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42 Cards in this Set
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Patrick Henry Last Line
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"I know not what course others may takes; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"
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Patrick Henry Exageration
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"Armed in the holy cause of liberty"
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Patriots
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1/3 who wanted independence
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Tories (Loyalists)
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1/3 who didn't want independence ( on British Side
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Neutral
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1/3 who didn't care about independence
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Sam Adams
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Father of the Revolution
Propaganda (Boston Massacre) Massachusetts |
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James Otis
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Speeches to protest
Massachusetts |
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John Adams
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Brains of the Revolution
Defended British Soldiers (Boston Massacre) Massachusetts |
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Patrick Henry
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Speeches- The Orator of the Revolution
The Nightingale in the south Virginia |
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Causes of Revolution
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French and Indian War
Taxation Neglect |
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King George 3
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Wanted total power
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George Grenville
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Replaced William Pitt as Prime-Minister.
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Parliament
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The British Governing Body
-House of Common (Common People) -House of Lords ( Royals) Pass laws that anger some coloninsts |
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Massachusetts
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Protest Begins Here
War begins at Lexington and Concord |
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Navigation Acts
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Tries to regulate trade to gain benefits for Britain
-Results in smuggling |
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Writs of Assistance
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Tried to stop smuggling
-Rights of Englishmen which were guaranteed in Magna Carta were violated -trail by jury -gone -right to privacy - gone - voice in taxing -gone |
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James Otis Writs of Assistance Quote
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"A man's home is his castle."
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Betty Fisher
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The person who was killed because of pontiac
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Sugar Act
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A tax on sugar and molasses
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The Currency Act
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No paper money - only gold and silver
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The Stamp Act
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-Direct Tax (unavoidable tax) on paper items and legal documents
-Formed Sons Of Liberty |
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Sons of Liberty
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-Riots, Violence
-Formed by Sam Adams |
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James Otis Stamp Act Quote
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"Taxation without Representation is tyranny"
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Patrick Henry's Treason Speech
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"Caesar had his Brutus, Charles 1 had his Cromwell, and George the Third ... may profit from their example. If this be treason, make the most of it."
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Ways to protest
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-Riots-Sons of Liberty
-Speeches - Benjamin Franklin, Patrick Henry, James Otis -Petitions- To the King -Boycott - Worked |
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Stamp Act Congress
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-New York
-27 delegates form 9 colonies -James Otis called for it -Sent petitions -Agreed to Boycott British Goods |
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Quartering Act
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-10,000 British soldiers went to America to stop smuggling, enforce laws, and provide protection
-Coloninst were to provide food shelter, clothing and pay for 120,000 to keep them there |
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The Marquis of Rockingham
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-Replaced Grenville as Prime Minister
-Repealed Stamp Act |
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The Declaratory Act
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Stated that Parliament still had the right to tax the colonists
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Townshend Acts
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-No jury trail for revenue cases
-Writs of Assistance are vaild -Custom officers lived in America to stop smuggling -Placed heavy taxes on tea, glass, lead, paper, painters colors |
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Boston Massacre
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-Mob attacks British troops
-British Troops shoot into mob -5 people killed -Christopher Seider - 11 year old died in a riot before Boston Massacre |
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Committee of Correspondence
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-keep the spirit of the Independence high
-shared rumors about British Laws |
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The Tea Act
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-Only the East India Company could sell tea in the colonies dropping the prices
-colonist refused to buy because of the tax |
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Boston Tea Party
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-150 Members of the Sons of Liberty dressed up as Mohawk Indians ad dumped 342 chest of tea into Boston Harbor ($90,000,000)
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Coercive Acts(Britain) or Intolerable Acts
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-Punishment for the Boston Tea Party
-England Overreacted |
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The Boston Port Bill ( Intolerable Act)
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-Closed Boston Harbor for all Trade
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The Massachusetts Government Act (Intolerable Act)
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-Town meetings were outlawed (only in MASS)
-Parliament was given control over governor's salary (only in MASS) |
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The Administration of Justice Act (Intolerable Act)
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-Any British soldier had trail in England if accused of a crime
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The Second Quartering Act (Intolerable Act)
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-British Soldiers now housed in private homes
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The Quebec Act
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-Guaranteed religious freedom (Catholic) to French Canadians
-Left their Customs intact -Expanded boundaries of Quebec Province to Ohio River |
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The First Continental Congress
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-Carpenter's Hall, Philadelphia
-Georgia did NOT attend -Declaration of Rights and Grievances-petitions to the king -Agreed to boycott ALL British Goods |
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Edmund Bulke Quote
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"An Englishman is the unfittest person on Earth to argue another Englishman into slavery" - Said that parliament took all their rights away so it was better to be a slave
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