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1
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What were the two ideas that took root in the minds of Americans?

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Republicanism and Radical Whigs

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Define Republicanism

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A society where all citizens subordinated their private, selfish interests to the common good

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Define Radical Whigs

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Whigs feared the threat to liberty posed by the arbitrary power of the monarch and his ministers

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4
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What corruption was going on near the Crown and the ministers?

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Use of patronage and bribes by the King’s ministers

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What were Radical Whigs and Republicans alert about?

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They are both alert against any threat to their rights

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6
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What was accessible?

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Property ownership and political participation

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7
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What was unknown in the colonies?

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Dukes, princes, and barons

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8
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Which colony was planted by the British government?

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Georgia

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9
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What theory did the British authorities embrace?

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merchantilism

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Define mercantilism

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Mercantilists believed wealth was power and a country’s economic wealth could be measured by gold or silver

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What were the colonies expected to furnish?

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Tobacco, sugar and ships masts

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12
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Why was the Navigation Law of 1650 passed?

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Aimed at Dutch shippers trying to elbow their way into American carrying trade

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What effect did the Navigation Law of 1650 have on America?

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All commerce flowing to and from the colonies could be transported only in British vessels

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How did the British cause a currency shortage for the colonies?

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Colonists bought more from Britain then sold there

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What did the colonists resort to due to the money shortage?

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butter,nails, pitch, and feathers

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Why did the parliament prohibit the printing of money?

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They didn’t want to harm British merchants

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17
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Why did the Navigation Laws last for so long?

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loose laws, the benefits, and protection from the red coats

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18
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How did the minister George Grenville arouse resentment from the colonists?

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Strict enforcement of the Navigation laws, Sugar Act, and Quartering Act

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Define the Sugar Act

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raised tax revenue in the colonies for the crown

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20
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Define Quartering Act

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required certain colonies to provide food and quarters for the British troops

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Define the Stamp Tax

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raise revenues to support the new military force by stamps certifying payment of tax

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What types of document did the stamp tax include?

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playing cards, pamphlets, newspapers, diplomas, bills of lading, and marriage licenses

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How did the Americans react towards the Quartering Act?

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They were angry refusing to comply or voted only a fraction of the supplies

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Which two acts provided for trying offenders in the admiralty courts?

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Sugar Act and Stamp Act

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What are admiralty courts?

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Courts with no allowed juries

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26
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What two distinction did the Americans make?

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Legislation and taxation

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What is Legislation to Americans?

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Accepted the right of parliament to legislate about matters of the empire and trading

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28
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What is Taxation to Americans?

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Denied the right of Parliament where Americans weren’t seated and imposed taxes on them

29
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How did Grenville respond to the protests of the Colonists?

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Claimed every member of Parliament represented British and American subjects

30
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What was the Stamp Act Congress?

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Brought delegates from colonies to New York and drew up statement of rights + repeals to King

31
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What was the result of being against non importation goods?

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Woolen garments of homespun became fashionable and eating lamb chops were discouraged

32
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Who were the Sons of Liberty and Daughters of Liberty?

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Enforced the nonimportation agreements against violators

33
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How much did America buy from British exports and and half of British shipping?

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One quarter and one half

34
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What did the Parliament pass after repealing the Stamp Act?

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Declaratory Act or the right to bind the colonies in all cases whatsoever

35
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What constitutional principle did the British government not yield?

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Absolute and unqualified sovereignty over its North American colonies

36
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Who persuaded the Parliament to pass the Townshend Acts?

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Charles

37
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Define the Townshend Acts

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Light import duty on glass, white lead, paper, paint and tea

38
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What was the purpose of the Townshend Acts?

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To pay the salaries of the royal governors and judges in America

39
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Where was smuggled tea for cheaper price more common after the Townshend Acts were passed?

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Massachusetts

40
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What happened during the Boston Massacre?

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Some people were taunting the redcoats by throwing snowballs and ended up firing and killing

41
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Who was one of the first to die in Boston Massacre?

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Crispus Attucks a mulatto leader of a mob

42
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What was kept after the Parliament repealed the Townshend Acts?

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three-pence tax on tea to keep the right of taxation on the colonies

43
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What did Samuel Adams organize?

A

Committees of correspondence

44
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What did the London government do when the British East India Company was about to face bankruptcy?

A

Helped it sell the coveted leaves more cheaply then before

45
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How did the Colonists react towards the prices of the leaves?

A

Angry because they saw it as having to swallow the principle of the detested tax

46
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How did the colonies react with the shipping of tea?

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Philadelphia and New York return the tea back, At Annapolis - Marylanders burn the tea, Charleston - South Carolina tea was seized for nonpayment duties

47
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What happened as of a result of Thomas Hutchinson ordering the tea ships to not clear Boston harbor until they unloaded their cargos?

A

Some boston people dressed as Natives overthrew the tea into the Atlantic ocean

48
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How did the parliament respond towards the Boston Tea Party?

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Passed a series of acts such as Boston Port Act, Intolerable Acts, another Quartering Act, and Quebec Act

49
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What was the Boston Port Act?

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It closed the harbor until damages were paid and order could be ensured

50
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What was the Intolerable Acts?

A

The chartered rights of Massachusetts were swept away

51
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What was the Quebec Act?

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Permitted the French their Catholic religion and territory was now extended southward to the Ohio River

52
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What was the First Continental Congress?

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Twelve of the thirteen colonies except Georgia sent men to Philadelphia to discuss

53
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Who were the memorable people at the First Continental Congress?

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Samuel Adams, John Adams, George Washington and Patrick Henry

54
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Who swayed his colleagues to a revolution?

A

John Adams

55
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What was the result of the First Continental Congress?

A

Declaration of Rights, Appeals, and The Association

56
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What is The Association?

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Complete boycott of British goods (nonimportation, nonexportation, and nonconsumption)

57
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Where did the British commander send troops to?

A

Lexington and Concord

58
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The British enrolled who?

A

American loyalists and Natives

59
Q

Which two countries had it out for Great Britain?

A

Ireland and the French

60
Q

Who was made a major general at the age of nineteen?

A

Marquis de Lafayette

61
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What was the result of inflation?

A

Families of the soldiers such as husbands and fathers deserted

62
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Who did America depend on for military supplies?

A

Britain

63
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What happened at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania?

A

American soldiers went without bread for three days and were almost naked due to shortage of clothing

64
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Who were the camp followers?

A

Women who cooked and sewed in exchange for money from troops

65
Q

Who was Baron Von Steuban?

A

A german who spoke no English but helped the soliders out

66
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Where did African Americans mostly fight at?

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Trenton, Brandywine, and Saratoga

67
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What other positions did African Americans partake in the war?

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Cookies, guides, spies, drivers, and road builders

68
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Who promised freedom in return of fighting in the war on the British side?

A

Lord Dunmore, a royal governor

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