Chapter 4 Flashcards

Son of Liberty to Lexington and Concord (23 cards)

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Who was the leader of the Sons of Liberty?

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Samuel Adams

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What was the Sons of Liberty?

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  • Groups of merchants, craftsmen, etc
  • Terrorized stamp agents and burned stamps
  • Ended sale of stamps
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Who were the Daughters of Liberty?

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  • Abigail Adams
  • Mercy Otis Warren
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What did the Daughters of Liberty do?

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  • Boycott British goods and manufacture their own products
  • Give up their tea for their freedom
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Who was Mercy Otis Warren?

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  • Wrote pamphlets and poems criticizing British policies
  • Encouraged independence
  • Used satire
  • Hosted salons
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What was the non-important movement?

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  • Widespread boycott of British goods to protest taxes
  • Women played a vital role with spinning bees and homemade cloth
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What is spinning bees?

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Creating your own cloth to protest against British taxes

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What was the Declaratory Act?

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  • Passed after repealing Stamp Act
  • Said Parliament had the right to legislate over the colonists in “all cases whatsoever”
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What were Townshend duties?

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tax on common imported items like glass, paint, paper and tea

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What were the letters John Dickinson received?

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  • From a farmer
  • Argued that only elected assemblies could tax colonists
  • Helped unite colonists in protest
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What were Bostonians doing that ignited the Boston Massacre?

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  • Harassing customs officials and British troops were stationed there
  • Throwing snowballs, rocks, and oyster shells
  • Held clubs
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How did John Adams help British guards during the Boston Massacre?

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  • Adams acted as a defense attorney
  • Sentenced guilty to manslaughter
  • Less punishment than started out with
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What did the East India Company do before bankruptcy?

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  • East India Company created a monopoly from tea
  • The tea was cheaper than smugglers’s tea
  • Still taxed by Townsend act
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Why did smugglers suffer at the hands of the East India Company?

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  • They were losing profit
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What was the Boston Tea Party?

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  • Response to the Tea Act
  • Patriots dressed as Mohawks boarded British ships at the Boston harbor and dumped 342 chests of tea into waters
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16
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What were the intolerable acts?

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Laws to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party

17
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How was Massachusetts punished?

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  • Lost Boston Harbor until tea was paid for
  • restricted self governance
  • requested them to house troops
18
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What was the Quebec Act?

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  • Expanded territory south into the Ohio River Valley where some colonists had wanted.
  • granted rights for French Catholics
19
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What were the Committees of Correspondence?

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  • Groups of colonists who communicated colonial grievances and shared news about British actions
  • Originally in Massachusetts
  • Formed by Samuel Adams
20
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What was the Continental Congress?

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  • Delegates from 12 colonies except Georgia
  • Responded to the Intolerable Acts
  • Petition the King to restore colonial rights
  • Organize boycotts and prepare militarily if necessary
21
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Why did Georgia not send delegates?

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  • facing conflicts with Native American tribes
  • relied on British military support
22
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Who warned that the British were coming?

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  • Paul Revere
  • William Dawes
23
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What happened at Lexington and Concord?

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  • First shots heard around the world
  • British had to retreat