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MASTER TEST 1 - Road to American Revolution Flashcards

A "Master Set" for the Road to Revolution. It contains everything, including vocab words, people, and the Acts. Enjoy!

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42305048Pontiac's RebellionWar in 1763 between British and the Indians
42305049Pontiac's RebellionWar caused by violation of peace treaties, settlers intruding onto claimed land, and varying treatment from the French.
42305050Neolinthe Delaware Prophet who's message was to not follow the English way and to stick to ancient practices.
42305051PontiacChief of the Ottowa tribe
42305052Proclamation Act of 1763Law passed in response to Pontiac's Rebellion
42305053Proclamation Act of 1763Law passes to protect British settlement and prevent conflict between the British and the Native Americans.
42305054King George IIIThe new King of England as of 1760.
42305055George GrenvillePrime Minister who replaced Pitt and enforced past laws and made new laws.
42305056Sugar Act of 1764Law that imposed a duty on foreign sugar, molasses, etc. that was going to the colonies.
42305057non-importation agreementsAgreements made by colonial merchants that promised they would not buy British goods.
42305058Stamp Act of 1765Law that places an import tax on all printed matter, which had to be printed on stamped paper.
42305059Sons of Libertycommittee of people that used pamphlets, petitions, and public meetings for support.
42305060Samuel AdamsLeader of the Sons of Liberty who was a tax collector and went to Harvard college.
42305061Paul ReverePerson who was famous for the Midnight Ride.
42305062John HancockPresident of the First Continental Congress who was rich and a major propagandist.
42305063James OtisMassachusetts delegate to the Stamp Act Congress who makes "no taxation without representation" famous
42305064Stamp Act CongressDelegates of 9 colonies that unified resistance from Britain.
42305065Daughters of LibertyPeople who protested the Acts and wove their own cloth by holding "spinning parties".
42305066Quartering Act of 1765Act that was also called the Mutiny Act.
42305067Quartering Act of 1765Act that required colonists to house and feed British troops living in colonies and additional troops.
42305068Declaratory Act of 1766Act that repealed the Stamp Act, but stated that Great Britain can rule the colonies anyway she sees fit.
42305069Declaratory Act of 1766Act in which Pitt returned, overjoying the colonists.
42305070Townshend Acts of 1767Act that placed a duty on tea, lead, glass, dye, etc..
42305071Writs of assistanceSearch warrants that were used to enforce the Townshend Acts, but were a violation of privacy..
42305072Charles TownshendBritain's finance minister.
42305073Lord NorthBecame the Prime Minister in 1770.
42305074Lord NorthHe repealed the Townshend Acts, expired the Quartering Act, and made a law that stated Britain will pay the salaries of governors and judges instead of the colonists.
42305075Committee of CorrespondenceA group of people who spread the word of Great Britain's new laws that were being enforced.
42305076Boston MassacreA riot on March 5, 1770 between the colonists and the British.
42305077Captain PrestonLeader of the British troops in Boston during the Boston Massacre.
42305078General Thomas GageSent British troops to silence protests in Boston.
42305079Crispus AttucksThought to be the first African American killed in the Boston Massacre, and, ultimately, the American Revolution.
42305080Tea Act of 1773Act passed to save the British East India Company from going bankrupt.
42305081Boston Tea PartyThe result of the Massachusetts governor refusing the colonists' demands to send back 3 shiploads of tea to Britain.
42305082Boston Tea PartyThe Sons of Liberty dressed as Indians and dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston harbor- some liked it, and some didn't.
42305083PatriotsColonists who supported independence.
42305084LoyalistsColonists who urged restraint from independence.
42305085Coercive Acts of 1774Acts passes as a result of the Boston Tea Party, sending the message to the colonists that they had complete control over them.
42305086Coercive Acts of 1774Acts that served as a punishment until the tea was repaid and all damages were accounted for.
42305087Intolerable ActsName the colonists gave to the Coercive Acts.
42305088Port BillLaw that closed the port of Boston until the colonists paid for the destroyed tea.
42305089Government ActRevoked Massachusetts charter and forbade colonists from holding town meetings.
42305090Administration of Justice ActAllowed royal official who were charged for crimes to be tried in other colonies or in Britain.
42305091New Quartering ActOrdered colonists to house and feed British soldiers. (part of the Coercive Acts)
42305092Quebec Act of 1774Act that overrode land claims of the VA, CT, and MA colonies, expanding Quebec south.
42305093Administration of Justice ActAct that annoyed John Adams.
42305094Quebec Act of 1774Act that granted religious freedom to French Roman Catholics, upsetting many Protestant colonists.
42305095First Continental CongressConvention of 56 delegates from all colonies except GA that had no lawmaking authority.
42305096First Continental CongressConvention held to decide on how to respond to the Coercive Acts and the Quebec Act.
42305097Declaration of ResolvesDecision made by the First Continental Congress that stated that the colonies were loyal to Britain, they were going to continue to boycott their goods they could legislate themselves, and that they were going to meet again if their demands were not met.
42305098Battle of Lexington and ConcordBattle in which the "first shots of the American Revolution" were fired.
42305099Midnight RidePaul Revere, William Dawes, and Sam Prescott rode to warn minutemen of approaching British soldiers.
42305100John ParkerColonial Captain that stood, along with 70 minutemen, and waited on Lexington Green.
42305101John PitcairnCaptain of the British in the Battle of Lexington and Concord who said "Put down your arms, you damn rebels".
42305102Second Continental CongressConvention in which the agenda was to raise an army for Congress, appoint a commander for the army, and make the Olive Branch Petition
42305103Samuel AdamsWanted immediate declaration of independence from Britain in the Second Continental Congress
42305104John DickinsonUrged restraint from independence in the Second Continental Congress, and wrote the Olive Branch Petition.
42305105Continental ArmyArmy for Congress that was "for the defense of American liberty".
42305106George WashingtonCommander in Chief of the Continental Army established by the Second Continental Congress.
42305107Patrick HenryVA delegate to First and Second Continental Congress- "Give me liberty, of give me death".
42305108Thomas PaineBritish immigrant who thought that the "king" in a free country should be the people.
42305109Common SenseDocument that had a unifying effect, was one of the 1st bestsellers, stated that the real problem was King George III, and that a small island shouldn't rule a nation across the ocean.
42305110Declaration of IndependenceDocument that finally granted independence and freedom to the colonies from Great Britain.
42305111Olive Branch PetitionFinal plea to King George III asking for a peaceful end to the conflict.
42305112Richard Henry LeeThought that the colonists should be free, and proposed an idea for a committee that would make a document declaring independence.
42305113Thomas JeffersonWriter of the Declaration of Independence.
42305114John LockePhilosopher from the Enlightenment period who said that you can only govern with the consent of the people.

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