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30 Cards in this Set
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When was the French and Indian War? |
1754 |
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What was the Proclamation of 1763? |
It banned colonial settlement west of a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. Britain made this because they didn't want a war with the Native Americans. |
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What is the Sugar Act of 1764? |
It put an import tax on molasses. |
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What is the Quartering Act of 1764? |
Britain kept about 10,000 soldiers in the colonies and the Quartering Act required the colonists to quarter or house the British troops. |
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When was the Stamp Act made and what is it? |
It required all colonists buy special tax stamps for all kinds of products and activities. 1765, repealed 1766 |
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When was the Declaratory Act and what is it? |
1766 and it stated that the British Parliament's taxing authority was the same in America as in Britain. |
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When were the Townshend Acts made and repealed? What are the Townshend Acts? |
1768 to 1770. They said Britain would no longer tax products or activities inside the colonies. They would only tax products brought into the colonies. |
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When was the Boston Massacre and what was it? |
It was in 1770 and it was when a bunch of colonists started shouting and throwing things at a small group of soldiers. The soldiers panicked and shot 11 colonists. 5 died. |
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When were the Tea Acts made and what are they? |
The Tea Acts were made in 1773 and it lowered the price of tea by allowing the East India Company to ship tea directly to the colonies. This monopoly hurt the colonial merchants badly. |
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What are the Intolerable Acts? |
1. The trade was cut off in Boston Harbor; all the ports were closed. 2. Britain closed the upper legislature of Massachusetts. 3. They stopped town meetings. 4. They strengthened the Quartering Act of 1764. |
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Who was George Washington? |
A leader of the Virginia militia. |
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What is a militia? |
A force made up of civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army. |
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What is an alliance? |
An agreement between countries to help each other against other countries. |
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When did the British take Quebec and fort Duquesne? |
Fort Duquesne: 1758. Quebec: 1759 |
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What does ceded mean? |
Surrendered |
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What is a duty? |
An import tax. |
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What is a boycott? |
An organized campaign to refuse to buy certain products. |
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What is a petition? |
A written request to a government. |
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What are the writs of assistance? |
Court orders that allowed officials to make searches without saying for what they were searching. |
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Who is John Adams? |
A lawyer that defended the soldiers at the Boston Massacre. |
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Who is Samuel Adams? |
He established a Committee of Correspondence. The aim was to keep the colonists informed of British actions. |
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What is a monopoly? |
Total control of a market for a certain product. |
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What is a repeal? |
The official end. |
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What were minutemen? |
Citizen soldiers who could be ready to fight at a minute's notice. |
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What is the Shot Heard Round the World? |
The governor of Massachusetts found out the minutemen were storing arms in Concord. He sent 700 troops to seize it, but Paul Revere and William Dawes warned them in time. |
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Who was the first person to be killed in the Boston Massacre? |
Crispus Attucks, an African -American sailor. |
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When did the first Continental Congress meet and what is it? |
1744 in Philidelphia was the Committee of Correspondence meeting to decide what to do after the Intolerable Acts had been passed. The Congress demanded the repeal of the Intolerable Acts. They declared they had a right to tax and govern themselves. The Congress also called for a new boycott on British goods. |
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When did the Second Continental Congress meet? |
May, 1775 |
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Who is Charles Townshend? |
He was the official in charge of the British treasury. He came up with the Townshend Acts. |
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Who are Paul Revere and William Dawes? |
When General Thomas Gage, the new governor of Massachusetts found out the minutemen were supporting arms in Concord, he sent lots of troops down there. Paul and William found out about this and warned the minutemen that the British were coming. |
