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Causes of the American Revolution Flashcards

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The ohio valley:

What man is associated?

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George Washington

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Post French Indian War:
Fill in the blank:
For the first time in ___ ____ _____ ___ __ ____.

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50 years, England was at peace.

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Post French Indian war:

What was a massive thing after the war?

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Debt.

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Proclamation of 1763:

What did it forbid?

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It forbids settlers to advance beyond Appalachian mountains.

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Proclamation of 1763:

What did it allow?

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Allowed England (rather then the colonial governments to control westward expansion (british terms).

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Proclamation of 1763:

What were the results?

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  • Failed -Minimal effect on colonies
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Sugar Act:

- What was it designed for?

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  • It was deigned to eliminate the ilegal sugar trade between the colonists and French/Spanish west.
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Sugar Act:

Enforcement on sugar strengthened. What got damaged?

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The sugar grown in the colonies.

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Sugar act: What made sugar valuable?

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Rum it can be made into.

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Currency act:

What had the colonists been doing with their money?

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They had been printing their own money

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Currency act:
What did the currency act do?
What happened to the already printed money?

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  • It forced the colonists to stop printing money.

- all the money was destroyed

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Currency act:

How did the colonists respond to the act?

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They resented it.

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Currency act:
What were the two movements called?
Where were they based?

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The Paxton boys and Regulator Movement.

  • Paxton boys: Philadelphia
  • Regulator movement: North Carolina
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Currency Act:

The Paxton boys wanted what?

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They wanted tax relief and they threatened bloodshed for it.

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Currency act:

The regulator movement was made up of what type of people and how many??

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  • Farmers of the Carolina upcountry who were forced to higher taxes
  • 2000 regulators
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Stamp act:
People with what type of jobs were most affected by this?
- How were they affected by the stamp act?

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  • Merchants and lawyers

- They were affected by the stamp act because they print many letters.

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Stamp act:

What were people being required to buy?

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Stamps for ships’ papers and documents, printers for newspapers that were imported in from London.

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Stamp act:

Why did this act anger colonists?

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The tax was not the problem, but the precedent it was setting.

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Stamp act:

How is the stamp act an occurrence because of the French and Indian war?

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It raises money to pay off their debt from the French and Indian war.

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Sons of liberty:

Where was it formed?

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Boston, Massachusetts

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Sons of liberty:

An organization of who?

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Underground Terrorist colonists that represented farmers who did not have a voice.

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Sons of liberty:

What were acts they committed?

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  • They attacked stamp agents

- Destroyed lieutenant governors home.

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Townsend acts:

Who was it created by?

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Charles Townshend

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Townsend acts:
The quartering (mutiny) act of 1765, required what?
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It required colonists to provide a living place and supplies for british troops in America.

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Townsend acts:

What angered the colonists most about this situation?

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  • The fact that they had to provide supplies for the british soldiers, the giving them a place to stay did not anger them too much.
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Townsend acts:

The Townshend duties are also called what?

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External taxes

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Townsend acts:

What were they taxiing?

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They directly taxed imports such as lead, paint, tea etc.

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Responses to Townshend acts:

A letter of opposition was created by whom?

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The Massachusetts assembly

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Responses to Townshend acts:

The letter of opposition created by Massachusetts assembly was only noticed after what happened?

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The british publicly denounced those who were supporting the letter.

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Responses to Townshend acts:

What started happening after the Townshend duties were noticed?

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Boycotts across Boston, New York, and Philadelphia.

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Responses to Townshend acts:

After Charles Townshend died, what happened?

A

His replacement repealed his duties.

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Boston Massacre:
True or false?: The Boston massacre happened right after the news of the repeal of the Townshend act reached the colonies.

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False, it happened right before the news.

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Boston Massacre:

Soldiers were tried and found of what after the massacre?

A

Found guilty of manslaughter but they were called murderers by colonial propaganda.

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Boston Massacre:

The Boston massacre has what symbolism?

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It is a graphic symbolism of british oppression and brutality.

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Committees of correspondence:

Who was this proposed by?

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Samuel Adams, the leader.

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Committees of correspondence:

What idea was proposed ?

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Proposed that the creation of such committees in Boston to publicize the grievances against England throughout the colony.

