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Road To Revolution Flashcards

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The British passed this to keep the colonists from getting in fights with who

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Native Americans

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The proclamation of 1763 said colonists couldn’t settle west of what mountain range

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Appalachian mountains

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What act did king George pass that made colonists house British soldiers and provide them with food and supplies

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Quartering act

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Why did king George III pass the quartering act

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To make sure the colonists weren’t getting in trouble

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Why did the British start taxing the colonists after the french indian war

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They were in debt

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What did the stamp act tax

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All legal papers

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Why was the stamp act different then other tax the colonists have had

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It applied to all of them

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Why did the colonists say the British shouldn’t be able to tax them

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They couldn’t represent themselves

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The townshend act made the colonists mad because the British could search their homes if they got what legal document

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Warrant

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The colonists were upset because the British sent over 1000 ___ to Boston after tension arose after the townshend acts

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Soldiers

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What was the name of the event that saw five colonists killed by the British soldiers after they had thrown rocks oyster shells and snowballs at them

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Boston massacre

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What was the name of the African American colonists who was the first person killed at the Boston massacre

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Crispus Attucks

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Who did the colonists blame for the Boston massacre

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British soldiers

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Why did the tea act make the colonists mad

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The British made them buy their tea

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What event saw 150 colonists dressed up like Mohawk Indians and destroy 342 cases of tea and protest of the tea act

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Boston tea party

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What did the British pass as a punishment for the distruction of their tea

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The intolerable acts

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What 4 things did the intolerable acts do

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  1. Closed the port of Boston
  2. Limited town meetings in Massachusetts
  3. British could house trips wherever necessary
  4. British officials accused of crimes in the colonies would be tried back in England
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The first Continental Congress told all the colonies to begin training ___

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Troops

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Why did Paul Revere and William Dawes and the rest of the messengers make their midnight ride

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To warn the colonists of where the British were and where they were going

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What were the first two battles of the Revolutionary war

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Lexington and Concord

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The battle of Lexington was called the shot of heard around the ___

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World

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Why were British troops headed to concord

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To destroy military supplies

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A colonist who supported the rebels in the Revolutionary war was called a ___

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Patriot

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A colonist who supported the British in the Revolutionary war was called a ___

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Loyalist

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What famous colonist gave a passionate speech supporting American independence in which he said give me liberty or give me death

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Patrick Henry

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What pamphlet which sold over 100,000 copies was one of the most influential political documents in American history

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Common sense

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Who wrote the pamphlet which convinced thousands of Americans that they needed to break away from Britain

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Thomas Paine

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Give the three reasons why Thomas Paine said we should never be ruled by King

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  1. Monarchies were corrupt
  2. The king was too far away to a rule the colonies
  3. No one should be born a king
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What two things did the second Continental Congress do to prepare for a possible war with Britain

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  1. Form the first Continental Army

2. Made George Washington commander of the Continental Army

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What did the colonists send to the king as a last chance for peace

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Olive branch petition

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Who was the author of the declaration of independence

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Thomas Jefferson

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Who was the person most responsible for making sure the Declaration of Independence was written and passed

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John Adams

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What three rights to the Declaration of Independence say that all people should have

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Life, liberty, pursuit of happiness

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What does the Declaration of Independence say the people could do with the government did not give them rights

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Alter or abolish them

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The Declaration of Independence made America free and independent nation true or false

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False

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The Declaration of Independence laid out reasons for why we were separating from England. it is their justification for going to___

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War

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What war caused the British to take more control of the colonies which led to tension between the British and colonists

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French Indian war

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What did the British start doing to the colonies after the French Indian war because they were in debt from the war

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Taxing

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What city was home to the second continental congress who came up with the Declaration of Independence

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Philadelphia

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Who did the continental congress pick to lead the continental army

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George Washington

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Quartering act led to ___ amendment

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3rd

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Townshend act led to ___ amendment and needing a probable cause to search someone

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4th

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