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72 Cards in this Set
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What was the stamp act
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Direct tax on all written materials
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Reactions from colonists on stamp act (4)
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rots defiance destruction of homes of British officials
House of burgeses objected Patrick Henry made 7 resolves for england Boston hung a doll of Andrew Oliver |
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Biritians response on tax acts
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repealed acts due to the colonist's
Enstated decleratory acts |
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Townshend Acts
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Duties on paper, lead, paints, and pen.
Used taxes to under wright salaries of royal officials |
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Reactions from colonists on Townshend Acts (3)
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Non-importation acts
Boston Massacre House of rep. objected |
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Britians response to Townshend Acts
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sent 2 regiments of soldiers from England and 2 from nova scotia
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Tea acts
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tax on tea
Colonies get it inexpensively, king would get a nice tax off of them and would boost the East India Company |
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Reactions from colonists on tea acts (4)
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Mass boycotts
Tea Party Meatings American merchants denounced it |
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Britian's reaction to tea acts
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Passed Intolerable acts
which closed ports in boston |
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Intolerable acts (4)
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closed Boston ports
barred courts for trying British soldiers that tried to surpress disturbances (Murder act) Appointed General Gage of Gov. of Massachusetts Altered gov. of mass |
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Colonists response to intolerable acts
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Contenental Congress was formed to take major action
Threatened to meet again |
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What was the currency act and why was it significant?
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It prohibited the colonies from issuing paper money in any form. Completely changed colonists view on Parliament.
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What was Britian's response to Intolerable acts
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Gen. Gage enlisted spies to cover and report on illegal activities. Seized gun powder and ammunition at Lexington and concord
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French and Indian war (3 basic points)
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France and Indians vs. England and Colonists
Main are of war was the Ohio River Valley French settled Quebec and the Missippi Delta because of the fur trade and allied the Native Americans |
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Who did the colonists fight with in the seven years war and why?
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Colonists fought with England because they wanted to expand westward, they felt loyal to the crown, England "suggested" that participation would gain them better access to Parliament & territories in the west
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Proclamation of 1763 (3)
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Act banned any colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains
Angered colonists who, in part, fought for that in the F & I war. unsuccessful |
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Navigation Acts
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Acts that forced colonies to trade only with Britain and other Colonies
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Molasses Act
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An attempt to stop New England from trading with the French Indies. Put a heavy duty on French molasses which turned the merchants and distillers into smugglers
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King George's War (3)
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French Vs. Britian
Colonists fought with the British Deadly war, 1/5 of all Mass. men died in war captured fort Louisburg |
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Controversy of Ft. Louisburg
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colonists angry that he British handed it back to the French for french withdrawal from conquests in India and spare British Army in Europe
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Quartering act
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required public funds for support of British troops garrisoned in the colony since the end of the French and Indian war
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Sugar Act (3)
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Added items to Navigation laws list that could only be shipped to England
Required shippers to post bonds gave more power to courts colonists reacted by speaking poorly about it |
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House of Burgesses
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1st legislative to react to stamp act by putting 4 resolves into action, stating that they could by taxed BY THEIR OWN CONSENT!
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Sons Of Liberty
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Radical Boston resistance
got way by going around the law |
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Decleratory Act
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Gave Parliament power to enact laws over colonies in ALL cases whatsoever
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Pitt Grafton Ministry
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Pushed townshend acts through Parliament
set up to keep closer watch on colonies |
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Committees of Correspondence
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Created in Boston to win colonies sympathy established in 3 colonies afterward
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1st Continental Congress (4)
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turned debate into united cause
55 delegates Agreed on Decleration of Rights and Resolves Patrick Henry declared states to be United and more American |
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2nd Continental Congress
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formed government
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Who won? Lexington and Concord
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British won, but colonists resisted, shot hear round the world was fired
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Who won? Bunker Hil
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Conlonists at first, though had to retreat due to lack of gun powder
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Who won? New York
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British
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Who won? Trenton
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Americans
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Who won? Philidelphia
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British
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Who won? Germantown
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British
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Who won? Saratoga
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Americans
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Who won?
Savannah Charleston Camden Cowpens |
British with the help of Slaves
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Who won? Yorktown
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Americans
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Significance: Lexington and Concord
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British seized lots of gunpowder, colonists foced Colonists to retreat from Concord, British regained Boston
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Significance: Bunker Hill
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Colonists "mowed down" redcoats though outnumbered 2 to 1
moral victory for the colonists |
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Significance: New York
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British captured NY, Americans were demoralized
more than 1/2 deserted, were captured or died |
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Significance: Trenton
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Americans took garrison at Trenton
soldiers re-enlisted as American morale increased |
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Significance: Philadelphia
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British captured the Capitol
Continental Congress fled |
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Significance: Germantown
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Left Washington with hungry men in freezing winter temps
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Significance: Saratoga
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TURNING POINT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Psychological victory for american due to defeat of British regulars British war strategy changes to keeping troops by the coast France openly supports Americans |
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Significance:
Savannah Charleston Camden Cowpens |
British shift strategy
South to rally loyalists Charleston sees most American casualties of conflict |
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Significance: Yorktown
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British surrender
Treaty of Paris signed |
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Breakdown of US troops in numbers
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1/3 patriot
1/3 loyalist 1/3 neutral |
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Treaty of Paris 1783
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Gave independence to America and the western boundary at Mississippi.
END OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR!!! |
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18th century combat practices
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fired close at each other
could see who they were killing before they killed |
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Thomas Peters
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An African American who was so resistant to slavery that his master sold him to the colonies
Rose up and recuited slaves to fight with the British |
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Mercy Otis Warren
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Published essays encouraging Woman to play an active role in the Revolution
pushed for women to give an offering to support the war effort |
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Daughters of Liberty
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Made clothes for soldiers
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Common Sense
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Written by Thomas Paine
Wrote it so common folk could understand it Big help for Revolutionary Republicanism |
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Howe Brothers
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Met with colonists to reconcile
Colonists refused after the Howes demanded to revoke the Decleration |
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Quebec
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An attempt to invade British Canada left 100 Americans killed, and 300 taken prisoner.
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Articles of Confederation
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1st attempt at drafting a constitution failed
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Georgia/Carolinas
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British was more successful in the south because of the lack of support for the Americans.
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General Lord Cornwallis
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General of British troops
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Nathanael Greene
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enlisted guerrilla tactics against the British
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Iroquois Six Nations
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Fought with the British and were destroyed throughout the time around the Revolutionary war
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Valley Forge
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Horrible winter, with unberable conditions, after Forge, Americans started winning wars again
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Noncombatants
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Refers to civilians who didn't fight
Towns were ransacked and people fled |
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Confederation Congress
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First try at getting a government together, failed as a whole but instated successful land ordinances
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Land ordinances of 1785 and 1787
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Pushed for westward expansion
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Northwest Ordinance
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Pushed for expansion of empire and establishment of new states toward the west
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Treaty of Fort Stanwix
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A treaty forcefully signed by the Native Americans to give up their lands
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Robert Morris
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Superintendent of Finance
Told states to stop printing money Unsuccesful, major debt |
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Bill for establishing Religious freedom
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rejected all religious tests for public office
major arguement was religion was always used as a form of opression |
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Colonial Currencies
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Due to inflation money was very volatile, and wasn't usually worth anything
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Conservatism
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Dismantled the radicals program of an anti-monarchy and wanted a single government
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Shay's rebellion
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War vet who didn't get his pay from fighting in the Revolution. Shay recruited farmers, rose up, unsuccessful
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