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24 Cards in this Set
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"farmer king" ; very nice; has porferia and goes crazy on and off; loses 13 colonies
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george 3rd
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Prime minister for george 3; Made proc of 1793- Americans should pay for freance vs ind war, quartering act, etc
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George Greenville
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Regulation of trade, lowers prices of sugar and molasses in british plantations-cheaper than dutch rum
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sugar act
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1st internal direct tax on colonies; used to pay for french/indian war; on ALL paper
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stamp act
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made clear in England that stamp act is illegal; pushed nonimportation
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stamp act congress
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Samuel Adams leader; mobs burn dummys and have fake funerals for stamp collectors; made them chose death or give up stamp collecting
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Sons of liberty
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england has right to tax at ANY time ;will be punished next time if they (americans) act up; "merchants were the reason stamp act was repealed"
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declaratory act
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taxes on paper, lead, glass, tea- taxing without representation
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townsend acts
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No trials in american, only in england
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fredrick north
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April 19, 1775, American Revolution began in...
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lexington
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petition to england for peace
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olive branch
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englishman who fleed england; writes seditious things about english govt; mad that america isnt fighting for independence; writes "common sense"
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thomas paine
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wrote by jefferson with the help of franklin "life liberty and the pursuit of happiness" passed on july 4 1776
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dec of Independence
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___ ___'s plan- focus on the "neck" of the dragon (middle colonies) 32k soldiers; successful but cant dampen american spirit
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william howe
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hates howe, supposd to share his army; marches his army from canada to NY (not knowing that Howe isnt coming, owned)
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burgoyne
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Gates & arnold take 6k british soilders out of the war; changes europeans mind about war
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saratoga
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france declares war on englad (will support the american revolution)
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treaty of alliance
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responsible for destorying the south- takes over GA
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cornwallis
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how to vote; raise/distribute revenue; waht to do w/nw territory; 1)1 state, 1 vote; 2) revenue based on property; 3)no state gets NW territory
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Articles of Confederation
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Quaker; general hide behind trees; 2nd in charge to Washington
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Nathanial Green
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"swampfox" ; in mainly black; shuts off all communication for the British
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Francis Marion
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a sharpshooter; choses spots for battle- milita then sharpshoots (so ones in teh front cant run away); takes out over 1k british
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daniel morgan
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england promises
-independence -remove redcoats -repeal of Quebec Act -new Englands right to fish off newfoundland we promise- -allow loyalists who lost property to sue -pay back debts |
treaty of paris
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-60k for constitution
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NW ordinance
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