Chapter 7: Road To Revolution 1763-1775

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Committees of Correspondence

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Shadows governments created in the 13 colonies by patriots. They planned responses to Great Britain, and by 1773, superseded the legislature and royal officers.

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Gaspee Incident

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HMS Gaspee. a british ship was enforcing unfair trade regulations in America. On June 9th, 1772, it was off the coast of Gaspee Point in Warwick, RI while chasing the boat Hannah. Abraham Whipple and John Brown attacked the ship. This was significant in leading to the Civil War

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Tea Act of 1773

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Passed by the Parliament on May 10th, 1773, this act was helping the East India Co. by forcing all their unsold tea to by sent to the colonies and sold for cheap prices. However, the Townshend act was already in, and the American leaders saw this as trying to gain support for taxes. Americans refused to buy and receive it. This is important because it launched the last final spark in the revolutionary movement in Boston.

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Lord North

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Prime Minister of Great Britain fropm 1770 to 1782, and led Britain through the American Revolution. He was significant because he was in charge during the war of Independence.

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Boston Tea Party 1773

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Protest in Boston by the Sons of Liberty on Dec 16th, 1773. Disguised as Indians, the protesters destroyed a shipment of tea by throwing it into the harbor in defiance of the Tea Act earlier that year. It was one of the final events that made Britain angry and threw them into the revolution.

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Coercive (Intolerable Acts) 1774

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Series of laws passed by British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. Meant to punish Massachusetts colonists. Resistance and hatred of the laws led to the Revolution.

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Port Act

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One of the intolerable acts- March 31st, 1774.
Outlawed the use of Boston Ports for any kind of trade (blockade). This hurt the colony because that was their major import and export.

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Massachusetts government act

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Intolerable act- May 20th 1774
Took away their charter and made the royally appointed governor powers across Massachusetts. Took away the power to appoint officers, and gave that power to the king.

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Administration of Justice act

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Intolerable act May 20th 1774
Also called Murder act. Granted a change of cenure to another colony or GB in trials of officials charged with a crime growing out of their enforcement of the law.

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Quartering Act

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Intolerable act June 2nd, 1774
Required colonists to provide British soldiers with housing or accommodations/food.

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Quebec Act 1774

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This was a permanent government placed in for the temporary one in Quebec. The French canadians got religious freedom and the French restored Civil law. Did not allow the Western lands to extend like they wanted to into Quebec.

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First Continetal Congress 1774

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12 colonies delegates got together on September 5th, 1774 in Philadelphia, PA. It was in response to the intolerable laws made by Great Britain. They met decide what to do: boycott trade, rights and grievances, and they also petitioned King George III. Had no real effect, had to meet again the next year.

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Samuel Adams

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One of the founding fathers of America from Massachusetts. He was involved in the revolution movement. He was in the Mass house of representatives. He was an active member against Great Britain's control of America and aided in America's independence.

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Patrick Henry

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Active during the Independence movement in the 1770s. A founding father who was the 5th and 6th Governor of Virginia. "Give me Liberty or give me death!" After the revolution, he as the leader of the anti=federalists in VA and disliked the Constitution.

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George Washington

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First president of the United States and the commander in the Continental army during the Revolutionary war. Founding father who help draft the constitution.

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Declaration of Rights and Grievances

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Written by the Stamp Act Congress passed in 1765. Declared that taxes imposed on colonists without consent were unconstitutional. Many people protested in support of it.

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Suffolk Resolves

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Declaration made in 1774 in Suffolk County, Mass. It rejected the Massachusetts Government act and said that there would be a boycott of British products until the Intolerable Acts were repealed. The Continental Association, a general non important agreement, was formed, much like the sons of liberty. Colonies had to begin to raise militias on their own.

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Paul Revere and William Dawes

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Made the Midnight ride to warn the people and troops of Concord and Concord that the British were coming. Took separate routes in case either Sam Adams or John Hancock were captured, which was the British's goal. they gathered minutemen throughout to join to approach the British at Lexington and Concord. This was the beginning of the Revolutionary war with the "shot heard around the world."

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Lexington and Concord

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Places of 1st military battle of the Revolutionary war. Paul Revere and William Dawes traveled and warned minutemen and the military that the British were coming to attack, met at this place, and the first shot of the war was fired.

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Continentials

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The army formed at the Continental Congress to organize military efforts of the Revolutionary War. It was controlled by militias and troops that were under the control of their state.