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21 Cards in this Set
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What did the Sugar Act do?
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Imposed duties on mollasses and sugar imorted by the colonists
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What were the Sons of Liberty and what did they do?
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Seceret societies formed to frighten tax collectors
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What was one method used by the colonists to protest British laws?
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Boycott
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What effect did the Sons of Liberty have on the Stamp Act?
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Many colonial courts shut down because people refused to buy the stamps required for legal documents
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What was the reaction from the colonists on the Sugar Act?
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Smuggling increased and there were no fair trials
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What did the Stamp Act do?
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To pay for officials stamps when buying paper products
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What was the reaction from the colonists on the Stamp Act?
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They were very mad about it
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What was the Sugar Act?
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The first act passed specifically to raise money in the colonies, rather than to regulate trade.
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What was "No Taxation without Representation" used for?
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Colonists opposed to being taxed by Britain without their permission and they used this slogan to make their feelings known
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What role did Patrick Henry play in the colonies?
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He presented a series of resolutions to the House of Burgesses in Virginia. These stated that the Stamp Act violated the rights of British citizens
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What did Samuel Adams believe?
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He believed that the Parliament could not tax the colonists without their consent. He said that agreeing to the tax would be dangerous
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What were the effects from the colonies from the Townshend Acts?
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Because of the Townshend Acts, the colonists boycotted British Goods.
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What were the Townshend Acts?
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They placed duties on imported glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea
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What was the cause and effect of the Boston Tea Party?
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Cause: The colonists were mad about the Tea Act Effect: They protested by dressing up as Indians and dumping the tea into the harbor (suite life)
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What was the First Continental congress and what did they do?
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A group of 56 delegates who met and debated the best way to respond to the crisis taking place in Boston.
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What was the purpose of Common Sense?
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to help change the way many colonists viewed Britain
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Who wrote Common Sense?
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Thomas Paine
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Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?
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Thomas Jefferson
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What was the Continental Army?
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The first army
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Who was George Washington?
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The Commander of the army
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What were the three main ideas expressed in the Declaration of Independence?
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One idea was that all men possess unalienable rights, and that this right should include life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The second idea was the King George III had violated the colonists’ rights; he had made unfair laws and interfered with colonial self-government. The third idea was that the colonies should have the right to break away from Great Britain.
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