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American Revolution Test Flashcards

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Molasses

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Sugar act

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Magazines

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Stamp act

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Glass

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Townshend act

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Paper

This one has two

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Stamp act, townshend act

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Sugar

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Sugar act

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Coffee

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Sugar act

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News paper

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Stamp act

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Restriction of how much money can be printed

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Currency act

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Forced colonists to feed British redcoats

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Quartering act

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Tea

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Townshend act

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Forced colonists to house British redcoats

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Quartering act

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12
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Legal documents

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Stamp act

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The French and Indian war began when the French crossed which river?

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Ohio river

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Which empire aligned with the natives at the beginning of the French and Indian war?

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The French

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What does “No taxation without representation” mean?

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THE BRITISH CANNOT TAX THE COLONISTS WITHOUT ALLOWING THEM ACTUAL REPRESENTATION IN PARLIAMENT

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HOW MANY COLONISTS WERE KILLED IN THE BOSTON MASSACRE?

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5 colonists

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WHO CAPTURED FORT TICONDEROGA?

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ETHAN ALLEN AND THE GREEN MOUNTAIN BOYS, WITH HELP FROM BENEDICT ARNOLD

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18
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WHO REPORTEDLY SEWED THE FIRST AMERICAN FLAG?

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Betsy Ross

19
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WHO WROTE “COMMON SENSE”?

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Thomas Paine

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WHAT IS THE WARNING OF THE BRITISH ADVANCEMENT KNOWN AS?

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“ONE IF BY LAND, TWO IF BY SEA”

21
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WHO PUSHED THE BRITISH TO ENTER THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR?

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William Pitt

22
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.WHAT WAS THE FIRST BATTLE OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR?

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Battle of Lexington

23
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WHAT TREATY ENDED THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR?

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THE 1763 TREATY OF PARIS

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WHO REPRESENTED THE BRITISH REDCOATS ON TRIAL FOR THE BOSTON MASSACRE?

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John adams

25
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WHO WROTE THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE?

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Thomas Jefferson

26
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WHO DID THE COLONISTS DRESS AS DURING THE BOSTON TEA PARTY?

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Native Americans

27
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THE ELITE MEMBERS OF THE MILITIA WERE KNOWN AS WHAT?

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Minutemen

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WHO WENT ON A MIDNIGHT RIDE TO WARN OF THE BRITISH REDCOATS COMING?

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Paul Revere

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WHERE WAS THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE ADOPTED?

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Continental Congress, 1776

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WHAT COUNTRY DID THE COLONISTS SIGN AN ALLIANCE WITH DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION?

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France

31
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WHO IS WILLIAM PITT?

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AN ENGLISHMAN WHO SAW THE IMPORTANCE IN FIGHTING IN THE FR AND INDIAN WAR TO SUPPORT THE COLONIES. HE BORROWED MONEY FROM THE BANK OF ENGLAND TO SUPPLY THE COLONISTS WITH THE MONEY NEEDED TO FIGHT THE FR IN THE FR AND INDIAN WAR.

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WHO IS PAUL REVERE?

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A PATRIOT FROM BOSTON, HE WAS A SILVERSMITH

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WHAT DID PAUL REVERE DO TO HELP THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION OCCUR?

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HE MADE A MIDNIGHT RIDE TO LEXINGTON (APRIL 19, 1775) TO WARN OF THE BR REDCOATS COMING AND WAS INFORMED OF THE METHOD OF TRAVEL THE BR WOULD TAKE BY THE SIGNAL IN THE CHURCH “ONE IF BY LAND, TWO IF BY SEA” HE ULTIMATELY WARNED THE BR WERE COMING BY SEA.

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WHAT DOES BOYCOTT MEAN?

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THIS IS A METHOD OF ECONOMIC REVOLT AGAINST A PRODUCT TO SHOW THE LACK OF SUPPORT FOR THE SUPPLIER. IT MADE THE PRODUCT UNABLE TO SELL AND THEN CAUSED THE SELLER TO CHANGE POLITICAL PREFERENCE TO SEE THEIR GOODS. EXAMPLES: STAMP ACT, TEA ACT ETC..

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WHAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF BOYCOTTING?

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THE COLONISTS BOYCOTTED THE SUGAR ACT, THE STAMP ACT, THE TOWNSHEND ACTS AND THE TEA ACT AND GOT ALL REPEALED.

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WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BOSTON TEA PARTY?

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Sons of liberty

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WHAT WAS THE BOSTON TEA PARTY A RESPONSE TO?

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A DEMONSTRATION AGAINST THE BR TEA ACT. THE SONS OF LIBERTY DRESSED AS NATIVE AMERICANS AND BOARDED 3 BR SHIPS AND UNLOADED 90,000 LBS OF TEA INTO THE HARBOR. THEY DID THIS AT MIDNIGHT AND NO ONE WAS EVER CHARGED WITH THIS CRIME. THE RESULT WAS THE INTOLERABLE ACTS.

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WHAT TREATY ENDED THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR?

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Treaty of Paris, 1783

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THE FR AND INDIAN WAR

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MAJOR DEBT TO BR GOVERNMENT FROM SUPPLYING THE COLONISTS FOR THE WAR.

40
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THE STAMP ACT

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THE COLONISTS WERE TAXED ON PAPER, NEWSPAPER, MAGAZINE, PLAYING CARDS, LEGAL DOCUMENTS ETC..

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THE QUARTERING ACT

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THE COLONISTS HAD TO HOUSE AND FEED BR SOLDIERS WITH THEIR OWN MONEY

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THE TOWNSHEND ACTS

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THE COLONISTS WERE TAXED ON GLASS, PAPER AND TEA.

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BOSTON TEA PARTY

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THE COLONISTS DUMPED TEA INTO THE BOSTON HARBOR TO SHOW THEIR DISLIKE OF THE BR AND THE TEA ACT

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SONS OF LIBERTY

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A PATRIOT GROUP FORMED WITH THE PLATFORM OF BEING AGAINST THE BR GOVERNMENT AND THE KING

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