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49 Cards in this Set
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a government in which the people take part is ______
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demoncracy
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friends in a war are ______
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ally (allies)
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the law-making branch
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legislature
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the part of the British government in which members make laws
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parliament
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control over someone or something
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authority
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money paid to a government to run the country
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tax
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a government in which the people make their own laws
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self-government
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The monarch and British parliament governed Britain and the ____
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British Colonies
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The first colonial legislature was known as the ____ and was established in the Virginia colony in 1619
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House of Burgesses
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Each colony had a ____ whose job was to make sure that the laws that colonial legislatures made were one the British government would agree with
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governor
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The British colonists, their Indian allies, and the British army fought against the ____ and _______.
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French and Indian Allies
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Great Britain's Parliament decided the colonies should pay for the _______
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war
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The _____ built forts on land in the OHio River valley that was claimed by both the French and Britain
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French
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The British won the war and French Canada became a British colony. The British also gained land between the ____ Mountains and the _______ River.
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Appalachian: Mississippi
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a colonist who was for the British ( Tories)
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loyalist
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a meeting of representatives who have the power to make decisions
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congress
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freedom
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liberty
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what the people of a community think
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public opinion
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a request for action signed by many people
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petition
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a tax of goods brought into a county
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tariff
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the killing of people who cannot defend themselves
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massacre
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working against one's own government
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treason
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to undo or take away a law or tax
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repeal
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a refusal to buy goods or services
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boycott
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Colonists paid ___ on goods coming to the colonies from other places.
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tax
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Colonists that agreed with the British view were called _____
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loyalists
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A tax on ___. Such as _____ or ______.
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paper; newspaper; cards
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The stamp act Angered the colonists because it was ____ without _____
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taxation without representation
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_____ _________ spoke out against the Stamp Act and loyalist accused him of ______
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Patrick Henry; treason
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Met in groups such as the _____ and _________ of Liberty to talk and act against the new taxes.
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Sons; Daughters
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People Protest in Different Ways:
Asked people to _____ any British goods. |
boycott
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People Protest in Different Ways:
Sent representatives such as_____ to speak to Parliament. |
Benjamin Franklin
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The Stamp Act Congress:
A. Caused parliament to _____ the Stamp Act. Parliament responded by making a new law known as the Townshend Act and sending more soldiers to the colonies to prove Britains authority |
repeal
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Boston Massacre
1. Date: _______ 2. A fight broke because ___________________ 3. ______________ who was a runaway slave a. led the charge against the British soldiers b. was the first American killed for Independence |
March 5, 1770
Colonists were shouting insults Crispus Attucles |
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freedom=
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right
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to use warships to prevent other ships from entering or leaving the harbor
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blockade
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a group set up in each of the colonies to quickly share information about taxes and other issues by writing letters to groups in other colonies
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Committee of Correspondence
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a member of the Massachusetts colony militia who could quickly be ready to right the British
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minuteman
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a meeting of representatives of the British colonies
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Continental Congress
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a colonist who was against British rule
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Patriot
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the result of an action
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consequence
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to provide pay or housing
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quarter
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Committees of Correspondence:
Were set up by ________ ________ as a way for colonies to communicate with each other regarding what was being done to protest the latest British laws. |
Samuel Adams
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Boston Tea Party:
Some colonies decided to ________ British tea and turned away ships trying to carry British tea into their ports. |
boycott
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Parliament punished the colonists by:
1. Ordering colonists to pay for the destroyed tea 2. Ordered colonist to _____ British soldiers 3. Made Thomas Gage the Colonial Governor of Massachusetts. Colonists called these punishments ____ |
quarter ; Inderable Acts
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In Massachusetts Bay ship captains refused to be turned away __________ disguised themselves as Mohawk Indians, boarded the ships at night and threw the tea into the harbor.
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Sons of Liberty
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The Continental Congress:
Agreed to stop all trade with ________ |
Britian
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Colonies would no longer obey British laws when the laws took away their ______
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Liberty
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Fighting at Lexington and Concord
___ and _____ rode out to warn that the British were coming |
Paul Revere; William Dawes
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