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11 Cards in this Set
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How did the rebellion start?
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1763, Patrick Henry addressed the Virginia House of Burggesses and blamed the new king, GEorge III for naming and supporting the nw ministers who designed the new legislature. He called for a revolution
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Stamp Act Congress
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Nine colonial assemblies met and 1765 and issued a set of Resolves that only their representatives could tax them.
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Sons of Liberty
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Mobs that sought to channel popular discontent with British rule into terririzing local British authorities.
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Motives of the Crowd
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Protestant mobs on May 5th celebrated Guy Fawkes day. Mobs were ready to resort to violence. New York lieutenant feared a massive assault on Fort George on Guy Fawkes day and thus he asked General Gage to use force but Gage said no.
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Ideological roots of Resistance
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Pamphlets began being written about the British violation of ther liberties and priveleges.
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English Common Law
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Legal rules and procedures that protected the king's subject against arbitrary acts by the government.
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James Otis
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In 1761, this Boston lawyer disputed the warrants in search and seizure.
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Thomas Jefferson
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A Virginian planter who invoked Enlightenment philosophers, Locke, and Montesqieu to justify their rights and the checks and balance of a government.
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Writings
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Provided the developing Patriot movment with a sense of identity and ideological agenda.
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Parliament Compromises in 1766
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George III had replaced Grenville with Lord Rockingham. Ben Franklin told Parliament that they would never pay a stamp act unless it was compelled by force of arms. The American boycott of British goods had caused a drastic fall in sales. William Pitt demanded that it be repealed but he argued that Parliament could not tax them yet he maintained British authority was supreme.
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Actions by Rockingham
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Repealed Stamp Act and ruled out use of troops against colonial crowds. Modified Sugar act. Passed the Declatory Act of 1766, which explicitly reaffirmed British Parliament's full power and authority.
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