Chapter 5 Ss Test

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Benjamin Franklin

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Patriot;Diplomat to England to argue Stamp Act, helped write DOI, oldest to sign DOI

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Col. Francis Smith

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Loyalist; sent by Thomas Gage to Concord to arrest rebellion leaders and destroy their weapons and ammunition but he didn't find anything

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Col. William Prescott

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Patriot; American General at Battle of Bunker Hill, famous for the quote "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes"

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Gen. Benedict Arnold

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Patriot/Loyalist; helped capture Ft Ticonderoga; later sells military information to British and became a traitor

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Gen. Ethan Allen

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Patriot; led the Green Mountain Boys to help capture Fort Ticonderoga; never a traitor

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Gen. Thomas Gage

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Loyalist; Leader of British forces in the colonies; gave order to attack Concord and capture rebel leaders

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John Hancock

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Patriot; President of 2nd Continental Congress; first to sign DOI; signed really big in the middle so King George could see it without his glasses on

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Thomas Jefferson

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Patriot; Credited to have authored the DOI, took ideas from John Locke

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Thomas Paine

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Patriot; Wrote the pamphlet 'Common Sense' that called for the total break from British control

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William Dawes

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Patriot; one of the handful of men that made a midnight ride to warn Concord that the British were coming

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What was the goal of the meeting of the 2nd Continental Congress

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To discuss breaking away or remaining a colony of Great Britain

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What were the three things the 2nd Continental Congress created?

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Post Office

Currency

Continental Army

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boycott

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refusing to buy or use products or contribute to causes you disagree within principle

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Effigy

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the destruction of a symbol in protest- dummy or mannequin dressed as a recognized figure

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Green Mountain Boys

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Leader: Ethan Allen

Famous For: participating in the Fort Ticonderoga fight

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Loyalists

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Did not believe that money was a good enough reason to rebel and supported loyalty to Great Britain

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Minutemen

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local militia that was ready to fight in a minutes notice

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repeal

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To end or take away- the colonists waned to do this to the Acts they didn't like

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Bunker Hill

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British won; was important because Britain lost nearly 1000 men; gained little ground; showed colonists would fight hard

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Concord

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Militia stockpile of arms and ammunition; colonial leaders of the rebellion was there;targeted to control the rebellion by taking away weapons and arresting their leaders; controlled by Colonists

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Townshend Acts

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made to control trade; taxed all imported goods like glass, tea, and paper; led to Boston Massacre

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Tea Acts

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Made to keep the British East India Company in business and pay off Boston Harbor event; taxed tea

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Coercive Acts

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made to maintain and punish the colonists; no tax but said soldiers were to live among the colonists; banned Town Hall meetings and closed Boston Harbor; a response to Boston Tea Party

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Quebec Acts

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Made to create a government in Canada; no tax but the colonists lost access to land in Canada

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Intolerable Acts

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named by colonists; Coercive Acts and Quebec Acts; violated their English rights

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Boston Massacre

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An event where townspeople and soldiers were arguing in the streets and led the British to fire; five were killed

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Boston Tea Party

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The Sons of Liberty dressed as Native Americans and threw 342 cheats of tea overboard

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Protect it

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Now the Great Britain owned much of North America they had to..

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Proclamation of 1763

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kept peace between Native Americans and Colonists, kept Colonists near the coast where the British authority was strongest; allowed Britain to control westward expansion

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George Greenville(king George)

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tried to stop smuggling by passing strict laws; allowed customs officers to obtain writs of assistance

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Fort Ticonderoga

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Cannons- guns ammunition, food, clothing was there; targeted because it was a strategic location, supplies; controlled by British- then colonists

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Assemblies

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Colonists believed only their own ____________ could tax them

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Patrick Henry

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Led the Virginia House of Burgess to pass a resolution saying only they could pass tax on themselves

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Samuel Adams

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started the group the Sons of Liberty

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Daughters of Liberty

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promoted homemade fabrics for the Colonists so they would not have to buy them from Great Britain

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Redcoats

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Nickname for the British

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The soliders

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Rude, poor young men who stole from local shops and fought with the colonists; competed for jobs while they weren't on duty

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Propaganda

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Information designed to influence opinion; Paul Revere made this by making a poster that showed the soldiers firing at the colonists

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Boston Committee

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A network of communication between the British; brought protestors together against British

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Continental Congress

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Made up of 55 delegates who represented Americans

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Notable delegates from Massachusetts in Continental Congress

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Samuel Adams

John Adams

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Lexington

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Approx. 80 militia members were there; targeted because it was a town on the way to Concord; controlled by Colonists- then British

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Notable delegates from New York in Continental Congress

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John Jay

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Notable delegates from Virginia in Continental Congress

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George Washington

Richard Henry Lee

Patrick Henry

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Suffolk Resolves

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Colonial militias were formed and told to arm themselves

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Shot heard around the world

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Happened at Lexington; basically started the war; nobody knows who fired it

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Reasons people remained loyal to Britain

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officers who felt responsible to uphold British rule; haven't suffered from British policies; believed Britain would win the war

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5 men who wrote the DOI

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John Adams, Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert Livingston, Roger Sherman

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July 4

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Delegates signed the DOI

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Preamble of DOI

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Explained what the document was going to say

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Part 2 and 3 of DOI

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Grievances against Great Britain- cutting add trade with the rest of the world and imposing taxes on us without our consent

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Part 4 of DOI

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Declared colonists a new nation

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Olive Branch Petition

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2nd Continental Congress wrote it; intended to end conflict between colonies and Great Britain peacefully; GB said NO

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Part 5 of DOI (according to Rhinehart)

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Signatures

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Patriots

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supported the fight to break from Great Britain

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Sons of Liberty

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young men around the colonies who violently protested laws made by Great; responsible for tarring and feathering govt. officials (Boston Tea Party)

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writs of assistance

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laws allowing govt. to search colonists homes; guilty if not proven innocent; British rationale was to stop smuggling; if you don't have anything to hide you shouldn't be upset; Colonial reaction was that it was a total invasion of privacy; did not like being accused of crimes without defending themselves

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Sugar Act

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made to raise money to pay off debt and slow down smuggling; lowered molasses prices to stop smuggling

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Stamp Act

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made to raise money; taxed all printed materials including newspapers, wills, and playing cards

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Declaratory Act

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made to control colonists and stop boycotts; no tax but said that govt. could tax and make all decisions for the colonists