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14 Cards in this Set
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Sugar Act |
Tax on Sugar imports |
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Stamp act |
Tax on all printed paper |
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Townshend Acts |
Taxes on Glass, oil, paper, tea and paint |
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Tarriff |
Tax |
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Quartering Act |
Soldiers could demand shelter at houses if barracks were not available |
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Intolerable acts |
Laws enforced because of the Boston Tea Party |
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Tea Act |
Law that Americans could only buy tea from the East India Tea Company |
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Embargo Act |
Law that all exports were illegal |
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Cash Crop |
Agriculture that was in high demand that could be harvested easily |
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Alien and Sedition Acts |
Basically the Alien act was that all Non-Americans were illegal and the Sedition act was that nobody had any freedom of Speech. |
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Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions |
Basically any state could nullify any law if unconstitutional |
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The Louisiana Purchase |
The name of the purchase where the U.S bought French territory in North America |
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"The Star Spangled Banner" |
A Poem written by Francis Scott Key as he was held on-board the British ship. The poem was saying to the British. Even though you bomb us. You won't destroy our spirit |
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Judiciary Act |
Act by the President creating the Judicial Branch |
