McEwen Causes Of The Am. Rev. Flashcards

1
Q

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”

A

Concord

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4
Q

5 colonists were killed during this event

A

Boston Massacre

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5
Q

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

A

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

A

Homespun

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8
Q

Organized Indian tribes against the English

A

Pontiac

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9
Q

British General who tried to sneak his troops out of Boston

A

Thomas Gage

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10
Q

Group of colonists who organized boycotts against the British

A

Sons of Liberty

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11
Q

Refusal to buy goods from someone

A

Boycott

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12
Q

Nicknamed “Intolerable” by the colonists

A

Coercive Acts

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13
Q

Reasons colonists were willing to go to war

A

Freedom
Taxes
Boston Massacre

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14
Q

Reasons the British were willing to go to war

A

Attacks on soldiers
Treason
Power

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15
Q

British Acts

A
Townsend
Sugar
Stamp
Quartering
Declaratory
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16
Q

British Acts

A

Coercive

Proclamation of 1763

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17
Q

British Acts

A

Quebec

Tea

18
Q

Leader of the Sons of Liberty

A

Sam Adams

19
Q

Eliminated all taxes except for tea

A

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
Q

A group of Minutemen

A

Militia

25
Q

Search warrants used to enforce the Sugar Act

A

Writs of assistance

26
Q

Written by Sam Adams and sent around to all of the colonies

A

Circular letter

27
Q

“Mother Country” of the American colonies

A

England

28
Q

Placed a tax on paper products

A

Stamp Act

29
Q

Painted the Boston Massacre

A

Paul Revere

30
Q

King of England during the American Revolution

A

George III

31
Q

To take back or eliminate legislation

A

Repeal

32
Q

1st British Secretary of State

A

George Greenville

33
Q

Former slave killed at the Boston Massacre

A

Crisps Attucks

34
Q

Taxed under the Sugar Act

A

Molasses

35
Q

Required colonists to feed/shelter British troops

A

Quartering Act

36
Q

Site of the First Continental Congress

A

Philadelphia

37
Q

Prevented colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains

A

Proclamation Act of 1763

38
Q

Gave special rights to French Roman Catholics

A

Quebec Act

39
Q

City where most protests against the British occurred

A

Boston

40
Q

First battle of the American Revolution

A

Lexington

41
Q

To act against one’s country

A

Treason

42
Q

Governor of Boston during the Boston Tea Party

A

Thomas Hutchinson