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24 Cards in this Set
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albany plan of union
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dvlpd by ben franklin provided for intercolonial gvmnt and defense
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peace of paris
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great britain acquired both canada and spanish florida. france gave to spain, louisiana & w miss. river
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salutary neglect
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allowed colonies to go uncontroled and nav laws unenforced
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pontiac's rebellion
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native americans angered by settlers encroachment led attack against colonial settlements on west. frontier
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proclamation of 1763
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prohibited colonists settling west of app mtns for their protection
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sugar act
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revenue act, duties on sugar. money for the crown,enforced nav acts against smuggling
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stamp act
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tax on all printed paper. 1st direct tax paid by colonists
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patrick henry
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young virginian lawyer stood in house of burgesses to demand kings gvmnt recognize rights of all citizens
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declaratory act 1766
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parliament had right to tax nd make laws for colonies "in all cases whatsoever"
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townshend act 1767
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charles townshend, money used to pay crowns officials,search homes for smuggled goods w/ writ of assistance, suspended ny's assembly for defying qtr act
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john dickinson,letters from a farmer in Pa.
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wrote to parliamnt that they could regulate commerce but argued that taxation could not be done w/ rep. assembly
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sam adams & james otis
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wrote the mass. circular letter and sent copies to every colonial legislature
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mass. circular letter
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urged various colonies to petition parliament to repeal townshend acts
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lord fred. north
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new prime minister urged parliament to repeal townshend act
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committees of correspondence
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strtd by sam adams, regularly shared letters about suspicious or threatning brit. activities
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tea act
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made price of east india company tea cheaper than smuggled dutch tea
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coercive acts
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4 acts directed at punishing pple of boston and mass. aslo called intolerable acts
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port act
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closed port of boston until tea was paid for
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mass gvmnt act
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reduced mass gvmnt & increased power of royal gvnr
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admin justice act
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royal off.tried in england not colony
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quebec act
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estb catholic.as off. religion,set up gvmnt w/o rep assembly,extended quebecs boundary to OH river
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enlightmnt
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the darkness of the past ages and humanity's problms could be solved by human reasoning
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john locke
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17th cent english philosopher and political theorist wrote Two Treatises of gvmnt
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jean-jacques Rousseau
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french philosopher futher dvlpd lockes philo.
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