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21 Cards in this Set
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What three measures did King George take against the colonies? |
Strict enforcement of the Navigation Laws, Taxation, quartering of soldiers
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What were the Navigation Laws?
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All colonial goods must be shipped on English ships and the colonies could not produce goods that were made in England already.
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What are 'Writs of Assistance'?
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blank search warrants that allowed custom officers to board ships or enter homes to search for smuggled goods.
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James Otis
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Prosecuting attorney in Boston who opposed Writs of Assistance. Said "Taxation without representation is tyranny."
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Why were Writs of Assistance illegal?
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They broke English law because they had no limitations on the time, place, or manner of the search.
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The Stamp Act
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1765 - Law created that required colonists to buy a _______ for every piece of paper they used. This included newspapers, wills, licenses, and playing cards. repealed in 1766 after much protest
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Taxation without Representation
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Americans believed only the colonial legislatures could tax the colonists. Taxes by the British Parliament were considered robbery and violation of property.
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"If this be treason, make the most of it."
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Said by Patrick Henry during his speech to Parliament while opposing the Stamp Act
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Stamp Act Congress
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...27 delegates from nine of the colonies met from October 7 to 25, 1765 and wrote a declaration of the Rights and Grievances of the Colonies, a petition to the King and a petition to Parliament for the repeal of the ________Act
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Declaration Act
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Law passed in 1776 to accompany repeal of the Stamp Act that stated that Parliament had the authority to legislate for the colonies "in all cases whatsoever"
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The Townshend Acts
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Taxed goods, such as glass, paper, paint, lead, and tea. It also allowed customs officials to search without real reason in order to prevent smuggling (only had to use a writ of assistance aka a search warrant). Colonists believed that this tax was an example of taxation without representation.
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Tariff
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A government tax on imports or exports
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Tea Tax
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Part of the Townshend duties, this was one of the most famous taxes during the revolutionary period. The source of conflict was a new tax passed in 1773 that gave the British East India Company a monopoly over tea in America and imposed small taxes on the imports of _______
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The Boston Massacre
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1770-When an confrontation between colonists and British soldiers caused an riot that killed five people when British soldiers fired into the crowd.
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The Boston Tea Party
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Occurred on December 6, 1773 when members of the Sons of Liberty, lead by Samuel Adams. dressed up as Mohawk Indians and threw British ______into the harbor as a protest to the ___ Act.
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The Intolerable Acts of 1774
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Five laws that were enacted by Parliament to punish the colonies for The Boston Tea Party
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The Five Decrees of the Intolerable Acts
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The Boston port closed until the destroyed tea was paid for, the colonist lost their rights to a voice in Parliament, New troops were quartered in Boston, no British soldier could be tried in the colonies, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Virginia and New York lost western land rights
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The Quebec Act
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Allowed Catholics in Quebec to freely practice their religion-- Protestant Bostonians saw this as an attack on their faith.
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"Give me Liberty or Give me Death!"
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A quote from a famous speech delivered by Patrick Henry to the Virginia Convention in response to Intolerable Acts
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First Continental Congress
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1774; response to Intolerable Acts; 55 men from 12 colonies (excluding Georgia)meet on Philadelphia; called for complete halt in trade with Britain; important step towards independence.
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What colony did not send a representative to the First Continental Congress
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Georgia |
