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18 Cards in this Set
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Republicanism
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Citizens value the common good over their own needs.
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Radical Whigs
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A group of British that attacked governmental corruption in Great Britain.
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Navigation Law of 1650
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All goods shipped to and from the colonies could only be in British ships.
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George Grenville
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Prime Minister of Britain: Navigation Laws (1763), Sugar Act (1764), Stamp Act (1765)
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Stamp Act Congress of 1765
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9 colonies, requested repeal of Stamp Act, step towards intercolonial unity
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Nonimportation
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agreements to not import British goods, enforced by Sons and Daughters of Liberty
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Declaratory Act
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Britain had the the right to bind the colonies in all cases whatsoever
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Boston Massacre
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March 5, 1770; 60 townspeople attacked British troops, 11 townspeople killed/wounded
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Samuel Adams
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propagandist, revolutionary, created first Committee of Correspondence
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Boston Tea Party
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December 16, 1773; group dressed as indians dumped tea in to the harbor
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Intolerable Acts
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response to Boston Tea Party; punished all colonies but Massachusetts especially (Boston Port Act)
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Quebec Act (1774)
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gave Catholic French Canadians religious freedom, extended Quebec boundary to Ohio River
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1st Continental Congress
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meeting from all colonies except Georgia, drew up important papers
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The Association
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from 1stCC; complete boycott of British items, non-importation, non-consumption, non-exportation
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Lexington Massacre
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fight between British and Americans at Lexington, Brits won
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Concord
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British troops went to Concord, met with large resistance, many casualties, signifier of WAR
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Marquis de Lafayette
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young French major general; secured aid from France later
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Baron von Steuben
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German who whipped American troops in to shape to become more professional army
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