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Ch. 5: Toward Independence
Ch. 5: Toward Independence
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Militia
A small army made of ordinary citizens trained to fight in an emergency
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Tyranny
Unjust use of power
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Violation
Breaking an established rule or law
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Repeal
To take back/cancel
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Retain
To continue to keep
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Boycott
Refuse to buy one or more goods
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Restricted
To place limits or controls on something
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Authority
The government or controlling power
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People that did not take a side with regard to the policies and laws of Britain.
Who were the neutralists?
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Patriots
Which group of Americans believed they were able to govern themselves and disagreed with Britain's policies and laws?
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Loyalists
Which Americans felt deep loyalty to Britain and agreed with Britain's policies and laws?
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Required colonists to pay taxes
How did the British government increase its control of the colonies?
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Assemblies that passed laws
Before 1760, how did the colonists govern themselves?
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Britain gained new territory and had a large war debt
What were the end results of the French & Indian War?
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Proclamation of 1763
Which act (considered as tyranny) declared by the king ordered settlers to stay east of the Appalachian Mountains & Indians to stay to the west?
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American Indians
Who benefited from the Proclamation of 1763?
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Law that required all colonists to purchase a stamp for all printed materials
What was the Stamp Act?
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No representatives to vote in Parliament
Why did the colonists resent the taxes Britain was placing on various items?
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Sons of Liberty
Which group, led by Patriots, attacked tax collectors homes?
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Repealed it
How did Parliament respond to the colonists' protests against the Stamp Act?
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Townshend Acts
What laws placed a duty, or tax, on certain goods the colonies imported from Britain including glass, paint, paper, & tea?
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Create anti-British propaganda
Why was the brawl that broke out between the colonists and soldiers, leading to several deaths, called the Boston Massacre?
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Paul Revere
Who made engravings about the Boston Massacre to create propaganda to support the patriot cause?
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Boston Tea Party
During which event did colonists disguise themselves as Native Americans and throw tea into the harbor?
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Punishment for people of Boston after the Tea Party
Why were the Intolerable Acts put in place?
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United colonies against Britain
What happened to the colonies once the Intolerable Acts were put in place?
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Ungrateful rebels
How did many loyalists view the patriots?
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As citizens of individual colonies
How did colonists view themselves in 1774?
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To find a solution to the conflicts with Britain
What was a goal of the First Continental Congress?
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Colonists were willing to fight for the right to govern themselves
What became evident when the colonists and British troops clashed at Lexington and Concord?
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To keep the colonists safe from the American Indians
Why did Great Britain enact the Proclamation of 1763?
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A law that required colonists to house and provide for British troops
What was the Quartering Act?
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Britain was losing money
Why did the Townshend Acts fail?
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British soldiers panicked during the riot and killed 5 colonists
What happened at the Boston Massacre?
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He believed every person has a right to a fair trial
Why did John Adams defend the British soldiers at the trial of the Boston Massacre?
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It gave the British East India Company a monopoly over tea sales in the colonies
What did the Tea Act do?