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37 Cards in this Set
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Proclamation of 1763 |
To protect Native Americans & fur traders Britain sent troops to keep colonists from moving west
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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
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Tax on legal documents
Caused 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
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To pay salaries to colonial governors
Taxed glass, paper, silk, lead, tea |
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Boston Massacre
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5 colonists killed after shouting insults at British
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Tea Act of 1773
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To stop smuggling of tea
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Intolerable Acts of 1774
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To punish Massachusetts
American criminals tried in England Shut port of Boston Have permission for town meetings 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 fired
Minutemen were storing a large supply of weapons |
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Who wrote “Common Sense”?
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Thomas Paine
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Why did the writer of “Common Sense” think we should break from Britain?
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Britain too far away
No advantage to stay w/Britain Already at war |
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Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
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Thomas Jefferson
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What are the 3 unalienable rights?
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Life
Liberty Pursuit of happiness |
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What strategy did the Americans & French use to defeat British at Yorktown?
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Trapped British on peninsula
French & Americans on land French navy on water |
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What was the 1st major battle?
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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?
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Turning point of the war
French enter war on American side |
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What region of the country was lost at the Battle of Charleston?
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South |
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What is the importance of Lexington-Concord?
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1st shots fired
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British Battle Victories?
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British
Bunker Hill Brandywine Long Island Charleston |
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American Battle Victories |
Americans
Lexington-Concord Trenton Saratoga Monmouth King’s Mountain Yorktown |
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General George Washington
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Commander in chief of Continental Army
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General Thomas Gage
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Sent troops to Lexington & Concord to destroy weapons & ammo
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General Sir William Howe
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Second commander in chief of British Army
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Ethan Allen
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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
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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
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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
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became a traitor & spied for the British
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Benjamin Franklin
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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
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Led the British on a chase all over the South
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John Paul Jones
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Most famous victory against British ship, The Serapis
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