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22 Cards in this Set
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Salutary Neglect
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lack of management of the american colonies
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Navigation Acts
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passed by England to restrict trade of the colonists
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Bacon's Rebellion
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early conflict between Virginia frontier farmers and Governor Sir William Berkeley
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French and Indian War
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England fighting for territory with the French
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Proclamation of 1763
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proclaimed that colonists could not expand west into the territory they had won by fighting
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Stamp Act(1765)
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a direct tax, one paid directly to the government, affected the average person protested with boycotts, refusal to buy goods
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Stamp Act Congress
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representatives from nine colonies meet and declare, "No Taxation without Representation"
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Declaratory Act
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parliament had the sole authorityto make colonial laws
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Boston Massacre
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group of colonists were harassing British troops, five colonists died
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Committee of Correspondence
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organized by Samuel Adams to state the grievances of the colonists and establish communication between colonies
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1st Continental Congress
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delegates representing colonies met yo discuss and protest the Intolerable Acts; encouraged the formation of colonial militias
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Boston Tea Party
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colonists threw tea overboard in the harbor dressed as Native Americans
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Intolerable Acts/ Coercive Acts
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Boston's punishment on colonists for tea party
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Quartering Act
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part of the intolerable/coercive acts
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2nd Continental Congress
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convened in May 1775 in Philadelphia; they debated on independence
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Olive Branch Petition
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2nd continental congress's request for peace from King George III
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Thomas Paine's "common sense"
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a pamphlet that supported the seperation from Great Britain
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Declaration of Independence
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NOT A FORM OF GOVERNMENT! written by Thomas Jefferson (inspired by Locke) a list of grievances with Great Britain
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"Shot Heard Around the World"
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first shot fired between the colonists and the british that affected many countries
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Lexington and Concord
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Paul Revere's famous ride
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Saratoga
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considered the turning point of the war, convinced the French to aid American troops
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Yorktown
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British troops surrender here in Virginia in October 1781
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