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15 Cards in this Set
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Hollow Empire |
Coined by Fred Anderson to describe the British empire; it has a lot of international control but due to its lack of internal affairs, cannot adequately govern everywhere else |
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Imperial Crisis |
Financial constraints and political instability in Britain |
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1755-1764 An economic golden time that downturns at the end |
7 years War |
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Sugar Act |
1764; taxation on export of molassas and rum. An act to redefine the British Rule |
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Stamp Act |
1765-1766; taxation of all official printed documents |
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Declaratory Act |
1766; revokes the Stamp Act but warns 13 colonies that Britian has the right to tax in the future |
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Boston Tea Party |
1773; East India Tea Company tea is dumped into the Boston Harbour to protest taxation and British Rule. King George III recognizes this as the start of a revolution |
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Coersive/ Intolerable Acts |
1774; Boston Port Act- pay back for dumped tea Massachusetts Government Act Administration of Justice Act Quartering Act Quebec Act |
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First Continental Congress Meeting |
1774; government meet as a reaction of the Coersive Acts |
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Battle of Lexington and Concord |
Major Thomas Gage sends troops to Lexington and Concord and are met with a battle of unordiary tactics such as using trees as shields |
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Second Continental Congress meeting |
1775; decide to make George Washington lead the newly created army |
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Olive Branch Petition |
1775; colonies will remain loyal but Britain has to stop his army. The official start of rebellion because King George refuses to sign |
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Prohibitory Act |
1775; confiscates rebel territory. King George declares war |
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Common Sense |
A book by Thomas Paine that allowed ideas to be read by everyone due to its vocabulary |
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Declaration of Independance |
July 4 1776 |
