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37 Cards in this Set
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What were the advantages for Britain to limit western settlement?
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1. They were able to control westward movement and avoid conflicts with Native Americans.
2. Keeping colonists close to East Coast provided a market for British goods to these coastal colonies 3. Closing western settlement allowed Britain to control the fur trade. |
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Why did Britain need new revenue or (money)?
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1. To pay for 10,000 troops to protect their enforcement of their laws and their interests.
2. To pay for the debt of the French & Indian War |
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What was the legal document which allowed customs officers to enter any location to search for smuggled goods
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writs of assistance
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Why were the colonists smuggling goods?
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to avoid taxes
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What was the Sugar Act?
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lowered tax on imported molasses
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What was the purpose of the Sugar Act?
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Britain hoped the lower tax would encourage the colonists to pay it rather than smuggle.
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Who paid more tax per person British or colonists?
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British by far
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Why did the sugar act, writs of assistance & vice-admiralty courts anger the colonists?
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Violated their rights as british citizens, violated their right to be secure in their homes and defendents had to prove their innocence rather than "innocent until proved guilty" as the law had promised.
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why did Grenville want smugglers sent to vice-admiralty courts?
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The colonists jury found the colonists not guilty of smuggling. In the vice admiralty court the colonists had to prove they were not guity.
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How did the Proclamation of 1763 attempt to protect Native American rights?
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Colonists could not move into their land as only Britain could negotiate with the Native Americans.
Could not settle west of Appalachian mountains. Native Americans were to govern their territory under their own laws. |
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The law placed a tax on almost all printed material, including newspapers, wills, and playing cards.
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Stamp Act
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Why were the colonists opposed to the Stamp Act?
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Parliament taxed the colonies directly.
Taxed them without approval. |
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Who persuaded the burgesses to take action against the STamp Act?
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Patrick Henry
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What was a formal expression of opinion
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resolution
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Who started the Sons of Liberty to protest the Stamp Act?
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Samuel Adams
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rag figures representing tax collects were called
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effigies
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What is the word used when you refuse to buy?
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boycott
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What did the colonists due to show opposition to the Stamp Act?
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Boycott British & European goods.
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What was a non-importation agreement?
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pledge not to buy or used goods imported from Britain.
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What happened to the STamp Act & Why?
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Parliament repealed it or cancelled it after the British merchants complained over the lost business
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What was the Declaratory Act?
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Parliament had the right to tax & make decisions for the British colonies in all cases.
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What were the Townshend Acts?
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New taxes that would apply only to imported goods such as glass, tea & paper with the tax being paid at port of entry
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Who were the Daughters of Liberty & what did they do?
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urged americans to wear homemade fabrics and produce other goods they needed rather than to buy the British goods
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Lesson 2
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Lesson 2
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Some reasons why the Bostonians were so upset with the redcoats?
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British passed laws that violated colonists rights.
Redcoats occupied the center of the city. Redcoats acted rudely & violently Some stole goods from shops. Some took off-hour jobs that Bostonians wanted. |
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What is the fight of the Bostonians & Soldiers called?
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Boston Massacre
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Describe the Boston Massacre
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Bostonians went to the customhouse & protested. They yells and screamed at the redcoats & threw sticks and stones at the soldiers. After a soldier was knocked down, the redcoats did fire on the people & killed 5.
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How did the colonists use the Boston Massacre?
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As propaganda to influence the public opinion against the British.
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Who is known for calling it the Boston Massacre?
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John Rowe
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What did the British do after the massacre and as more boycotts took place?
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Repelled all the Townshend Acts excet for the one on tea.
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What was the name of Samuel Adams organization used in protests?
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committee of correspondence
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What was the Tea Act.
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An act by Parliament to save teh British East India Company to have a monopoly or sole control of tea trade to America.
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Who did the Tea Act bypass?
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colonial merchants and it went direct to shopkeepers.
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What did the colonial merchants do in respose to the Tea Act?
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new boycott & to stop the East India ships from unloading in the harbor.
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What happened when 3 tea ships arrived in Boston Harbor?
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The royal governor would not let the ships return to England and ordered them to be unloaded.
Boston Sons of Liberty went aboard at night dressed as Mohawks & threw 342 chests of tea overboard. |
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Who did King George III respond to the Boston Tea Party?
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Passed coercive acts.
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What did the coercive Acts do?
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Closed the Boston Harbor untile Massachusetts colonists paid for the ruined tea.
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