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Hey King, Get Off our Backs Quiz Flashcards

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When was the Declaration of Independece written

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July 4, 1776

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When and why did English Men came to N.America

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1607; for gold

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Magna Carta

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1215

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In the __________ the british king had representative in the _________

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1600s, Parliament

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House of Burgesses

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A group of 2 representatives from each community in Virginia colony ( 1st British Colonists.

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Mayflower compact

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a form that agreed to a majority rule government ( in Plymouth)

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Mid-1700s

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2 million Europeans, 1/2 million slaves living in N.America

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What did Americans sell to Britain

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Raw materials ( timber, cotton, tobacco, rice and coffee)
Britain made theses into products and sold it back, gaining profit

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slave trade in/decreased profit for American

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increased

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Why did Britain tax Americans

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Britains fought in expensive wars, causing them to be in debt and new territory caused governing to be expensive

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America had lower/higher taxes than Britain

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lower

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Stamp Act

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1765: forced Colonists to put tax stamps in all legal doc ( newpaper, calendar, playing cards).

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After stamp act

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Colonists boycotted and thought it was unfair becaus ethey had not vote in this act

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Declatory act

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all laws passed in colonies have no effect

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Townshed Revenue Act

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Taxing things American can’t make , paint or galss
Allowed soldiers to search their homes

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Quartering Acts

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1765-1774, allowed british troops to stay in colonist homes without tax

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Tea Act

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1773: actually reduced tax on tea but americans saw it as a way to manipulate them, led to bostone tea party

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Intolerable Acts

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series of laws Boston passed in 1774 to control rebelling Massachussets colony after the boston tea party

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