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1- American Revolution Flashcards

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Boston Massacre

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1770
colonial resistance met w violence (5men killed by British - rep in trial by John Adams

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Boston Tea Party

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1773
resp to tea act - group of Bostonians disguised as Mohawk Indians boarded British ships and dumped tea into Boston harbor

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First Continental Congress

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September 1774
at Carpenters’ Hall in Phl - 56 delegates for all colonies except Georgia (w Washington and John and Samuel Adams)

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Sugar act

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1764

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Stamp Act

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1765-66

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Townshend Acts

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1767-68

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Tea Act

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1773

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Second Continental Congress

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Summer 1775
voted to raise a continental army w Washington as commander in chief

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first battles in the north

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1775-76
starting with Battle of Bunker Hill in Boston (April?) (victory for British but encouraged and inspired colonial forces)
First battles didnt lead to clear victories on either side

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composition of US constitution

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May 25 1787
constitutional convention met in Phl
main points of disagreements : state sovereignty and slavery

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ratification of US constitution

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21 June 1788

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effectiveness of US constitution

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4 March 1789

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1st US president

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G. WASHINGTON (89-97)

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“Radical” Revolution ?

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destroyed aristocracy
leveled social classes
sep reli and gov
installed meritocracy
ended monarchy

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“Conservative” Revolution ?

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ducated, property-holding elites ran the rev and remained in power

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Washington’s crossing of the Delaware river

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Christmas Day 1776

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victory at Trenton

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26 dec 1776

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last battle

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28 june 1778
Mornmouth, NJ

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Treaty of Paris

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3 sept 1783
official ending

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loss of the war

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19 oct 1781
Lord Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown

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DoI

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4 July 1776

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Coercive (/Intolerable) Acts

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1774
in retaliation for colonial resistance, the British Parliament imposes 4 measures know
Boston Port Act : Boston harbour blocked until cargo of tea is reimbursed
+ Massachusetts Government Act, Administration of Justice Act, and Quartering Act)

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