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40 Cards in this Set
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What was Mercantilism?
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colonies existed to provide raw materials for the mother country
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What required townships to set aside land for education?
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land ordinance of 1785
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What acts passed in 1767 brought harsh taxes on glass, paper, etc.?
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Townshend Acts |
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British philosopher who preached that people had a divine right to "life, liberty, and property?"
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John Locke
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What was the document that was sent by the 2nd Continental Congress on July 1765?
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The Olive Branch Petition
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What allowed the searching of people's homes and businesses for smuggled goods?
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writs of assistance
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Colonists who fought for independence from the British were called?
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Patriots/ whigs
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The document sent to King George 3rd from the 1st continental congress in 1774 that urged the king to correct the grievances of the colonists but also encouraged them to regulate trade? |
Declaration of Rights and Grievances
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What was the name of the letter written by Samuel Adams in 1768 that stated there is no distinction between internal/external taxation; therefore, the Townshend Acts should be repealed
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Massachusetts circular letter
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What replaced the 1766 stamp act? |
Declatory Act
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The Act of 1765 requiring colonists to lodge troops?
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Quartering Act
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What battle was significant and also the turning point in New York? |
Battle of Saratoga |
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What was Shay's Rebellion?
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An uprising by farmers over tax risings and foreclosures
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document drawn by the 2nd continental congress in 1775 to urge King George 3rd for the 2nd time to correct the grievances of the colonists ?
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declaration of necessities of taking arms |
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meeting of 12 representatives in 1774 that organized boycotts and discussed reactions to the intolerable acts in Philadelphia
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the first continental congress
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The event in 1733 was a reaction to an act that occurred in Boston
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Boston tea party
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acts passed in 1733 closed Boston harbor until the tea party paid for its damage
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intolerable/coercive acts
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act of 1764 that raised a previous amount demanded in specific items on older taxes in 1733 and the first revenue raising taxes
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sugar act
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the name given to colonists who sided with Britain
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loyalists/tories
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event that took place march 1770, upset about quartering act and troops in the colonies
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boston massacre
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only colonial legislatures had the right to tax stated by what body in 1765?
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stamp act congress
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document reiterated the resolution of June 7th
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declaration of independence
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What ended the revolutionary war and granted America its independence?
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Treaty of Paris
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meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 to revise the articles?
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constitutional convention
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What was used to persuade the states to ratify the constitution? |
Federalist Papers
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treaty between the united states and the Indians demanding that the Indians give up their land
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treaty of fort stanwix
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what was responsible for the boycotting of all british goods?
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the association
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what prevented trade from british goods
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nonimportation agreements
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what was the british response to repealing the stamp act
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declatory act
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committees of correspondence propaganda to keep boycotts and mistrust towards the british
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the intolerable acts closed the Boston harbor until damages were repaid and in Massachusetts, it revoked the charter and closed town meetings
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British strengths and weaknesses?
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strengths: large population, best navy weaknesses: not the best generals, far from home, soldiers don't really want to fight |
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America's strengths?
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they know the land better and the French assisted them
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Who was the first Frenchman to help the u.s. before his own country ?
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Lafayette
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most significant of the 2nd continental congress?
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they appointed George Washington to lead the army
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final battle of the rev war?
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battle of Yorktown
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problems with the articles?
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weak central govt, couldn't regulate trade
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3 pros of the articles?
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-written form of govt. -land ordinance -northwest ordinance |
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the signifcance of Shay's rebellion?
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the need for a strong central govt.
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what was republican motherhood?
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it is the mother's duty to raise children with virtues to keep democracy alive
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