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23 Cards in this Set
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Battle of Lexington and Concord |
April 18 1775, first shots of the war, shot heard around the worldbat |
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Battle of Saratoga |
Fall 1777, colonists defeat British, war that convinces France to help them battle |
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Proclamation of 1763 |
Colonists were not allowed in the Ohio river valley, avoided conflict with native Americans avoided another war |
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Salutary neglect ends |
1763, Britain stopped letting the colonies self run, caused because of the debt of the French and Indian war |
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George Grenville |
British Finance minister imposed many of the taxes that angered colonists |
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George Greenville's Tax Plan |
Ends salutary Neglect & enforces navigation acts, sugar act of 1764, currency act of 1764, stamp act of 1765 |
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Currency act 1764 |
Didn't allow colonist to print their own money, limited colonial economy |
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Sugar acts 1764 |
Revenue act, taxed sugar and molasses which were used to make tea and rum opposed mainly by the wealthy |
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Stamp act 1765 |
Any paper product bought or sold had to have the revenue stamp, which was taxed |
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Sons of Liberty |
Radical patriot group led my Sam Adams |
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Stamp Tax Congress |
9/13 colonies sent representatives to NYC, send the list of Grievances to the King |
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Write or assistance |
Parliament laws allowing general search of all persons suspected of smuggling, ships, houses etc |
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Declaratory act 1766 |
Parliament says they can tax the colonies whenever they wish, passed the same day the stamp act was repealed |
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Townshend Acts |
Lowered British land tax while taxing colonists on new things, paint, lead, paper, and tea |
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Letters from a Pennsylvania Farmer |
John Dickinsons letter attacking external taxes for the purpose of revenue |
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Boston Massacre 1770 |
Boston colonist attack and antagonize British soldiers, British soldiers kill 5 colonists |
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Boston Tea Party |
British east India company was given a monopoly over tea and raised prices angered colonists and they dumped the tea in the water, caused the coercive acts |
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Coercive acta |
Closed port of Boston until cost of tea was paid, closed Massachusetts government, new quartering act |
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Quebec act |
Extended boundary of Quebec to include the Ohio Territory, Catholic Church was official church, political rights given to Catholics |
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First continental congress |
Meets in Philadelphia 9/5/1774 All colonies except Georgia, passes embargo and boycott Great Britains products |
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Israel Bissel |
Rode much longer than Paul revere to spread message of British coming |
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Second continental congress may 1775 |
Arrange an army lead by GW |
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Olive branch petition 1775 |
List of grievances aimed at convincing King George III the colonies quarrel was not with him but with parliament, letter was ignored by King |
