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22 Cards in this Set
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what land did the French and British fight over in the French and the Indian war? |
the answer is the Ohio valley |
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why did the British parliament pass the taxes, like the sugar act, for the colonist?
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the answer is to pay for the cost of the French and Indian war |
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why were the colonists angry about the stamp act?
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the answer Is the colonist had no representation in the British parliament |
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what is boycott?
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the answer is a refusal to buy certain goods |
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what were the Townshend acts?
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the answer is they taxed import into colonist made collectors for the colonist |
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why did the tea act anger the colonist?
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the answer is it gave monopoly to the east India company |
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what was the Boston tea party?
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the answer is protesting colonist dressed like Mohawks and they dumped chests of tea into the Boston harbor |
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what were the coercive acts?
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the answer is the British blocked the Boston harbor colonist had to quarter soldiers the Massachusetts legislature could not meet |
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what was the effect to the coercive acts? |
they united many colonist against Britain |
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what did the petition sent to king George the 3 by the first continental congress ask for?
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the answer is basic rights as Britain citizens right to life and liberty right to assemble right to trial by jury |
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what did general gage send soldiers to Lexington and concord? |
the answer is to arrest Samuel Adams and John Hancock and to take the minute men's weapons |
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where was the first battle of the American revolution {the shot heard around the world} ? |
the answer is Lexington |
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who did the second continental congress chose as the commander in chief for the continental army? |
the answer is George Washington |
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what caused the colonist to retreat from breed hills ? |
the answer is they ran out of ammunition |
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what was the second petition for peace congress sent to king George the 3?
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the answer is the olive branch petition |
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why did the British leaders ignore the olive branch petition ?
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they were angered by the battle of bunker hill they wanted to crush the colonies |
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