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American History Flashcards

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This event was described as “natural manure” to refresh the “tree of liberty” by the U་S Minister to France

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Shays’ Rebellion

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Luke Day and Job Shattuck were pardoned for their role in this event

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Shays’ Rebellion

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Participants in this event were inspired by the Regulator Movement

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Shays’ Rebellion

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Benjamin Lincoln successfully defended the Springfield Armory

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Shays’ Rebellion

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Participants stormed a Northampton County court

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Shays’ Rebellion

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ended at Petersham

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Shays’ Rebellion

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recently-elected governor James Bowdoin sent Benjamin Lincoln to suppress it.

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Shays’ Rebellion

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The perpetrators of this event were targeted by the Disqualification Act, which forbade them from holding public office

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Shays’ Rebellion

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William Shepard defended the Springfield Armory during this uprising

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Shays’ Rebellion

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John Hancock was reelected governor in its aftermath

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Shays’ Rebellion

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1787 uprising of veteran debtors led by a namesake farmer in Massachusetts

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Shays’ Rebellion

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John Paterson commanded a militia unit during this event

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Shays’ Rebellion

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leader of this event given a sword by Lafayette

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Shays’ Rebellion

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John Bly and Charles Rose were the only two men hanged for their role in this event

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Shays’ Rebellion

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This conflict began in opposition to the corrupt governor William Tryon

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Regulator War

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led by Herman Husband

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Regulator War

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This event was crushed at the Battle of Alamance

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Regulator War

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1765 to 1771 conflict led by farmers in North Carolina

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Regulator War

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suggested that “all men would be tyrants if they could”

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Abigail Adams

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This person once asked, “When will mankind be convinced that true religion is from the heart?”

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Abigail Adams

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amesake cairn commemorates where this person and her son watched the burning of Charlestown

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Abigail Adams

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This person expanded the Peacefield house

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Abigail Adams

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One response to a request made by this person was that it’d create a “despotism of the petticoat”

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Abigail Adams

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argues for the recognition certain group, or else it would be “determined to foment a Rebellion”

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Abigail Adams

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patriotic ideal of the Revolutionary era, according to which the role of women is to instill the namesake patriotic values in their children

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republican motherhood

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As part of this movement, colonial women produced American-made clothes that could be worn by women and men in opposition to British-made goods

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homespun movement

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Patriot and Loyalist militias in South Carolina during the Southern Campaign of the Revolution

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Battle of Kings Mountain

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Patriot militia defeated the Loyalist militia commanded by British Major Patrick Ferguson

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Battle of Kings Mountain

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“the largest and most hotly contested action” in the American Revolution’s southern theater, took place in North Carolina

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Battle of Guilford Courthouse

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A speech said that this event’s instigators were a “motley rabble of saucy boys”

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Boston Massacre

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known to one side as the “Incident on King Street”

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Boston Massacre

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The engraving The Fruits of Arbitrary Power by Henry Pelham depicts this event

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Boston Massacre

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Right before this event, Ebenezer Richardson shot a twelve-year-old named Christopher Seider

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Boston Massacre

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Richard Palmes hit Hugh Montgomery on the arm

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Boston Massacre

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Paul Revere made an engraving of this event

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Boston Massacre

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This event was ultimately prompted by Edward Garrick demanding money from John Goldfinch

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Boston Massacre

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Henry Knox demanded a certain side hold their fire

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Boston Massacre

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This event saw the deaths of Samuel Gray and James Caldwell

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Boston Massacre

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Hugh Montgomery and Matthew Kilroy were the only participants found guilty after this event

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Boston Massacre

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1770 event occurring in response to the Townshend Acts

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Boston Massacre

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defense including Josiah Quincy

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Boston Massacre

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Casualties of this incident include Samuel Maverick and Patrick Carr

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Boston Massacre

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Private Hugh White was on guard during the beginning of this event

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Boston Massacre

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A speech given in response to this event noted, “Facts are stubborn things”

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Boston Massacre

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prosecution related to this event led by Robert Treat Paine

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Boston Massacre

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This person was the governor of Massachusetts during the Boston Massacre

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Thomas Hutchinson

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became unpopular due to Letters Affair

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Thomas Hutchinson

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ordered the removal of British occupational troops from Boston to Castle William after Boston Massacre

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Thomas Hutchinson

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Preston’s soldiers were tried in these non-‘common law’ courts where judges were Crown-appointed

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vice-admiralty

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The Stamp Act forced criminals to be tried in these courts, which assumed defendants guilty, not innocent

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vice-admiralty

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This man was British Prime Minister during the Boston Massacre

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Lord North

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This man succeeded the Duke of Grafton

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Lord North

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This man passed the Intolerable Acts after the Boston Tea Party

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Lord North

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