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23 Cards in this Set
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Why were Bristish soldiers stationed in the colonies following the Proclamation of 1763?
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to keep peace between the colonists and the Native Americans
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The reason that Parliament passed the Stamp Act was to
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raise money in the colonies to pay the costs of defending them.
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In what way did colonist protest the Stamp Act?
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They acted violently and boycotted British goods.
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The following are true of the boycott that colonists organized to protest the Townshend Acts.
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Many colonists stopped buying British products, and trade with Great Britain fell sharply.
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The following are true of the boycott that colonists organized to protest the Townshend Acts.
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The Sons of Liberty pressured shopkeepers not to sell products that came from Great Britain.
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The following are true of the boycott that colonists organized to protest the Townshend Acts.
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The Daughters of Liberty urged colonial woment to weave their own cloth rather than buy British cloth.
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Why did many colonists oppose the Tea Act?
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They did not like being made to pay a tax on tea.
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Parliament passed the intolerable Acts in order to
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punish the colonies and show that Britain was their master.
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The First Continental Congress met at Philadelphia in order to
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organize resistance to the Intolerable Acts throughout the colonies.
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The Second Continental Congress did all of the following
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issue the Declaration of Independence; authorize the raising of an army; authorize the printing of paper money.
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The British troops were finally forced out of Boston when
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the Continental Army bombarded the city from nearby hills.
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The pamphlet Common Sense was important because it
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convinced many colonists that the colonies should declare their independence from Great Britain.
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member of the Virgina House of Burgesses who said"...give me liberty or give me death"
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Patrick Henry
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leader of the Green Mountain Boys who captured the British Fort Ticonderoga early in the Revoloution
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Ethan Allen
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English philosopher who developed the theory of natural law on which the Declaration of Independence is based
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John Locke
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a leader of the Boston Sons of Liberty and member of the Second Continental Congress
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Samuel Adams
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rejected the Olive Branch Petition, lessening hopes of a peaceful settlement between the colonies and Great Britain
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George III
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a Virginia member of the Second Continental Congress who wrote the Declaration of Independence
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Thomas Jefferson
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Britain decided to tax the colonies to make the colonists pay for the costs of defending them during the American Revolution.
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French and Indian War
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T or F;The Sons of Liberty organized protests against the Stamp Act.
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true
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T or F;After the colonist objected to taxes placed directly on them, Parliament passed the Townshend Acts, which were taxes on trade.
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true
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The colonists' anger over the Tea Act was directly responsible for the Boston Massacre.
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Boston Tea Party
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The Coercive Acts were search warrants that gave British officers the authority to search colonists'homes and businesses.
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writs of assistance
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