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17 Cards in this Set
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The French and Indian War ( 1753-1763 ) |
British won the war and this caused them to go into debt. |
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Proclamation Line of 1763 |
Colonists could not cross west of appalachian mountains to keep peace with the Native Americans |
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The Quartering Act ( 1765 ) |
- Forced people to take in soldiers and pay for their food and supplies - This was one solution to King Georges debt problem but made the colonies angry |
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The Stamp Act ( 1765 ) |
People had to pay taxes on every single paper. The papers were marked with a blue stamp if they were paid. |
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Townshend Acts |
Colonist must pay taxes on goods imported from England |
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The writs of assistance |
Allowed British officers to search any building for any reason at all. |
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Tea Act |
Allowed the British East India Company to ship tea without paying any taxes placed on tea |
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Taxation without Representation |
Unfair taxes that King George taxed the colonists because he was in debt " it's not fair " |
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The Boston Tea party ( 1773 ) |
Angry colonist dumped their tea showing that they would not pay taxes on their tea. |
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The Boston Massacre ( 1770 ) |
Was a street fight between the British soldiers and the colonists between patriots and British soldiers |
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The Intolerable Acts ( 1774 ) |
A series of laws passed by the British Parliament after the Boston Tea Party with the purpose to punish Massachusetts colonists. King George lll closed the Boston Harbor. |
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Patriot |
went against the king to defend their country during the American Revolution |
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Loyalists |
Stayed with the king during the American revolution |
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Lexington and Concord |
First Battles of the Revolutionary War with " the shot heard around the world " |
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Saratoga |
The turning point of the revolutionary war |
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Yorktown |
Final battle of revolutionary war |
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Declaration of Independance |
July 4th 1776, Written by Thomas Jefferson and listed colonial grievances |
