U.S. History Chapter 5 – Flashcards
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What does "no taxation without representation mean?
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means that the colonists didn't think they should be taxed unless they had representation in the British Parliament
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prohibited the colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains
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The Proclamation of 1763
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What U.S. document included a long list of colonial grievances against British King George the Third
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The Declaration of Independence
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What act was passed by Parliament in order to stop smuggling between the colonies and the West Indies
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The Sugar Act of 1764
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The American colonists protested the Stamp Act of 1765, Townshend Acts 1767, Tea Act 1773, and the Coercive Acts 1774 because what?
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The acts cause undue hardships for everyday necessities of life without giving the colonists a voice in government
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rights that can't be taken away without due process of law
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unalienable rights
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What act eventually led colonists to board British ships and dump tea into Boston Harbor?
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The Tea Act
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Name four methods colonists used to protest unfair policies of the British government
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Boycotts, burning of effigies of King George and unpopular tax collectors, passing resolutions saying only the colonists had the right to tax its citizens, forming groups like the Sons of Liberty and the Daughters of Liberty
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What act placed a tax on newspapers?
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The Stamp Act of 1765
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group of colonists led by Samuel Adams to help protest British taxes
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Sons of Liberty
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Who helped start the Sons of Liberty
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Samuel Adams
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group of women who urged colonists to wear homemade fabrics and to produce their own goods, as well as boycott British goods in response to the Townshend Acts
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Daughters of Liberty
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Act that placed taxes on basic goods such as glass, tea, paper, and other goods the colonists couldn't buy themselves
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Townshend Acts
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Refusal to buy goods or services from a particular company or nation
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boycott
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An event where British soldiers shot and killed five colonists who were protesting British soldiers occupying Boston
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Boston Massacre
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A part Native-American part African who was killed at the Boston Massacre
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Crispus Attucks
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Name two events paul Revere is associated with
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riding through the streets yelling "the British are coming" and the Boston Massacre
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an organization created by the colonists to circulate writings expressing their grievances toward the British government
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Committees of Correspondence
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Name three groups Samuel Adams is associated with
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Sons of Liberty, Boston Tea Party, and the Committees of Correspondence
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An act that lowered the tax on British East India Tea in an effort to convince the colonists to buy tea from the British East India Company without lowering the tax on other companies that sold tea
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Tea Act of 1773
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Harsh Laws intended to punish the colonists of Massachusetts for dumping the tea into Boston Harbor, this act also banned town meetings
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Coercive Acts
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Name four causes of the Revolutionary War
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tradition of self-rule, taxation without representation, Proclamation of 1763, and the Navigation Acts
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companies of civilian men who boasted that they would be ready to fight at a moments notice
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minute men
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Name the two patriots who rushed to warn the colonists that the "regulars are out" or the British were coming
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Paul Revere and William Dawes
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Where were the first two battles of the Revolutionary War fought?
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Lexington and Concord
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Who wrote the Concord Hymn
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
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What famous saying is found in the Concord Hymn
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The shot heard round the world
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What did the "shot heard round the world" signify
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The battle for America's independence had begun and the other countries saw the growth of democracy in the world
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Who won the Battle of Bunker Hill
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the British at a high cost
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Why did the American Colonel Prescott shout "don't shoot before you see the whites of their eyes"
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because the Americans were low on ammunition and had to make each shot count
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Colonists loyal to King George and the British government
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loyalist
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Colonists who wanted independence from Britain and were willing to fight to the gain that freedom
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patriots
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The Continental congress created what to fight the British
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the Continental Army
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Who was the commander of the Continental Army?
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George Washington
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An assurance to King George the Third that the colonists wanted peace and that the king protect the colonist's rights
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Olive Branch Petition
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Who wrote to John Adams about American's independence and equality to women?
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Abigail Adams
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What two pamphlets did Thomas Paine write
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Common Sense and An American Crisis
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What did Common Sense call for?
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For the colonists to become independent
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Who wrote the Declaration of Independence
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Thomas Jefferson
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According to the Declaration of Independence give three examples of unalienable rights
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life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
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The first part of the Declaration of Independence explains what?
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It states that the colonists want to form a new government and why they want to form a new government
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The second part of the Declaration of Independence talks about what?
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Natural Rights or Unalienable Rights
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The third part of the Declaration of Independence discusses what
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grievances against King George the Third such as quartering of British soldiers, cutting of trade with other parts of the world, imposing taxes without the colonists' consent, depriving colonists the right to trial by jury
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The final part of the Declaration of Independence declares what?
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Our independence from Great Britain
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In the Declaration of Independence, what does self-evident mean?
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It is obvious
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What did Thomas Jefferson mean by endowed by their creator?
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that we are born with natural unalienable rights such as life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
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Governments are instituted among Men is referring to what?
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Governments are created by men
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According to the Declaration of Independence, from where do governments receive their powers?
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from the people
