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19 Cards in this Set
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French and Indian War |
Struggle between england and france for the control of north america |
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Proclamation of 1763 |
Ordered colonists to remain on the eastern side of the App Mountains |
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The Sugar Act of 1764 |
Was intended to raise revenue and tighten enforcement of the navigation acts |
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The Stamp Act |
Required the payment of a tax on purchases of all newspapers, and other papers |
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Non Importation Agreements |
Signed in order to hurt British trade |
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Declaratory Act |
After the Stamp Act was repealed, said that England had absolute power |
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Townshend Acts |
suspended the new york assembly and made more things have a tax |
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Boston Massacre of 1770 |
5 colonists were killed by British soilders and kept the spirit of protest alive |
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The Tea Act |
Granted an English tea company a monopoly on tea
Led to the boston tea party |
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The Intolerable Acts |
cracked down on colonists for their insubordination |
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The First Continental Congress |
everyone sent delegates and they adopted a declaration of rights and grievances and tried to prohibit the importation of English goods |
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Lexington and Concord |
British army arrested the leaders of the rebels and this is when Paul Revere warned the minute men. Everyone was now against reconciliation. |
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The Second Continental Congress |
George Washington was chosen as commander in chief and established an army
Declaration of the causes and necessity of taking up arms: freedom and tyranny |
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Battle of Bunker Hill |
Fought across Charles river |
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Thomas Paine - Common Sense |
Ridiculed the idea that a continent ought to be governed by an island |
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Richard Henry Lee |
introduced of the idea of the free and independent states |
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Declaration of Independence |
Written by Thomas Jefferson |
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Treaty of PAris |
granted independence to the 13 american states |
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When were the first state constitutions written? |
1777 |
