1/28/22 Flashcards

1
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legal documents to search homes for smuggled goods, without a warrant

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Writs of Assistance

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2
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Rebellious Women’s group, and against the unfair taxes.

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Daughters of Liberty

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3
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she published plays that made fun of the British officials.

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Mercy Otis Warren

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4
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Mercy Otis Warren was good friends with

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Abigail Adams

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5
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March 5, 1770 Tensions were high between the colonists and the Redcoats. A fight breaks out and the colonists start throwing snowballs at the redcoats the word “Fire,” was shouted and the soldiers panicked and fired into the crowd.

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Boston Massacre

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6
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During the Boston Massacre the colonists were having a

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snowball fight

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7
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During the Boston Massacre a colonist shouted

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Fire

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8
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___ (number) colonist died at the Massacre

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5

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9
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African American dock worker (former sailor) and he belonged to the Sons of Liberty. He was the first to die at the massacre.

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Crispus Attucks

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10
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he was the cousin to Sam Adams and will eventually become the 2nd president of United States.

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John Adams

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11
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John Adams defended the British Soldiers so they would get a

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Fair Trial

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12
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Defense Attourney

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John Adams

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13
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Prosecuting Attorney

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Thomas Beckett

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14
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John Adams’ was Argument that the Redcoats killed the colonist in

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Self defense

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15
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The British soldiers punishment was their

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thumbs were branded

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16
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Colonists used this it is information designed to influence opinion

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Propaganda

17
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The colonists said the British soldiers ____ the colonists.

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Slaugtered

18
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In 1772 Sam Adams orgainized the

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“Committees of Correspondence”

19
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Members wrote letters to other colonists in other colonies and kept them informed of what going on politically

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Committees of Correspondence

20
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The Committees of Correspondence was a MAJOR tool of the.

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Revolution

21
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Because of Committees of Correspondence within 3 months there were _______ throughout the colonies.

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80 committees