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19 Cards in this Set
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The French and Indian War
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-War was because of border dispute -Great Britain emerged as the dominant power - the French and the English fought the war |
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Proclamation of 1763
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-Forbade colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains
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Legislation after the French and Indian War
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- Proclamation of 1763 - The Sugar Act - The stamp Act |
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Loyalists
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- supported the king during this time period
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Prime Minister Grenville believed
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- Britain was just in taxing the colonies -Britain should exert greater control on the colonies -Subjects in Britain should also pay for the war debt |
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Sugar Act and Stamp Act
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- The colonists hated the tax because it was the first time Parliament levied a tax on the colonists
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Sons of Liberty
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- Set up Committees of Correspondence -Tarred and feather tax collectors - Were a secret organization |
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Stamp Act consequences
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- colonists boycotted British goods and rioted in city streets -Tax collectors were hung in effigy and tarred and feathered Americans stopped importing certain British goods |
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Stamp Act taxed
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- stamps - decks of cards - wedding licenses |
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Repeal of the Stamp Act
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- Parliament simultaneously passed the Townshend Acts
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British troops were sent to Boston in 1768
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- because colonists vehemently protested the Townshend Acts
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Boston Tea Party
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- took place after British officials increased the price of tea
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The Boston Massacre
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-took place in 1770, when violence broke out between the colonists and the British regulars
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After repealing the Townshend Acts
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- Parliament kept the tax on tea so that Americans knew they could still be taxed by the king
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The First Continental Congress
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- called for boycotts of British goods-Encourage the peaceful boycott of British goods-debated over whether violence was avoidable-began preparing for war- drafted a Declaration of rights to present to the king
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The Second Continental Congress
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- Declared war on Britain -created a national army - designated George Washington as commander -in- chief of the |
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" The Shot Heard Round the World"
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The first shots fired by victorious farmers at Lexington and Concord against British troops
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Committees of Correspondence
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-groups of people throughout the colonies that exchanged letters and essays containing republican ideas
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Thomas Paine's Common Sense
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- United the colonists against Britain
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