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30 Cards in this Set
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Category: A.B.C.D’s
1. What were the Coercive Acts (1774)? |
1. Five post Tea Party acts that closed the port of Boston, converted Massachusetts into a typical royal colony, quartered troops, and granted civil rights to Catholics in Quebec, 1774.
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2. What was the Connecticut Compromise?
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2. The name of the compromise that established a 2-house congress for the new United States.
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3. What was the Declaratory Act of 1766?
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3. In this 1766 act issued at the end of the 1st imperial crisis, Parliament claimed authority to pass laws for the colonies “in all cases whatsoever”.
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4. Who was Daniel Dulaney?
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4. His tract Considerations (1765) conceded Parliament’s right to regulate trade but not to levy direct internal taxes.
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5. Who was Anthony Benezet?
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5. Quaker minister with initials A.B. who encouraged members to free their slaves in the 1750’s.
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Category: Imperial Crisis
6. What was the Stamp Act (1765)? |
6. This revenue act started the 1st of three imperial crises.
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7. Who were the Sons of Liberty?
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7. A radical patriot organization formed in 1765 to confront royal authority, to organize boycotts, and to promote inner-colonial unity.
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8. Who was William Pitt, the Elder (later Earl of Catham)?
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8. Prime Minister who slid into depression, allowing Chancellor of the Exchequer Charles Townshend more influence than he otherwise would have had in the House of Commons, 1767.
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9. What is tea?
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9. Colonial boycotts and intimidation forced the repeal of the Townshend Act except the tax on this item in 1770.
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10. What was the Townshend Revenue Act (1767)?
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10. This 1767 act taxed certain commodities and established vice admiralty courts to regulate colonial trade.
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Category: Society Asunder
11. Who were the Scotch-Irish? |
11. As experienced colonizers, this Presbyterian ethnic grouping in Pennsylvania formed one of three revolutionary cores by 1775.
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12. What was the “feudal revival”?
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12. A term given to the increased collection of quitrents by the owners of great proprietaries and landed estates throughout the colonies between 1730 – 1750.
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13. Who were the loyalists?
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13. 60,000 – 70,000 of them fled the rebellious colonies between 1776 – 1783.
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14. What is class? (...gave rise to (CLASS) tension)
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14. The boom & bust cycle of the post 1763 economy gave rise to _______ tension in the seaport cities.
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15. Who was Sarah Osborn?
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15. A Rhode Islander who educated Blacks and demanded an end to slavery during the 1760’s.
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Category: Boston
16. What was the Boston Massacre? |
16. Citizens throwing iceballs at a British sentry guarding the royal customhouse resulted in this 5 March 1770 incident.
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17. What was the Battle of Bunker Hill?
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17. The British army lost 1,000 troops assaulting entrenched American militia at this battle, 17 June 1775.
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18. What is a constitutional convention?
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18. It was device Massachusetts discovered would keep sovereignty with the people.
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19. Who was General Sir Thomas Gage?
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19. The last royal governor of Massachusetts (1774 – 1776) who believed the slaves of Boston might be of help to the king in case of colonial insurgency.
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20. Who was Lt. Governor Thomas Hutchinson?
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20. His house was trashed by a working class mob because some Bostonians thought he has helped draft the hated Stamp Act, 1765.
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Category: Way of the Fox – War & Diplomacy
21. Where is New York (or Long Island)? |
21. General Sir William Howe and 32,000 men landed here and nearly ended the colonial revolt in a single blow, 27 August 1776.
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22. What is the Battle of Brandywine?
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22. Washington made a stand here to prevent the British capture of Philadelphia, 11 September 1777. The city fell anyway.
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23. Where is France?
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23. Aid from this country in 1778 ensured the success for the American Revolution.
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24. Who was Nathaniel Greene?
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24. He never won a battle but this Rhode Islander’s attrition warfare in the southern colonies wore out the British, 1780 – 1781.
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25. Where is the Mississippi River and New Orleans?
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25. In 1783, US ministers Jay, Franklin, and Adams, violating instructions from Congress, obtained this river as the western boundary for the new US but not this port city.
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Category: Constitution
26. What was Shay’s Rebellion? |
26. A rebellion of debt-ridden western farmers in Massachusetts that demonstrated the need for a national government, 1786.
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27. Where is Spain?
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27. This nation raised anxiety among the Confederate States of America when Diego de Gardoqui, the foreign minister, threatened to split the states by offering special trading privileges to New England if the Confederation Congress accepted the closure of the Mississippi River.
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28. Who was Alexander Hamilton?
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28. At the Constitutional Convention he envisioned life terms for the president and the senators.
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29. Who was James Madison?
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29. He believed that a large republic would be more stable because no one faction could exert control.
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30. What were the Federalist Papers?
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30. They were a collection of essays designed to provide a rationale for forming a national union of states under a federal constitution. Instrumental in prompting the states to ratify the work of the 1787 Philadelphia Convention.
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