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Road to Revolution REVIEW Flashcards

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The Mayflower Compact

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  • document that establishes government, signed by Pilgrims
  • says they are going to pick their own leaders(the people)
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The Virginia House of Burgesses

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  • assembly of representatives elected by the colonies inhabitants
  • self-government run by people despite monarchy
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Jamestown

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  • 144 Englishmen establish the 1st English settlement
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Mercantilism

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  • economic system of trade in which the mother country wealth is accumulated by exporting more than importing.
  • the countries need to sell more than they buy
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Salutary Neglect

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  • the crown avoided strict enforcement of laws as long as colonies were loyal to the crown
  • contributed to the economic growth
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Causes & Outcomes of the French & Indian War

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French/Natives vs. British
Known as 7 years war
Causes
- Both sides wanted control of the Ohio River Valley for its rich fur trade and connection to Mississi. river
Outcomes
- British defeat the French(Treaty of Paris)
- British gains Canada
- Pontiacs Rebellion

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Proclamation of 1763

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  • Great Britain makes this to forbid colonists to move West of the Appalachian Mountains
  • British wanted to prevent further fighting with Native Americans
  • enrages colonists who wanted access to the land
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Albany Plan of Union

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  • proposal that the colonies unite to form a federal government
  • they rejected the plan as they believed it went against the colonists
  • showed that the colonists were loyal and respected British authority
  • showed many colonial leaders thought of joining together to form a common defense
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The Sugar Act

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  • meant to regulate trade
    lowered tariffs on French molasses
  • stopped smuggling
  • toughened enforcement policies
  • British naval crew could act as impromptu customs officers seizure of goods without due process
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Due Process

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fair treatment through a normal judicial system, especially as a citizen’s entitlement

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The Stamp Act

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  • Source of revenue rather than trade regulation
  • Taxed on ALL printed materials.(stamp on everything)
  • Ex. Playing cards.
    First DIRECT tax on colonists.
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The Virginia Resolves

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  • Virginia House of Burgesses member Patrick Henry presents Stamp Act Resolutions
  • right to self-taxation
  • Virginia assembly alone has power to tax Virginia
  • the Virginia House of Burgesses wrote the resolves
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Sons of Liberty

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  • Protested and held demonstrations.
  • Led by Sam Adams and John Hancock.
  • Intimidated the tax collectors.
  • Colonists boycott British goods.
  • Tarred and Feathered people.
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Boycotts

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collective and group disagreements applied in labor, economic, political, or social relations to protest practices that are regarded as unfair.

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The Townshend Duties

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Townshend Act
- new taxes on imports (glass, paper, and tea)
- Funds to help pay Royal Govt. salary
- Violators were tried without juries (goes against English Bill of Rights)

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Declaratory Act

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  • affirms Parliaments power to make colonel law
  • lets them repeal stamp act
  • make Parliament choose all of the decisions, so no more people
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Writs of Assistance

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a search warrant enabling customs officers to enter any location to look for evidence of smuggling.

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Non-Importation Agreements

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  • boycott of British goods
  • 200 signed
  • without goods, it created demand for homemade items(loom)
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Daughters of Liberty

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  • allows women to take on political activity
  • spinning contests
  • imports fall by 40%
  • traditional women work with political purpose
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The Boston Massacre

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The Gaspee Affair

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  • British Royal ship The Gaspee would board other ships without a warrant and seize goods without evidence.
    -1772 the Gaspee runs aground.
  • Colonists seize the ship and burn it.
  • British made arrests and send suspects to Britain for trial (angered the colonists because it violated their right to a trial by a jury of one’s peers)
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Committees of Correspondence

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Plans to stop shipment of tea to Boston during the tea act

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The Tea Act

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  • lowers prices of British Tea to fight against cheaper smuggled tea
  • colonists refuse to buy cheaper tea believing that it would recognize Parliaments right to tax the colonies
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The Boston Tea Party

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  • members of the Sons of Liberty board 3 East India Company Ships and dump tea into Boston Harbor
  • 300-400 chests of tea destroyed
  • No damages to ship/crew
  • Hundreds took part in the Boston Tea party and was witnessed by thousands
  • nobody stopped this cause they agreed with it.
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The Intolerable Acts

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Made up of:
- Impartial Administration of Justice Act
- Quartering Act
- Quebec Act
- Government Act
- Boston Port Act

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Purpose of Intolerable Acts

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To punish Boston for the Boston Tea Party

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Impartial Administration of Justice Act

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Royal officials accused of crimes go to England for Trial

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Quartering Act

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  • Must house British soldiers.
  • Must provide for them
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Quebec Act

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  • Gives disputed land to the French.
  • Allows continuation of French Civil Law + Catholicism
  • Offensive to Protestant New England
    Massachusetts
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Government Act

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  • Bans town meetings
  • Rewrites the charter to conform Parliament’s supremacy
  • Council is appointed rather than elected(by the British)
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Boston Port Act

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Closed the port of Boston(cuts off all trade $)

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The First Continental Congress

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  • Met because of the Intolerable acts
  • OUTCOME
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Lexington & Concord

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  • Winter of 1774, colonists were boycotting goods and stockpiling arms
  • Brit. troops raid ammunition storage at Concord
  • Paul Revere rides to warn colonists in Lexington
  • No one knows who fired first “Shot heard around the world”
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Second Continental Congress

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  • 56 delegates meet in Philadelphia
  • goals: raise an army, explore reconciliation with Britain
  • most delegates not ready to break with Britain
  • very dangerous(treason)
  • congress voted to create the Continental Army lead by George Washington
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Bunker Hill

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  • massacre
  • Americans defeated two uphill assaults, run out of ammo, and retreat on third
  • “Expensive British Victory”
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Olive Branch Petition

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  • effort at peace with the king
  • affirms loyalty to crown blames Parliament
  • King George III rejects it saying colonist traitors

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