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us history unit 2
apush unit 2
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History
11th Grade
10/09/2009

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Jonathan Edwards (3)
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colonist minister who was influenced by the great awakening(1).his sermons were exciting and emotional(1) with the theory of predestination as their focus(1)
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great awakening (3)
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world religious movement(1) that caused fervor in religious belief(1) in the colonies to follow traditional beliefs(1)
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the enlightenment (2)
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simultaneous (at the same time) to the great awakening(1) which focused more on science and the natural laws of the universe than religion (1)
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Benjamin Franklin (3)
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writer philosopher,scientist,(1) who invented the lightning rod,Franklin stove, bifocal eyeglasses(1) and was heavily involved in the american revolution(1)
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navigation act (3)
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were passed by parliament(1) to ensure that all colonial goods would be controlled by great Britain(1) and other nations would not have the opportunity to deal directly with Britain's colonies(1)
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molasses act of 1733 (3)
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imposed high tax on sugar, molasses , and rum (1) imports from other nations(1) this act prevented competition in trade and infuriated colonists(1)
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townshend acts (3)
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placed tax on imported paper,glass,tea, and paint (1) in order to pay the salaries of the governors and judges in the colonies (1), which would eliminate colonists control of the purse($$$)
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proclamation act of 1763 (2)
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was proclaimed to tighten British control over the colonies (1) and prohibited colonists from settling west of the Appalachians(1)
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sugar act (3)
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taxed non-English sugar to raise revenue(1) which threatened to destroy the profitable triangular trade(1) between Britain, the colonies, and the west indies(1)
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stamp act
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tax on papers, pamphlets, calenders and almanacs(1) for the purpose of raising money(1) to support the British army in the colonies (1) hurt all colonists(1) created common bond(1) for revolution(1)
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sons of liberty (2)
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colonial group that protested British control(1) and became more militant as the revolution approached(1)
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Boston massacre (2)
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when Boston townspeople were fired upon by British soldiers(1). Several people were killed(1)
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tea act (2)
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monopolized the tea trade(1) for the British controlled east India company(1)
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Boston tea party (2)
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to protest tea act (1), men dressed as Indians boarded english tea ships and emptied it into the Boston harbor (1)
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intolerable acts (3)
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in retaliation for the Boston tea party(1) the British government closed the Boston harbor until all the tea was paid for (1) also called the "coercive acts"(1)
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1st Continental Congress (2)
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all colonies except Georgia were represented(1) they pledged to boycott all english goods until differences could be settled(1)
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currency act (2)
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forbade colonial legislatures (1) to issue legal tender paper money (1)
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Albany plan plan of the union (5)
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Benjamin Franklin(1) proposed that the colonists(1) form an assembly(1) to develop a coordinated plan with all colonies and Indians(1) to facilitate(help) western trade and defense(1)
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quartering act (3)
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required colonists to house (1) and feed British troops(1) so the British would not have to pay to defend the colonists(1)
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declaratory act (2)
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asserted England's right(1) to tax the colonies(1)
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