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26 Cards in this Set
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What was the Magna Carta and why was it important?How did it effect the colonists?
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It was a document that gave basic rights to the colonists, and was written in 1215.
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Explain the Enlightenment. Who were the two figures that supported the enlightenment and what did they believe.
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It was a movement that stress the scientific method believed by John Locke and Ben Franklin. They thought that science and reasoning could get things done.
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Great Awakening
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A movement that stressed religous beliefs by John Edwards and George Whitefield.
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Glorious Revalution
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King James the second was overthrown by Mary and William.
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Stamp Act
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A tax put on all official documents that had to have a legal stamp.
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Sugar Act
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A tax put on Sugar, Molasses, and imported goods.
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Proclimation of 1763
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A document forbidding colonists from settling west off the Appalacian Mountains.
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Quartering Act
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Housing British soldiers.
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Townshed Acts
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A tax put on all Imported goods.
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Sons of Liberty (S.O.L.)
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A secret group of colonists that opposed the king.
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Tea Act
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A tax put on tea.
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Boston Massacre
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When 5 colonist died because of the British soldiers shootings including Crispus Attucks.
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Boston Tea Party
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The dumping and boycotting of the tea in the Boston Harbor.
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Aristocracy
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When wealthy people rule.
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Monarchy
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King and Queen
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The Intolerable Acts
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Punishments for the Massachuset colonists; harsh laws.
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The Olive Branch Petition
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A compromise to smooth things off with the king; hands off policy.
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Lexington and Concord
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The first battle
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Battle of Bunker Hill
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A battle in which the colonists lost due to lack of ammunition.
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Edmond Andros
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A royal governer that ruled Massachusets and other northern colonies.
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Increase Mathers
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He was a minister that was involved in the government.
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John Peter Zenger
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A publisher of New-York Weakly that stood for trial and defending freedom of the press.
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Patrick Henry
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A member of the Virginia House of Burgesses called resistance to the tax of the Stamp Act.
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Samuel Adams
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Leader of the Boston Sons Of Liberty. He told colonists to resist British control.
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Paul Revere
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"THE BRITISH ARE COMING!!!"
Was a Boston silversmith, and a second messenger that informed the colonists that the British were coming along with William Dawes. |
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Thomas Jefferson
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A member of the committee that drafted the Declaration of Independence. The group chose him to write it because he was an excellent writer and was from Virginia.
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