History Test 1

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Proclamamtion of 1763

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-settlers couldn't move west of appalation mountains
-Left British troops in colonies
-Colonies need to help pay the French and Indian war bills

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1764- James Otis

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" No taxation without representation." The colonists wanted a representation in Parlement so they would have a say in what there taxes were. but since they didn't they wouldn't pay their taxes.

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1765- Stamp Act (act is a law)

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newspapers, pamplets, bills, legal documents, almanacs, dice, and playing cards.
-All of the above had to have stamps on it otherwise it was illegal, the money from the stamps went to pay the war bills.

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1765- The Quartering Act

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-The colonists were forced to feed/house British soldiers for free.

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Patrick Henry

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-Thought only colonists should tax themselves
-He said "If this be treason, then make the most of it" which means kill me if you want, ( he knew the y wouldn't)
1765- "Give me liberty or give me death!" he said and was the most famous quote of revolution.
- he was a big mouth and at VA house of Burgesses and eloquent speaker.

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1765- Stamp Act Congress and king George ii repeals stamp act. What happened?

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-9 colonies ask King George ii to repeal or take away stamp act and he did
-but passed Declaratory Act to remind colonies he is still in total charge and power even though he took away stamp act.

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The Townshend Act

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-It was still to pay the war bills
-Another tax that colonists had no say in
- Paper, tea, glass, lead, paint

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1770- The Boston Massacre

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- 5 colonists killed
-The Sons of Liberty
-Paul Revere showed favor to colonists by exaggerating about the severity of the B.M.
- People taunted the guards to fire and they fired into crowd

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1773 - The Tea Act

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- Tax on the tea; huge deal to the British
- Gave the British East India Co a monopoly on tea

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1773- The Boston Tea Party

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- Sons of Liberty (Sam Adams, John Adams) dressed up as Mohawk Indians and dumped tea overboard on ships

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1774 - The Coercive Acts

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- To the colonists, they were the Intolerable Acts
- The King closed Boston Harbor; affected many colonists/jobs

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1775 - The Midnight Ride

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-Needed b/c to tell people the British were coming!
- P Revere most famous b/c of poem written
- William Dawes & Sam Prescott were the others involved
- 1 lantern if land; 2 lanterns if by sea
- 2 reasons British came: 1) Arrest J Hancock & Sam Adams and 2) Get weapons from militia in Concord

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1775 - The Midnight Ride (2)

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- P Revere , etc went to warn people in Lexington, MA
- S Adams was a loudmouth and caused trouble (reason they wanted to arrest him)
- J Hancock was the money man that funded the no taxing
- They alerted the minutemen

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Lexington, Massachusetts

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-small skirmish/fight
- The shot heard around the world - led to the Revolution which led to our freedom
- No one who knows who shot first (no proof)

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Concord, Massachusetts

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- The British finally retreated
- The militia cheated by hiding in the woods and shooting British
- Killed 250 British soldiers

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Sam Adams

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- Committees of correspondence
- The cousin to John Adams
- Son of Liberty
- The LOUDMOUTH

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Thomas Paine

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- Very against British being in charge
- Common Sense
- He thought monarchy was a poor form of government
-These are the times that try men's souls
- The Crisis