Mrs. Pettefer's History Chapter 7

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Proclamation of 1763

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This act after the French and Indian War was to preserve peace with the Indians. American settlers must stay east of the Appalachian Mtns. and not occupy the Ohio Valley.

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Stamp Act of 1765

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Colonists must buy a stamp for every piece of paper they use including all printed material. (eventually repealed)

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Quartering Act of 1765

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This act requires colonists to pay for the housing and feeding of the British soldiers plus their needed supplies like candles, etc

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Townshend Acts of 1767

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These taxes impose a new series of taxes since Stamp Act was repealed. The taxes were on paper, tea, glass, lead, and paint. (repealed after boycott)

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Sons of Liberty

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An underground organization formed to oppose the Stamp Act used violence and intimidation and forced all stamp agents to resign and merchants to stop ordering British goods. Used mob violence.

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Tea Act of 1773

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This was created as a monopoly for the going-bankrupt East India Company. Colonists were to only buy this cheap tea. It causes the Boston Tea Party to occur.

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Intolerable Acts of 1774 (also called Coercive Acts)

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this punish Boston for the Tea Party by closing the Boston Harbor till the tea was paid for. Also town meetings were not allowed without the governor’s permission, and British soldiers accused of murder were tried in England.

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First Continental Congress of 1774

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this Congress sent a message to King George voicing complaints, called for a boycott, started forming colonial militias, and accumulated ammunition.

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Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Samuel Prescott

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were some or the riders who warned the countryside that “the Regulars are coming.”

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Natural rights

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the belief that all men are created equal in God’s sight and are all entitled to the same basic rights. These ideas were expressed in the Declaration of Independence.

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George III

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the German king of England at the time of the struggle with the American colonies.

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George Washington

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the Virginian who was chosen as the Commander-in-chief of the Continental army and led the colonies to victory

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Richard Henry Lee

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a Virginian who first proposed a “Resolution for Independence” in the Second Continental Congress.

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Patrick Henry

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He first came up with the idea of being an “American” and gave the famous speech, “Give me liberty, or give me death.”

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Thomas Jefferson

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a young Virginian delegate to the2nd Continental Congress that was chosen to write the Declaration of Independence.

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John Adams

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He was the lawyer who defended the British soldiers in the Boston Massacre. He also had the idea of choosing George Washington as commander, and was on the War Committee in the Second Continental Congress. He also was a representative to France and Holland to help get aid.

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Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain boys

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These men with the help of Benedict Arnold took Fort Ticonderoga for the colonies.

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Benjamin Franklin

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He convinced France to enter the war on the side of the American colonies.

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Baron von Steuben

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A Prussian who trained the American soldiers at Valley Forge into a strong, effective fighting force.

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Marquis de Lafayette

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A wealth young French nobleman who helped train the army at Valley Forge and used his money for clothing the men.

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Thomas Paine

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His sensational pamphlet “Common Sense” urged the colonies to independence. His pamphlet “Crisis” (These are the times that try men’s souls ) encouraged men to stay in the American army after Valley Forge

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Burgoyne

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The British general, “Gentleman Johnny, “ whose plan to take isolate New England failed at the Battle of Saratoga.

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Turning Point of the Revolutionary War

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The American victory at Saratoga convinced the French that the Americans could win the war and caused them to join as allies along with Spain.

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Nathaniel Green and Daniel Morgan

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played “cat and mouse” with the British armies of Tarleton and Cornwallis and exhausted them throughout the South.

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Francis Marion

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was called the “Swamp Fox” who fought the British in the southern swamps

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Daniel Morgan

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led the Americans to victory at the battle of Cowpens in the Carolinas. This battle’s strategy is still studied today

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General Cornwallis

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Great British general who is most famous for losing the American Revolution and surrendering at Yorktown. ( though he sent a subordinate to participate in the surrender – couldn’t do it!)

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Benedict Arnold

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a talented American general who felt slighted and became a traitor to his country and his friend/commander, George Washington. He joined the British army.

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Molly Pitcher

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History is not sure since two women at the Battle of Monmouth may have been given this nickname. Margaret Corbin accompanied her husband in the Continental army. When he was killed she took his place at the cannon until seriously wounded. It may be a composite name standing for all brave women who participated in the war.