Unit 1: Causes of the Revolutionary War Flashcards

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According to Mr. Meddaugh what are secondary sources? (Tested Material) Bonus: What is an intriguing example of a secondary source that we use often in school?

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Sources where an author presents their interpretation of the topic Bonus: Textbooks!

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According to Mr. Meddaugh, what are primary sources? (Tested Material)

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A first hand account about a person or event

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According to Mr. Meddaugh, what did Britain do because of the French and Indian War?

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Raise TAXES!! Bonus: Because Winning Wars is Hecking Expensive

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According to Mr. Meddaugh, what is mercantilism? Bonus: What is a quote that sums up this idea? (Tested Material)

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The idea that great nations make lots of money by trading with colonies they set upBonus: “No great nation can exist without colonies”

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According to Mr. Meddaugh, what is salutary neglect? (Tested Material)

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When the English King IGNORED his American colonies for 150 years, letting the American colonies rule themselves

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According to Mr. Meddaugh, what was the Stamp Act? Bonus: Why did they call it the Stamp Act?

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A tax on ALL paper Bonus: Because when you paid the tax, you got a little stamp on your paper to show you paid it

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According to Mr. Meddaugh, what was the Sugar Act?Bonus: How did they actually do this?

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A Tax by the British to get more money from Sugar Bonus: It actually DECREASED the Tax on Sugar and Molasses but INCREASED the amount of policing which the British thought would get them more money

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According to Mr. Meddaugh, why is mercantilism important when we talk about the American Revolution? (Tested Material)

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Because Britain thought America’s MAIN purpose was to make Britain money

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According to Mr. Meddaugh, why is salutary neglect important when we talk about the American Revolution? (Tested Material)

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Because when the English King finally did start controlling his American colonies, the colonists got PEEVED

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How many died in the Boston Massacre?

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5

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What did the Second Continental Congress do?

Bonus: Why did the Second Continental Congress meet from May 1775-March 1781?

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A) Passed the Declaration of Independence B) Created the Next Government (The Articles of Confederation) C) Won the Revolutionary War

Bonus: Because, while they created the Articles of Confederation in 1777 (which is what they wanted to transition to), Maryland didn’t ratify the Articles until 1781

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What did Thomas Paine write?

Bonus: Why do we remember Thomas Paine

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Common Sense, a pamphlet in 1776

Bonus: Because until Common Sense, most Americans did NOT want independence. Common Sense changed that

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What was the Proclamation of 1763?

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George III (The British King) made it illegal for colonists to move into the Ohio territory

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What was the Tea Party?

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In December 1773, American colonists dumped 342 chests of British tea into the Boston Harbor

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What were Lexington and Concord?

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(April 1775) The First battles of the Revolutionary War

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What were the Townshend Acts?

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A tax on common goods, like glass and TEA (this is important later)

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Who did Thomas Jefferson quote in the Declaration of Independence?

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John Locke

18
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Who won in the French and Indian War?

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The British and the colonies

19
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Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

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Thomas Jefferson

20
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Why did Parliament pass the Coercive Acts?

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(1774) To punish Boston after the Tea Party

21
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Why did the First Continental Congress meet?

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(Sept 1774) To try and repeal the Coercive Acts

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