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Chapter 4 Flashcards

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One of the founders of the sons of liberty

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Samuel Adams

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Law passed by Parliament to make colonist buy a stamp to place on many items such as wills and newspapers

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Stamp Act

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Laws passed by Parliament in 1767 that set taxes on imports to the colonies

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Townshend Acts

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Conflict between colonists and British soldiers in which five colonist were killed

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Boston massacre

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A network of communication set up in Massachusetts and Virginia to inform other colonies of ways that Britain threatened colonial rights

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Committees of correspondence

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Protest against increased Tea prices in which colonists dumped British tea into Boston Harbor

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Boston tea party

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King of England during the American Revolution

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King George III

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A series of laws set up by Parliament to punish Massachusetts for its protests against the British

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In tolerable acts

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Rule by the military

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Martial law

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Civilian soldiers

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Minutemen

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The meeting of colonial delegates that approved the Declaration of Independence

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Second Continental Congress

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An offer of peace sent by the second Continental Congress to King George III

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Olive branch petition

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Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that attacked the monarchy

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Common sense

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Main author of the Declaration of Independence

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Thomas Jefferson

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Document that said the United States was an independent nation

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Declaration of Independence

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Colonists who wanted independence from Britain

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Patriots

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Colonists were loyal to Britain

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Loyalists

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Battle one by the Americans in 1776

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Trenton

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Battle won by the Americans in 1777

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Saratoga

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Place where Washington’s army spent the winter of 1777–1778

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Valley forge

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Rise in the price of goods

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Inflation

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Selling goods that are difficult to come by for profit

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Profiteering

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Prussian officer who helped train American soldiers

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Fredrich von Steuben

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French noble who helped the Americans

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Marquis de LafayettE

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British general

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Charles Cornwallis

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Battle that gave Americans victory in the war

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Yorktown

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Treaty that officially ended the war

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Treaty of Paris

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A Belief in equality

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Egalitarianism

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Stamp Act

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Law passed by Parliament to make colonist buy a stamp to place on many items such as wills and newspapers

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Samuel Adams

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One of the founders of the sons of liberty

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Townshend Acts

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Laws passed by Parliament in 1767 that set taxes on imports to the colonies

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Boston massacre

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Conflict between colonists and British soldiers in which five colonist were killed

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Committees of correspondence

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A network of communication set up in Massachusetts and Virginia to inform other colonies of ways that Britain threatened colonial rights

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Boston tea party

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Protest against increased Tea prices in which colonists dumped British tea into Boston Harbor

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King George III

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King of England during the American Revolution

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In tolerable acts

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A series of laws set up by Parliament to punish Massachusetts for its protests against the British

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Martial law

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Rule by the military

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Minutemen

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Civilian soldiers

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Second Continental Congress

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The meeting of colonial delegates that approved the Declaration of Independence

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Olive branch petition

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An offer of peace sent by the second Continental Congress to King George III

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Common sense

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Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that attacked the monarchy

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Thomas Jefferson

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Main author of the Declaration of Independence

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Define

Declaration of Independence

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Document that said the United States was an independent nation

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Define

Patriots

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Colonists who wanted independence from Britain

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Loyalists

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Colonists were loyal to Britain

45
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Trenton

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Battle one by the Americans in 1776

46
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Define

Saratoga

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Battle won by the Americans in 1777

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Define

Valley forge

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Place where Washington’s army spent the winter of 1777–1778

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Define

Inflation

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Rise in the price of goods

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Define

Profiteering

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Selling goods that are difficult to come by for profit

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Define

Fredrich von Steuben

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Prussian officer who helped train American soldiers

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Define

Marquis de LafayettE

A

French noble who helped the Americans

52
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Define

Charles Cornwallis

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British general

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Define

Yorktown

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Battle that gave Americans victory in the war

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Define

Treaty of Paris

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Treaty that officially ended the war

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Define

Egalitarianism

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A Belief in equality

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Why did the colonies feel that Parliament had no right to text them?

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They had no representation in the British Parliament.

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How did the colonies react to be intolerable acts?

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They formed the first Continental Congress.

They drew up the declaration of colonial rights, demanded the colonies be allowed to run their own affairs, and agreed to meet again

58
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How did the outcomes of Lexington and Concord differ?

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Several Minutemen were killed in Lexington while others were injured the British suffered only one casualty the battle of Lexington lasted only 15 minutes

In Concord, the British found no weapons they were ambushed by 3000 to 4000 Minutemen. The colonial soldiers killed dozens of British soldiers.

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How did King George I I I react to the Olive branch petition?

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He rejected the Olive branch petition and issued a proclamation stating that the colonies were in rebellion.

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How did the Declaration of Independence support that notion of rebelling against Britain?

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Jefferson used the idea that people have the right to rebel when a government threatens the rights of the people.

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Why did some colonist remained loyal to Great Britain?

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Some remained loyal because they liked the king. Others

felt the British would protect their rights better than the new government. Still others did not want to be punished as rebels.

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Why was the battle of Saratoga important?

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it proved the Americans could beat the British and
convinced the French to support the Americans.

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How did the war affect different groups of Americans?

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Inflation affected all Americans. Many men left their farmsand jobs, and went off to fight.

Many women took their husbands’ places on farms and in businesses.

Many slaves escaped. Some fought for the Continental Army.

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How did the conditions at Valley Forge affect the American soldiers?

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The conditions lowered the morale of the soldiers.

The conditions also made them suffer.

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How did von Steuben and Lafayette help the Americans?

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They helped to make the Continental Army an effective fighting force.

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Why did the British move much of its military operations to the south?

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They hoped to gain Loyalist support in the South.

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What did Britain do as a result of the Treaty of Paris?

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Britain recognized the United States as an independentnation and gave the new nation control of the land between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mississippi River.

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How were the changes to American society brought on by the American Revolution limited?

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White males benefited most from the egalitarianism thatemerged from the revolution.

Slavery persisted to oppress most African Americans, and the status of Native Americans and women was not improved.

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