Unit 6 Flashcards

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1
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Law making body of government in Britain

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Parliament

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A set of laws in Britain that protected the individual rights of English citizens

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English Bill of Rights

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3
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Imposed taxes on colonists for wine sugar molasses

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Sugar tax

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4
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This placed taxes on legal documents such as wills, diplomas, marriage license

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Stamp act

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5
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Impose taxes on the colonist tax glass paper paint led, and T

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Townsend acts

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6
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What is the legal document that allowed British officer the ability to oinspectof on colonists homes business and ships

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Writs of assistance

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7
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Albany plan

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Benjamin Franklin plan to create one general government of the 13 colonies

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8
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Boycott

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Refuse to buy or purchase

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9
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Quartering act

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The law that stated colonist had to provide housing, candles, bedding, food, and beverages to soldiers stationed in the colonies

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10
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Five laws passed by Britain to punish the colonist for the Boston tea party

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Intolerable acts

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The first continental Congress included how many of the 13 colonies

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12
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What does repeal mean?

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To remove or take away

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What was the treaty of Paris1763

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It was a treaty between France and Britain ending the French and Indian war. It agreed around parameters of land between the two countries

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Plan what happened at the Boston Massacre

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A crowd gathered outside the Boston costume house and a crowd, shutting insoles out of Bridge salt Bridge soldier, and then the crowd began throwing snowballs and oyster shells and ice at the soldiers eventually, a gun was shot, and the soldier shot into crowd in five people died

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16
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Why did parliament repeal or take away many of their tax acts?

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Parliament agreed to repel repeal the quartering act and most of the taxes that angered the colonists when the colonist agreed and the boycott on British goods

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Who were the colonist that came forward to lead the protest against England

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Samuel Adams and John Adams led the protest against England

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Why did the Albany Plan of the Union fail

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None of the colonies wanted to give up their power.

20
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What caused the fall of New France?

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British and colonial troops pushed the French out of Quebec

21
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Did the colonists have representatives in Parliament.

22
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Who fired the first shots of the French and Indian war?

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Shits fired by British lead by George Washington

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Why did England want to new taxes on the colonists

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To reduce the debt of war

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What was the purpose of the formation of the son of liberty?l

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They staged, Mockhanging to show what might happen to tax collectors

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Why did the colonist believe they had the right to protest the taxes put on
They believe they didn’t have any representation in parliament
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