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36 Cards in this Set
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Proclamation of 1763 |
To protect Native Americans & fur tradersBritain sent troops to keep colonists from moving wes
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Sugar Act of 1764 |
Lowered an earlier tax to get colonists to pay taxes
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Stamp Act of 1765 |
Tax on legal documentsCaused colonists to riot & set fire to officials homes
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Quartering Act of 1766
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Provided housing & food for British soldiers
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Townsend Acts of 1767 |
To pay salaries to colonial governorsTaxed glass, paper, silk, lead, tea |
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Boston Massacre |
5 colonists killed after shouting insults at British
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Tea Act of 1773 |
To stop smuggling of tea |
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Intolerable Acts of 1774 |
1. To punish Massachusetts
2. American criminals tried in England 3. Shut port of Boston 4. Have permission for town meetings 5. Citizens to house British soldiers |
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Quebec Act of 1774
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Set up government for Canada & to protect French catholics
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Lexington-Concord
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1st shots firedMinutemen were storing a large supply of weapons
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Who wrote “Common Sense”? |
Thomas Paine
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Why did the writer of “Common Sense” think we should break from Britain? |
1. Britain too far away
2. No advantage to stay w/Britain 3. Already at war |
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Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? |
Thomas Jefferson |
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What are the 3 unalienable rights? |
1. Life
2. Liberty 3. Pursuit of happiness |
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What strategy did the Americans & French use to defeat British at Yorktown? |
1.Trapped British on peninsula
2.French & Americans on land 3.French navy on water |
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What was the 1st major battle? |
Bunker Hill
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What was the date the Declaration was signed or approved?
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July 4, 1776
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What were 2 important outcomes of the Battle of Saratoga? |
1.Turning point of the war
2.French enter war on American side |
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What region of the country was lost at the Battle of Charleston? |
South |
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What is the importance of Lexington-Concord? |
1st shots fired |
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Battle Victories? |
Americans British
1.Lexington-Concord 1.Bunker Hill 2.Trenton 2.Brandy wine 3. Saratoga 3.Long Island 4.Monmouth King’s 4. Charleston 5.Mountain 6.Yorktown |
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General George Washington |
Commander in chief of Continental Army
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General Thomas Gage |
Sent troops to Lexington & Concord to destroy weapons & ammo |
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General Sir William Howe |
Second commander in chief of British Army
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Ethan Allen |
Led group to take Fort Ticonderoga from the British
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Nathanael Greene
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Kept Cornwallis from capturing N. Carolina
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General Lord Charles Cornwallis |
Eventually, trapped at Yorktown, last major battle of the war
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Marquis de Lafayette
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Used his influence & wealth to convince French gov’t to aid the colonies
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Deborah Sampson
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Disguised herself as a man to join Continental Army |
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Lydia Darragh |
Could not join the army, so became a spy for the Patriots
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James Armistead
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Sent info about British troops to Continental Army
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Benedict Arnold |
became a traitor & spied for the British
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Benjamin Franklin |
A diplomat whose speaking & writing skills helped colonies gain independence
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General Henry Clinton
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Said he would send troops to aid Cornwallis at Yorktown, but did not send troops
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Daniel Morgan |
Led the British on a chase all over the South
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John Paul Jones |
Most famous victory against British ship, The Serapis
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