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A Level History - American Revolution > Booklet 2 - The causes of the American Revolution > Flashcards

Booklet 2 - The causes of the American Revolution Flashcards

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1
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when did the Earl of Bute station how many troops in America for defence and why was this controversial

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February 1763, 10,000 troops
Americans expected to pay

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what border was put in place and when

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Proclamation line 1763

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3
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when was the proclamation line broken down

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1768

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4
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what was the problem with the 1733 sugar act

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it was ignored

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5
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when was Grenville’s sugar act and what did it do

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1764
halved duty on foreign molasses and sugar

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6
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how much was the fine for bribery

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£500

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when and what was the currency act

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1764, banned colonial paper money

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when and what was the stamp act

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1765 tax on paper items

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9
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how many items were taxed by the stamp act and give 3 examples

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50, newspapers, playing cards, legal documents

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what group was formed in rebellion of the stamp act and by who

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the loyal nine created by Samuel Adams

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when was the Townsend duties and give three examples of taxed imports

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1767
glass, wine, tea

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12
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when was the Boston tea party

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16th December 1773

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13
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how many sons of liberty men threw how many chests of tea overboard and how much did it cost

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60 men
342 chests
£10,000

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what were the names of the three ships at the Boston tea party

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Dartmouth, Eleanor, Beaver

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what were the four intolerable acts

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Boston port act
MA government act
Impartial administration of justice act
Quartering act

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When were the intolerable acts

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1774

17
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what was the Boston port act

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Boston was closed for trade until they repaid the destroyed tea

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what was the MA government act

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put a royal governor in place in Boston

19
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What was the impartial administration of justice act

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made Britain responsible for British soldier crimes

20
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what was the quartering act

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allowed British troops to be housed in private homes

21
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what was the response to the intolerable acts

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New York had their own ‘Boston tea party’ in 1774
Other states sent money and food to the poor in Boston

22
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what book did Thomas Paine write, when and how many copies were sold

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common sense 1776
100,000 copies sold

23
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who was John Adams

A

cousin on Sam Adams
He represented Massachusetts in the first CC
primary author of the MA constitution 1780

24
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who was Thomas Jefferson

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third president (1801-1809)
Principle author of the declaration of independence (1776)
argued that parliament had no right to tax

25
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what book did John Locke write and when

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Two treaties of government 1689

26
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who was John Locke

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a British politician that campaigned for American rights
never visited America
died before the revolution

27
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who was Sam Adams

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founded the Sons of liberty 1765
suggested the idea of the first CC
fought against the stamp act

28
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when was the first continental congress

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September 1774

29
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where was the first CC

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Philadelphia

30
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how many delegates attended the first CC

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56

31
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who didn’t attend the first CC

A

Georgia

32
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what was planned to be put in place in the first CC and when

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Boycott of British goods December 1774

33
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when was the second continental congress

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May 1775

34
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where was the second CC

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Philadelphia

35
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how many delegates attended the second CC

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65

36
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what quota was set at the second CC

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quota for each state to raise an army of 20,000

37
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how much paper money was issued to finance military during the second CC

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$2 million

38
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who was the commander in chief elected at the second CC

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George Washington

A Level History - American Revolution (8 decks)

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