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39 Cards in this Set
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Economic Reason why people moved to U.S.
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free land, gold, and later tobacco
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Religous reason why people moved to U.S.
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religous freedom- pilgrims and puritans. The Awakening
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Political reasons why people moved to U.S.
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New Ideas, like those of John Locke. Tired of rules from King George = political freedom
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Scientific Ideas in the U.S.
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the enlighnemet, or the Age of Reason. Ideas of natural pilosphy and Benjamin franklin proved eletrical charges
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Government Ideas
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John Locke's ideas on natural rights and social contracts between people and the government. If the government didn't protect the people, change the government
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French and Indian War
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war between french and british about whp gpt american soil. Let to money shortages in Britain so taxes needed
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Proclamation Act
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forbade colonists to move farther west
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Sugar Act
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taxes on forgein molasses and sugar
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Stamp Act
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forced colonists to pay a seperate tax on items that must be stamped
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Stamp Act Congress
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9 delegates met in NYC to write a petition to KIng George to repeal act
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Declaratory Act
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stated that the parliament had the right to rule and taxthe colonies
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Townshend Acts
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Import taxes on paint, glass, lead, paper, and tea coming into america. gave writs of assistance
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Boston Massacre
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1770 fight between colonists and 6 british soldiers . 5 Colonists killed
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Tea Act
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gave East India Company the right to sell directly to britih without tax- cut out buisness for colonial sea captains and merchants
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Boston Tea Party
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1773 Sam Adams led group of colonists to throw tea from british ships overboard
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Intolerable Acts
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also known as Coercive Acts, closed port of Boston until tea payed for, said that British officials could be tried in British courts, and said that british could be quartered in any town
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First Continental Congress
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started training militia,
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George Washington
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led the contintal army
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Benjamin Franklin
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got support of french, worked behind the scenes
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King George III
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set taxes and rules against colonists
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Marquis de LaFayette
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French MIlitary officer who helped to lead a colonial army, fought for NO pay
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General Cornwallis
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British General who surrendered at Yorktown
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John Adams
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front man for patriots, got crowd riled up , helped write declaration of independce
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John Hancock
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president of Continental Congress, first signer
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Sam Adams
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a founder of the sons of liberty togeth, got cousin involved, and helped conduct the Boston Tea Party
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John Locke
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wrote about the social contract between the government and it's people
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Benedict Arnold
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partriot officer, named a traitor after switching from british forces
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Thomas Paine
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Wrote Common Sense, a pamphlet that made many americans want to declare independence from Britain
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Paul Revere
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warned colonists and sons of liberty of british attack, spread exagerated news of Boston Massacre
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Ethan Allen
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leader of Green Mountain Boys that helped colonists win battke at Ticonderoga
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Thomas Jefferson
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writer of the declaration of independence
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Lexington Green
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first battle of the war, turning point
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Ticonderoga
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battle that gave rebels supplies
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Bunker Hill
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showed that Americans could defeat the British
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Valley Forge
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long winter spent where many americans died due to harsh conditions
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New York
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Howe vs. Washington, lost New York for the 7 years left of the war
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Saratoga
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got french to sign the treaty of alliance of 1778, where got frecnh support, supplies, and troops
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Yorktown
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final battle of the war, Cornwallis surredered= end of the war practically
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Treaty of Paris of 1783
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declared America a free country, set boundaries, and fishing limits and such
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