvania |
believed that all Native Americans were their racial enemies |
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What prompted colonists to send delegates to a Continental Congress in Philadelphia |
The Intolerable Acts |
