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| to cut off from outside contact |
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| person killed, wounded, or missing in a battle |
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| steady increase in prices over time |
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| foreign soldiers who fight for bay |
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| selling scarce items at unreasonably high prices |
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| One effect of the American Revolution was... |
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| the spread of the idea of liberty and equality |
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| The battle of Yorktown resulted in... |
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| The signing of the Treaty of Paris (1779) |
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| According to the Treaty of Paris, the new United States would control... |
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| all of the land from New England to the Mississippi River and north to the Great Lakes. |
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| The Americans won the Revolutionary War mainly because... |
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| they had the determination to outlast the British. |
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| During the war, American trade was severely disrupted due to... |
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| The battles of Trenton and Princeton were important because... |
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| they boosted Patriot moral |
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| The British ended their siege of Boston when... |
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| The Patriots began shelling the British ships and forces. |
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| How did Ethan Allen contribute to the revolution? |
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| Lead the Green Mountain Boys and captured Fort Ticonderoga. |
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| German Mercenary troops recruited by the British. |
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| Describe the Battle of Bunker Hill. |
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1. the battle was fought before GW had the opportunity to take command
2. It was actually fought on Breed's Hill
3. The British had more casualties than the colonists |
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| For the revolution to be a success, the Americans not only had to achieve a military victory, but also had to... |
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| get recognition from France. |
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| The fall of Fort Ticonderoga was important because... |
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| Americans needed the artillery and ammunition stored there |
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| the study of of how people decide what, how and for whom goods and services are produced |
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| The study of people's behavior in groups |
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| The study of people and their form of government |
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| The study of artifacts and culture |
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| The study of how the mind works |
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| The revolt against the government of Jamestown by the colonists because the governor would not protect them. |
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| Colonial (Virginia) legislature whose representatives were called Burgesses |
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| a company funded by a groups of investors who share the company's profits |
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| Native American revolt against the Spanish in New Mexico and their religious requirements |
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| Spanish document read to Native Americans requiring them to give allignece to the Spanish Crown and the Pope |
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| certificate of permission |
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| person contracted to work for a master in exchange for passage to the New World |
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| headquarters where missionaries lived and worked |
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| What caused Jamestown's near failure/ |
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| The swampy site chosen for settlement |
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| Why were the early years of Jamestown full of hardship? |
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| Many settlers refused to work |
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| What was Columbus looking for when he sailed from Spain? |
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| Western route to the Indies |
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| English explorers like Cabot, Frobisher and Hudson were searching for what? |
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| What was the major cause of death among the Native Americans? |
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| smallpox, typhus and other diseases |
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| What was the major goal of the economienda system? |
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| to force Native Americans to work for the Spanish |
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| What was the main reason the Virginia Company survived? |
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| The English colonists began to grow tobacco for sale. |
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| What is the Columbian Exchange? |
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| The trade of godds and services between Europe and America |
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| What are the factors that helped lead Europe to world domination after the Columbus voyages? |
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1. better management of their bureaucratic systems
2. Advanced military technology
3. European countries amassing great wealth |
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| What was the Treaty of Tordisillas 1494? |
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| Spain and Portugal would split all new lands |
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| Why did Spain want to establish missions? |
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| to convert the Native Americans to the Spanish religion and customs |
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| Why did the Spanish establish outposts in the Southeast? |
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| What were the major economic activities of the Spanish in the New World? |
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| Ranching, farming and mining |
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| Why did Spain encourage settlement in Florida? |
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| the safeguard Spanish fleets with defensive bases |
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| What are the reasons that Spain explored and settled the new world? |
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| What was Europe like in 1492? |
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1. crowded
2.lots of disease |
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| What are two reasons that the British established colonies in the Americas |
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1. England was crowded
2. Establish new markets for goods |
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| How did the rapid spread of the English affect the native americans? |
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| threatened their way of life |
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| Why did colonists gain extensive freedom in self-government in the 1700s? |
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| Britain declined to interfere in colonial political affairs |
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| What did the increase in farming lead to? |
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| The increase in slaves brought from Africa |
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| Why was Pennsylvania established? |
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| What three colonies were established in an attempt to escape religious persecution? |
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| What was the British policy of salutary neglect? |
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| allowed the colonists economic freedom |
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| Who were the first Europeans to settle in New York? |
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| Dutch (called it New Amsterdam) |
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| Why did England prize its colonies? |
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1. they supplied England with food and raw materials
2. They bought English goods |
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| What did Quakers believe? |
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| What was a colony's function on the mercantile system? |
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| Why did Britain not want the colonies to manufacture goods? |
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| It wanted to profit from selling manufactured goods to the colonies |
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| What was the population in the middle colonies known for? |
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| Why did the English drive the Dutch from New York? |
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| Envied the area's prosperity under the Dutch |
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| What economic activity did the most to shape the growth of New France? |
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| What is the Northwest Passage? |
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| a northern water route across North America |
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| Why did the Puritans migrate to New England? |
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| to escape religious persecution |
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| What did John Winthrope mean mean when he called Mass. "city on a hill?" |
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| that the eyes of the world will be on Mass. |
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| In 1750, over James Oglethorpe's objections, Georgia did what? |
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| Allowed importation of slaves. |
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| What was the English Crown's hope Georgia? |
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| Georgia would be a buffer between SC and Florida. |
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| Vriginia tobacco farmers moved to which colony looking for new land to plant their crops. |
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| Thomas Hooker Fled Mass and founded... |
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| The Mayflower Compact was unique in that it... |
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| permitted all men to participate in making laws |
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| The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut was considered what? |
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| The first constitution written in the English colonies |
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| What was the Great Migration? |
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| A period when many many people fleeing religious persecution settled in Mass. |
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| The rhythms of work and play in Virginia were set by what? |
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| the demands of growing tobacco and preparing it for market. |
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| Maryland Acts of Toleration was the first document to do what? |
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| grant freedom of worship to all Christians. |
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1. Questioned the authority of the Mass. Bay governor.
