chap 5 Flashcards

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date; stamp act congress

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1765

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date; Boston tea party

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1773

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date; first continental Congress

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1774

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date; Lexington and concord

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April 19, 1775

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5
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date; second continental congress

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1775

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5
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england changed to what theory (measure of the nations wealth in gold and silver

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mercantile

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5
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regulated and monopolized trade

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navigation act of 1660s

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england practiced a hands off system with the colonies, what was it

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laissez faire

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goods such as molasses, wool, iron, etc. were _____

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controlled

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8
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effects of war

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  1. experience in self defense
  2. less dependant on England protection
  3. england struggled to defend their empire
  4. finance issues w England
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8
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six man group used to control and create laws or regulations dealing with colonial trade

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board of trade

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9
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native American war led y chief Pontiac against British frontier colonist

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pontiac’s conspiracy

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10
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search warrants

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writs of assistance

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who defended the house of burgesses and in what court case

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Patrick henry; Parsons cause court case

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did colonist win or lose the court case

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lose

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13
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became prime minister of England in 1763

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George grenville

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14
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designed a program to control the colonists

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George grenville

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15
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no settlement west of applications

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proclamation of 1763

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16
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what was on sugar, currency, stamps. and quatering

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taxes and regulation

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17
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the colonies united behind new York’s statement:

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no taxation without representation

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18
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the rights of the British colonies asserted and proved

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james Otis

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19
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political organization led by samuel Adams that protested the new taxes

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sons of liberty

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date; 9 colonies met in New York to discuss a response to the stamp act

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1765

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21
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what are some things the colonists decided to do abt the stamp act

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  1. restore land grants
  2. restore royal charters
  3. defend their rights against unfair taxes
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one of britians greatest statesman and political thinkers
Edmund Burke
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defendant of the colonies
Edmund burke
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the colonies are subordinate to great Britain and parliament had the power to pass the laws in colonies
declaratory act
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Charles townshend appointed the what in 1767
chancellor of the exchequer
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new taxes were passed on imported paper, paint, lead, and tea
Townshend act
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created a board of customs
townshend act
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authored pamphlet entitled "letters from a farmer in penn. to the inhabitants of the british colony"
John Dickinson
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protested the right of parliament to legislate the colonies
John dickinson
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march 5, 1770 the British soldiers killed 5 American citizens
Boston massacre
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how many soldiers were given light punishments
only two
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to pacify the colonies, he repealed all the townshend acts except which one
the one on tea
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British ship burned by the colonists in 1772
gaspee incident
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formed by Sam adams to help inform the colonies of issues with England
committees of correspondence
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tea company of great Britain
British east India company
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citizens disguised as native Americans boarded British ships and dumped tea into the Boston harbor
Boston tea party
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whats the result of the Boston tea party
intolerable acts
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closed the port of Boston
Boston port bill
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legal offenses would be tried in great Britain
administration of justice acts
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limited self-gov. in Massachusetts
Massachusetts govt. act
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soldiers can live in any structure they chose
quartering act
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cancelled all western land claims by extending Quebec's borders
Quebec act
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____ out of 13 colonies met in philadelphia in sep. 1774
12
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agreed on rights that england could not take away
first continental congress
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they rejected parliament but still claimed who
king George
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who had a speech that summed up the feelings of the colonists toward England
Patrick henry
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"give me liberty or give me death" said by who
patrick Henry
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colonial "soldiers" who were trained to fight at a "minutes notice"
minutemen
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British general in charge of the soldiers in Boston
Thomas gage
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2 small villages located 20 miles outside of Boston
Lexington and concord
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colonial leaders were located at Lexington nd concord, who ordered their arrest
england
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warned the minutemen
Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Dr. Samuel Prescott
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the British marched into Lexington when
April 19, 1775
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shot heard around the world began what
war for independence
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the min. men protected Lexington, did they lose or win yet
they had to retreat, so they lost rn
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led a militia group called the green mountain boys
Ethan Allen
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the green mtn. boys captured what
fort Ticonderoga
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what was the first victory for the Patriots
capturing fort ticonderoga
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the green mtn. boys then captured what to protect northern colonies
crown point
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after the British occupied boston, the Patriots did what
led an attack on their defences
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the Patriots inflicted heavy casualties but still did what
lost the first battle at bunker hill
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provided a govt. and a what for the colonies
an army
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who was chosen to be the pres of the congress
John Hancock
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who was chosen to lead the army
george washington