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Chapter 5 Flashcards

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Why did England place a number of taxes (acts) against the colonists?

A

To pay off the war debt

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What does salutary neglect mean?

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Not strictly enforcing laws

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What is smuggling?

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Importing or exporting without paying the proper taxes

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What was George Grenville’s first action in the colonies? (To combat what?)

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Smuggling

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What are the writs of assistance?

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Documents that permeated customs officers to accuse people of smuggling

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How was the Sugar Act supposed to stop smuggling?

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It lowered the tax on molasses

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What was the problem for the colonists with the Sugar Act? (What British law was contradicted?)

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British officers could seize goods without trial which went agents the innocent until proven guilty

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What was the Stamp Act?

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Placed taxes on almost all forms of paper

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Who persuaded the House of Burgesses to take action against the Stamp Act?

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Patrick Henry

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What was the name of the settlement created between the Holston and Nolichucky Rivers by regulators that lost at the Battle of Alamance?

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Watauga

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Who owned the ship Liberty?

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John Hancook

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What event did the Colonists use as an example of propaganda?

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The Boston massacre

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12
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What is information designed to influence opinion?

A

Propaganda

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13
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How many people were killed at the Boston Massacre?

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Five

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14
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What Acts were repealed due to the Boston Massacre?

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Townshed acts

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15
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What occurs when only one company controls a product?

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A monopoly

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What event was a response to the Tea Act of 1773?

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The Boston Tea party

17
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During the time of the Boston Tea Party most colonists considered themselves to be part of what empire?

A

The British empire

18
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As a punishment for the Boston Tea Party, what did King George III impose upon Massachusetts?

A

The coercive acts

19
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What were these acts called by the colonists?

A

The intolerable acts

20
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Were the Coercive Acts successful in isolating Boston?

A

No

21
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What is the name of the best militias in Massachusetts?

A

The minute men

22
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What was Paul Revere famous for shouting?

A

The regulars are out

23
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What battle featured the “shot heard ‘round the world”?

A

The battle of Lexington

24
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Who was under command of the colonial troops at Bunker Hill?

A

General Prescott

25
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What is his famous quote from this battle?

A

Don’t fire till you see the wights of their eyes

26
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What did the British find out after the Battle of Bunker Hill?

A

That defeating the Americans would not be easy

27
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Who were people who considered the unfair taxes upon the colonies not good reasons to rebel?

A

Loyalists or Tories

28
Q

Who were determined to fight the British until independence is gained?

A

Patriots or rebels

29
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Who headed up the first post office in America?

A

Benjamin Franklin

30
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What was created by the Second Continental Congress to better organize military efforts?

A

The Declaration of Independence

31
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What expressed the colonists desire for peace?

A

The olive branch petition

32
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What pamphlet did Thomas Paine write?

A

Common sense

33
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What does Paine believe the colonies should be a refuge from?

A

Tyrants

34
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Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

A

Thomas Jefferson

35
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What day was the Declaration of Independence accepted/approved?

A

July 4th

36
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What was the purpose of the Declaration of Independence?

A

To explain why the colonists wanted to form a new nation

37
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Who was the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence?

A

John Hancook

38
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What is the introduction of the Declaration of Independence called?

A

The preamble

39
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Did the Declaration of Independence explain why the colonies chose to form a new nation?

A

yes

40
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What was rung on July 8, 1774 at the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence?

A

The liberty bell

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