McEwen Causes Of The Am. Rev. Flashcards

1
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Made it to Concord to warn the British

A

Samuel Prescott

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2
Q

Exaggerating to present your point of view

A

Propaganda

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3
Q

“The Shot Heard Around the World”

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Concord

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4
Q

5 colonists were killed during this event

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Boston Massacre

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5
Q

Men who could be ready to fight in a minute’s notice

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Minutemen

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6
Q

Harbor at this location was closed by the Coercive Acts

A

Boston

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7
Q

Form of clothing made by the Daughters of Liberty

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Homespun

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8
Q

Organized Indian tribes against the English

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Pontiac

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9
Q

British General who tried to sneak his troops out of Boston

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Thomas Gage

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10
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Group of colonists who organized boycotts against the British

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Sons of Liberty

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11
Q

Refusal to buy goods from someone

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Boycott

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12
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Nicknamed “Intolerable” by the colonists

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Coercive Acts

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13
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Reasons colonists were willing to go to war

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Freedom
Taxes
Boston Massacre

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14
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Reasons the British were willing to go to war

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Attacks on soldiers
Treason
Power

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15
Q

British Acts

A
Townsend
Sugar
Stamp
Quartering
Declaratory
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16
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British Acts

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Coercive

Proclamation of 1763

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17
Q

British Acts

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Quebec

Tea

18
Q

Leader of the Sons of Liberty

19
Q

Eliminated all taxes except for tea

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Lord Frederick North

20
Q

Placed lanterns in a church to warn about the British

A

Joseph Warren

21
Q

Set of acts named after Charles Townshend

A

Townshend Acts

22
Q

Incident where colonists dressed as Mohawk Indians

A

Boston Tea Party

23
Q

Rode with Paul Revere to warn about the British

A

William Dawes

24
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A group of Minutemen

25
Search warrants used to enforce the Sugar Act
Writs of assistance
26
Written by Sam Adams and sent around to all of the colonies
Circular letter
27
"Mother Country" of the American colonies
England
28
Placed a tax on paper products
Stamp Act
29
Painted the Boston Massacre
Paul Revere
30
King of England during the American Revolution
George III
31
To take back or eliminate legislation
Repeal
32
1st British Secretary of State
George Greenville
33
Former slave killed at the Boston Massacre
Crisps Attucks
34
Taxed under the Sugar Act
Molasses
35
Required colonists to feed/shelter British troops
Quartering Act
36
Site of the First Continental Congress
Philadelphia
37
Prevented colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains
Proclamation Act of 1763
38
Gave special rights to French Roman Catholics
Quebec Act
39
City where most protests against the British occurred
Boston
40
First battle of the American Revolution
Lexington
41
To act against one's country
Treason
42
Governor of Boston during the Boston Tea Party
Thomas Hutchinson