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| Another name for the Revolutionary War (1775-1783) |
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| Distance of the colonies from England ("Distance weakens authority, great distance weakens authority greatly") |
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| The economic system in which a mother country attempts to establish colonies for its own benefit |
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| The name for the English policy of deliberately not enforcing laws for decades |
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| Series of laws passed by Parliament to restrict trade to and form the colonies to English vessels |
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| The name for England's law-making body |
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| House of Lords and House of Commons |
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| The two parts of Parliament |
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| "Father of Modern Economics" |
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| Book written by Adam Smith which spoke of the "invisible hand" |
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| King of England during the American Revolution |
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| The name for the king's group of advisors |
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| Name for the king being able to veto any laws passed in the colonies |
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| Known as the "King of Smugglers" |
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| Was the first prime minister to pass laws that the colonies did NOT like |
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| First act passed by Parliament to raise revenue from the colonies |
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| Required certain colonies to provide food and shelter for British troops |
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| Tax on all legal documents and commerical (newspapers, deeds, and wedding licenses) |
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| "No taxation without representation!" |
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| Famous slogan used by the colonists and became the motto of the Revolutionary War |
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| Theory that every member of Parliament respresented every English person in the world |
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| Met in 1765 in New York City in opposition to the Stamp Act |
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| 27 delegates and 9 colonies |
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| Number of delegates and colonies represented at the Stamp Act Congress |
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| Non-importation agreements |
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| Were agreements to boycott all British goods |
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| Sons/Daughters of Liberty |
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| Groups of colonists who tarred/feathered and violently protested the Stamp Act |
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| Declared, "We affirm Parliament's right to bind the colonies in all cases whatsoever." |
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| A nickname for Charles Townshend |
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| Replaced George Greenville as prime minister |
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| Light tax on glass, white lead, paper, paints, and tea. It was an INTERNAL, or indirect tax |
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| "red coats", "lobster backs", or "bloody backs" |
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| What British soldiers were called by the colonists |
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| Occurred in 1770 and presented about 60 colonists against 10 red coats, 11 people were killed or wounded during this event |
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| One of the first to die in the Boston Massacre |
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| Mulatto (half black, half white) |
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| Name for Cripus Attucks' ethnicity |
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| Was a "yes man" prime minister for King George the Third, he placed Charles Townshend's place |
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Beer
(I'm not funny, am I?) |
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| "Engineer of the Revolution" and "Penman of the Revolution" |
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| Two nicknames for Samuel Adams |
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| Committees of Correspondence |
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| Men who wrote letters to spread propaganda about the British |
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| Man who created Committees of Correspondence |
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| Event where disguised colonists boarded a ship and dumped 342 chests of tea into the Harbor |
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| Year the Boston Tea Party took place |
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| Acts that were passed to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party |
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| Coercive Acts or Repressive Acts |
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| Two other names for the Intolerable Acts |
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1. Closed the Port of Boston until damages (from Boston Tea Party) were paid
2. Restricted town meetings
3. New, stronger quartering Act
4. Stated that any red coat that killed an American would be tried in England in their courts |
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| The four things the Intolerable Acts consisted of |
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| Extended the borders of Quebec to include the Ohio Valley |
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| Year the Quebec Act was passed |
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| First Continental Congress |
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| Was called in response to the Intolerable Acts, met in Philadelphia |
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| 55 delegates and 12 colonies |
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| Number of delegates and colonies represented at the First Continental Congress (1774) |
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| Called for a TOTAL BOYCOTT (non-importation, non-exportation, non-consumption) |
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| Was the first Battle of the Revolutionary War |
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| Men who were supposed to be ready in a moment's notice to defend the nation |
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| Wrote the "Concord Hymn" and fired the 'shot heard 'round the world' |
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| Name for a general British search warrant that allowed them to search anywhere, anytime |
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