Acts/Events (5-8) Flashcards

1
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When was the Molasses Act started?

A

1733

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2
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What did the Molasses act tax?

A

molasses, rum, and sugar

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3
Q

How did people get around the Molasses Act?

A

Smuggling

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4
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What act did the Molasses Act precede?

A

sugar act

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5
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WHat did the Molasses Act aim to do?

A

Regulate trade and raise revenue

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6
Q

When was the molasses act replaced?

A

1764

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7
Q

What was the molasses act replaced with?

A

sugar act

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8
Q

How was the Sugar Act enforced?

A

more strict than molasses act

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9
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What did the Stamp Act tax?

A

stamps which needed to be put on all paper

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10
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When did the stamp act begin?

A

1765

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11
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when was the stamp act repealed?

A

1766

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12
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What did the stamp act congress aim to do

A

assert their independence and demand the stamp act to be repealled

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13
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How did the 7 year war begin?

A

territorial disputes in NA

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14
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Who supported brittain in the 7 year war?

A

Iroquois Confederacy

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15
Q

What consequence did the french indian war have brittain?

A

heavy debt

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16
Q

What did the Proclimation aim to do?

A

set territorial boundaries along the applachians

17
Q

The Proclamation asserted what type of control?

A

Brittish control

18
Q

When did the townshend acts begin?

A

1767

19
Q

What did the Townshend acts aim to do

A

make revenue

20
Q

What did the Townshend act tax?

A

lead, glass, paper, paint, and tea

21
Q

when did the boston masacre happen?

A

1770

22
Q

What happened on the night of the Boston Massacre

A

protesting colonials were shot by british soldiers

23
Q

WHat was the Boston MAssacree used as?

A

propaganda

24
Q

When did the Boston tea party happen

A

1773

25
Q

WHat does the boston tea party symbolize

A

Struggling for american independance

26
Q

What happaned as a result of the townshend acts

A

Intolerable acts

27
Q

When were the intolerable acts elisted

A

1774

28
Q

What did the Boston Port Act aim to do?

A

closed the boston port

29
Q

What did the Massachusetts Government Act aim to do?

A

reduced self governing powers of colonies

30
Q

What did the Adminitrastion of Justice act do?

A

allowed royals to be tried by brittain and not by colonies

31
Q

What was the quatering act?

A

allowed brittish to enter the homes of colonist

32
Q

WHen was the first contenetial congress held?

A

1774

33
Q

WHat was the first contenetial congress in response to?

A

Intolerable acts

34
Q

Who attended the first contenetial congress?

A

georgia

35
Q

WHat was the goal of the first contenetial congresss?

A

to find a peaceful solution to british law

36
Q

When was the second contenetial congress enstated?

A

1775-1781

37
Q

What came of the Second Contenetial congress?

A

The Declaration of Independence