Lesson 1 Flashcards

1
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Debt

A

when you owe money to someone

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2
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King George III

A

British king wanted to tax colonies

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3
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Parliament

A

British People who made laws

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4
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Stamp act

A

Tax on paper products

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5
Q

No taxation without representation

A

Don’t tax us without are input

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6
Q

Congress

A

formal meeting which can make laws

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7
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Patrick Henry

A

Opposed the stamp act

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8
Q

Repeal

A

cancel

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9
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Sons of liberty

A

Organized protests

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10
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Effigy

A

life - sized puppet hung from a tree

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11
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Boycotts

A

When people refuse to buy stuff

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12
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Townshend

A

added tax to paper, wool, glass, paint, and lead

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13
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Tariff

A

tax on many goods coming from another country

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14
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Samuel Adams

A

fought for rights

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15
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Mercy Otis

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said we’ll quit the useless wants of life

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16
Q

Daughters of liberty

A

made “spinning bees”

17
Q

Tea tax

A

Tea was the only thing taxed after the townshend acts repealed

18
Q

Boston Massacre

A

British soldiers killed unarmed people

19
Q

Crispus Attucks

A

he escaped slavery And then shot and killed

20
Q

Massacre

A

the killing of many people

21
Q

Express riders

A

people that sent mail “on a horse”

22
Q

Paul Revere

A

was one of the riders

22
Q

Boston tea party

A

the tea was the only thing taxed so they threw 342 chests

23
Q

Intolerable acts

A

1 you had to live with a troops

#2 you were controlled by the military
#3 you had to pay for the tea

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Quarter
give food to British troops
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Martial law
means you are controlled by the military
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Patriots
people against British
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Loyalists
For the British
28
Neutral
Undecideds
29
Continental
an army of paid soldiers in the colonies
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Petition
a written request for rights or benefits
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Independence
Means freedom from rule
32
rights
freedoms that cannot be taken away
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Treason
a crime of fighting against one’s own country
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Alliance
A formal agreement of friendship between countries