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Committees of correspondence:
true or false:
This banned the colonists together.

A

True because other colonies wanted to do the same.

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Committees of correspondence:

This was what type of campaign?

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A propaganda campaign.

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The psychology of revolt:

Where did the ideas for revolution come from? What did the british think?

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  • Religious
  • Foreign
  • Political
  • The british had no sympathy for the ideas.
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The psychology of revolt:

The puritans leaving England did what?

A

It provided inspiration to separate from England.

41
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The psychology of revolt:

Political enlightenment ideas showed what?

A

A new concept of what government should be

42
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The psychology of revolt:

No taxation without….

A

Representation

43
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The psychology of revolt:

What did the colonists argue?

A

Parliament can legislate for England and fro the empire as a whole, but colonial assemblies could legislate for individual colonies.

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The psychology of revolt:

The british argued what?

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They argued that in any system of Government, there must be ultimate authority.

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The psychology of revolt:

The English wanted who to decide taxation?

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The King and Parliament.

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Tea act (1773)
True or false?: 1770s disguised growing resentment even during its quiet years.
A

True!

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Tea act (1773)
How is the tea act associated with the East India Company?
A

The tea act was an attempt to save the British East India Company from bankruptcy. It gave the company the right to not pay all the taxes that other tea companies have to pay.

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Tea act (1773)
Did the tea act lower tea prices?
A

Yes.

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Tea act (1773)
British East India company was no longer allowed to do what?
A

Buy tea from the Dutch or west indie tea companies.

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Tea act (1773)
The tea act was viewed as what by resistance leaders?  Why did they view it that way?
A

Unconstitutional tax. They called this because the british undersold the American companies I’m effect.

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Tea act (1773)
Boycotts against tea was effective as what?
A

A mobilizing revolutionary force.

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Tea act (1773)
Why were colonial women leaders in the boycotts against tea?
A

They are the main consumers of tea.

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Daughters of liberty:

Who is the daughters of liberty led by?

A

Mary Otis Warren

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Daughters of liberty:
Fill in the blank:
-1: They participated __ __ ____ riots.
- 2: Helped spread ______.

A

1: They participated in anti- british riots.
2: Helped spread propaganda.

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Boston Tea party :
True or false?
The Boston tea party blocked entry of East India Company ships.

A

True!

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Boston Tea party:

What was the disguise of the 3 groups of 50 men participating in the Boston tea party?

A

They disguised as Mohawk Indians

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Boston Tea party:

After the tea party, the british demanded what?:

A

They demanded repayment for the property but the Bostonians refused.

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Intolerable acts:

Intolerable acts were a response to what?

A

Boston Tea Party

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Intolerable acts:
This or that:
The acts closed tea acts or port of Boston?

A

Port of Boston

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Intolerable acts:

One of the acts reduced what?

A

Reduced their self Government autonomy

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Intolerable acts:
Fill in the blank:
Those accused of crimes __ __ __ __ ____ __ ____.

A

Now had to be tried in England

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Intolerable acts:
True or false:
They did not have to quarter troops with the intolerable acts.

A

FALSE, the acts required them to quarter troops.

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Intolerable acts:

Who did these acts make a martyr too the other colonies?

A

Inhabitants of Massachusetts

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Intolerable acts:

The intolerable acts were Britain’s answer to what?

A

the Boston tea party.

65
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Intolerable acts:

Did these acts go through different colonies?

A

Yes, and it gained support.

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First continental congress:

What happened to the Virginia assembly?

A

It disappears.

67
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First continental congress:

The reps met privately and issued what?

A

They issued a call for a continental congress that would convene reps from all colonies to discuss the situation with England.

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First continental congress:

what colony did not get involved and why?

A

Georgia. Georgia was far from all the other colonies.

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First continental congress:

What were the four major decisions made?

A
  • A plan for colonial union under British authority was rejected.
  • Endorsed a statement of grievances reflecting the conflicts among the delegates
  • prepare for an attack against/ by the british
  • stops trade exporting, importing with England
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Battles of Lexington and concord:

What happened?

A

800 men were sent to seize the colonists’ stores of ammunition and capture the patriot leaders they knew to be meeting there.

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