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Revolution Review Flashcards

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French and Indian war

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Britain vs France
France surrendered Canada and all the lands east of the Mississippi to the British. Cause of britains war debt, it said that colonists should pay for their own defense

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Proclamation of 1763

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Ended French and Indian war. Said tags Americans weren’t allowed to settle west of the Appalachian mountains-made Americans mad

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Sugar act and American reaction

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Tax on sugar and other products shipped to the colonies;made these products more expensive for colonists to buy.
They said taxation without representation is tyranny

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Stamp act and American reaction

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All documents had to carry a stamp saying a tax had been payed.
Many protested. Formed sons of Liberty

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Townshend acts and American reaction

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Taxed goods imported to colonies

Boycotts encouraged people not to buy American goods

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Tea act and American reaction

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Gave a monopoly on the sale of tea to the British East Indies tea company.
Boston tea party-> intolerable acts

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Intolerable acts and reaction

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Intended to punish colonies by closing Boston port

Formed 1st continental congress

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Representation and reaction

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Colonists had no representation

No taxation without representation

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Boston massacre

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British soldiers fired into a crowd of Bostonians and killed several civilians

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Purposes of declaration

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Declare independence, list the grievances of the colonists, establish many American ideas about freedom

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Greviances in declaration

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King imposed taxes without consent, made military power superior, large army, quartered troops, refused colonist permission to petition for a redress of their grievances, judges dependent on his will

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Where is King imposed taxes without consent addressed

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US constitution

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Where is the king made military power superior to the civil government found

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Consitution

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Where is the king had keep a large standing army among the colonist found

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Congress

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Where is quartering found

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3rd amendment

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Where is the king refused colonists permission to petition for a redress of their greviances found

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1st amendment

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Where is the king made judges dependency on his will found

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All federal judges are appointed for life

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Patriots

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Resisted King George

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Loyalists

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Loyal to king George

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Lexington and concord

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First battles of revolution, British planned to arrest Sam Adams, Paul revers ride, British retreated

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Common sense

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Pamphlet written by Paine; Americans should seek independence

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Navigation acts

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Laws passed to make sure England controlled American trade according to the idea of mercantilism

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Saratoga

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Turning point of war; British build to break American fortifications near Saratoga, New York; a large British army was forced to surrender; important victory because it influence for nations to support the American and it’s war against Britain

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Winter at valley forge

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Symbol of suffering encourage; extremely rough conditions for American soldiers soldiers use the time to train while British partied in Philadelphia

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American crisis

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Pamphlet written by paine to urgent keep fighting

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Yorktown

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Last major battle of war

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Treaty of Paris 1783

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And it American Revolution, 13 colonies were now independent from Britain, boundaries of new nation, Britain did not say when they would leave the forts they occupied on Western front tier

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Articles of Confederation

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First plan for a new American government, written by the second Continental Congress, it created the Confederation Congress, eventually failed

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Strength of articles

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Kept the nation United during the revolution, past the Northwest ordinance, negotiate a treaty of Paris

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Weaknesses of articles

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No navy, no power to tax, no national executive, no national court system, all 13 states had to agree to amend

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How many branches of government did they have in the articles

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1

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Shays rebellion

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Farmers in Massachusetts rebelled against high taxes; important because it made people realize that the articles are not working

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Northwest ordinance

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Passed by the ConfederationCongress, when the population of free males reach 5000 they could have a local legislator, when population reach 60,000 they could become a state

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Abigail Adams

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Wife of John Adams; advocate of women’s rights; spoke up for a married woman property rights; while husband was away, she managed farm and raise four children

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John Adams

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Defendant British soldiers involved in the Boston massacre

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Went worth chestwell

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Grandson of the slaves; serve as a soldier in their American revolution; on the night before Lexington and Concord he rode through country warning people of soon to come become British Invasion

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Mercy Otis Warren

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Wrote place that attacked loyalists and British leaders; known as the conscience of the American Revolution

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James Armistead

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Fought for the Americans during the revolution; spied on British and reported finding to Lafayette; the information he reported help the cause the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown

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Bernardo de Galvez

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He secured the port of New Orleans during the American Revolution

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Crispus Attucks

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Son of African-American father and Native American mother; ex slave; sailor; killed at Boston massacre

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Haym Salom

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Polish born Jewish immigrants to America; financer of the American Revolution and member of the sons of liberty

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Patrick Henry

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Made war is inevitable speech; give me liberty or give me death

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Marquis de Lafayette

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Wealthy French noblemen who served in the American army without pay; helped Cornwallis surrender at York town

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Thomas Paine

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Influential writer during American Revolution; wrote commonsense and American crisis

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John Paul jones

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Naval hero; captured many British supply ships; he said I have not yet begun to fight

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Jefferson

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Drafted Declaration of Independence

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King George 3

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King of England during revolution

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Sam Adams

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Criticized sugar act, organized colonial opposition to stamp act, organized sons of Liberty and committees of correspondence, played part in planning Boston pea party

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Washington

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Commander of continental army

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Ben Franklin

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Helped write declaration, helped win French support for Americans in 1778, negotiated treaty with Britain, participated in consitutional convention

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