2. Banished from Mass and established Providence, which became part of Rhode Island
3. Advocate of the separation of church and state. |
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| Why were the English successful in the New England Indian Wars? |
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1. English were united by language
2. Each conflict was more devastating than the last for the NA
3. English had better weapons. |
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| The first permenant English settlement in the New World was... |
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| Why did Lord Baltimore establish Maryland? |
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| What was the status of slavery in Georgia when it was first founded? |
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| Illegal, but no free blacks were permitted. |
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| The first slaves in England's North American colonies were where? |
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| Describe the New England Colonies. |
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1. Boston
2. Large scale ship building
3. fishing and whaling |
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| Describe the Middle Colonies |
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| Describe the Chesapeake Colonies (upper south) |
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| Describe the Lower South colonies |
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1. Rice and Indigo
2. Charlestowne
3. Slaves outnumbered people |
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| What colonial region was most active in promoting public education? |
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| Minsters were in what social class? |
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| From what type of school did men go onto Harvard and become ministers? |
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| What helped the colonial legislatures control the royal governors? |
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1. They had control of the money
2. they had political connections back in England
3. They could put enough pressure to make the governor resign |
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| What changes occurred that increased the slave population in the colonies? |
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1. more slave women were brought into the country
2. overproduction of sugar in Indes lead to selling off of slaves
3. British company promised 3,000 slaves per year |
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| Why did many black escape during the American REvolution? |
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| British promised freedom to any that joined the British army |
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| in 1619, a Dutch ship sold 20 Africans in Jamestown as... |
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| What were the jobs given to the colonial governors? |
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1. veto laws
2. pardon offenders
3. His proclamations were law |
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| Which religious group was intolerant of other religions? |
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| What was the official religion of the southern colonies? |
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| In what kind of colony was the governor, council and lower house elected? |
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| In which type of colony was the governor appointed by the king? |
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| What are the three inalienable rights? |
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| Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness |
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| Bleeding. It was used for everything and fixed nothing. |
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| Why did newspapers come late to the colonies? |
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shortage of paper, ink
Presses had to be sent over from England |
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| Why were families living on small farms large during colonial times? |
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| More people to do the work. |
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| Why did New England farmers not have more slaves? |
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| small farms that did not require much labor |
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| What was a result of the French and Indian War? |
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1. Weakening of loyalty to Great Britain
2. Colonists began to question British authority |
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| What did the First Continental Congress vote to do? |
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| To adopt the Declaration of Independence. |
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| What was the cause of the French and Indian War? |
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| What are the Sugar Act and the Stamp Act were examples of? |
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| How the British tried to raise money in the colonies. |
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| What does Common Sense argue? |
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| That the colonies should break ties with Great Britain. |
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| Why did religious leaders start a revival in in early 1700s? |
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| They thought that the colonists lacked faith. |
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| What movement influenced Thomas JEfferson? |
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| What was one of the results of the FaIW? |
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| France turned over Canada to Great Britain |
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| What was a direct result of the Intolerable Acts? |
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| Calling together the First Continental Congress. |
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| How did the colonists respond to the Townshend Act. |
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| Why did the colonists protest the Stamp Act? |
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| No taxation without representation |
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| Why did the British government tax the American people? |
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| What is the introduction to the Declaration of Independence called? |
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| What were the Intolerable Acts |
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1. To punish Boston for the Tea Party
2. closed the port of Boston
3. quartering act- let soldiers sleep in homes
4.Mass government was reorganized and more power was given to General Gage (Br.) |
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| What was the purpose of the tea act? |
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| rescue the East India Tea Company |
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| What was the Proclamation Line of 1763? |
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| Prevent a war with the Native Americans |
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| What was the Albany Plan of Union? |
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| a failed attempt to bring the colonies together |
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| What was the most effective form of protest from the colonists? |
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| Where did the First and Second Continental Congress meet? |
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| What was the first direct taxation? |
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| Stamp Act Everything else was indirect |
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| What was the Declaratory Act? |
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| It asserted the right of the British officials to search ships and warehouses. |
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At the Second Continental Congress a final petition is sent to King George and a motion is made to pass a resolution of independence. |
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A committee of 5 is selected to draft the declaration of independence. |
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To raise money for British soldiers stationed in the colonies a tax is placed on paper. |
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Effect:
Stamp Act congress meets and sends The Declaration of Rights and Grievances to Great Britain. |
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British troops are looking for for the colonial storage of arms outside of Boston. |
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Minute men confronted the British Regulars in Lexington and then at Concord |
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Cause:
The Boston Tea Party is held by the colonist. |
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Colonial crown threatens British soldiers at the Boston Custom House. Shots are fired. Five are dead. |
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