Flashcards in Chapter 5 Deck (41):
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What does salutary neglect mean?
Not strictly enforcing most laws
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Why did England place a number of taxes (acts) against the colonists?
To pay off war debt
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What is smuggling?
It's importing and exporting without paying taxes
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What was George Greenville's first action in the colonies? (To combat what?)
He wants to fight smuggling
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What are the writs of assistance?
Documents that permitted searches by custom officers looking for smuggled goods
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How was the Sugar Act supposed to stop smuggling?
It lowered the tax on molasses to try and convince people to stop smuggling.
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What was the problem for the colonists with the Sugar Act? (What British law was contradicted?)
British officers were allowed to seize goods from smugglers without going to court.
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What was the Stamp Act?
Placed a tax on almost all printed material in the colonies.
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Who persuaded the House of Burgesses to take action against the Stamp Act?
Patrick Henry
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What was the name of the settlement created between the Holston and the Nolichucky Rivers by regulators that lost at the Battle of Alamance?
The Watauga Settlement
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Who owned the ship Liberty?
John Hancock
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What event did the Colonists use as an example of propaganda?
The Boston Masacre
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What is information designed to influence opinion?
Propaganda
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How many people were killed at the Boston Masacre?
5 people
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What Acts were repelled due to the Boston Masacre?
The Townshed Act
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What occurs when only one company controls a product?
Monopoly
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What event was a response to the Tea Act of 1773?
The Boston Tea Party
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During the time of the Boston Tea Party most colonists considered themselves to be part of what empire?
The British Empire
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As a punishment for the Boston Tea Party, what did King George III impose upon Massachusetts?
Coercive Acts
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What were these acts called by the colonists?
The Intolerable Acts
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Were the Coercive Acts successful in isolating Boston?
They were harsh laws intended to punish Massachusetts citizens...NO
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What was the name of the best militias in Masschuttes?'
Minutemen
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What was Paul Revere famous for shouting ?
The Regulars Are Out
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What battle featured the "shot heard around the world "
The Battle of Lexington
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Who was under command of the colonial troops at Bunker Hiil?
William Prescott
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What is William Prescott's famous quote from this battle?
"Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes"
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What did the British find out after the Battle of Bunker Hill?
That defeating the British won't be quick or easy
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Who were the people who considered the unfair taxes upon the colonies not good reasons to rebel?
Loyalists
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Who were determined to fight the British until independence is gained?
Patriots
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Who headed up the first post office in America?
Benjamin Franklin
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What was created by the Second Continental Congress to better organize military efforts?
Declaration of Independence
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What expressed the colonists desire for peace?
The Olive Branch Petition
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What pamphlet did Thomas Paine write?
Common Sense
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What does Paine believe the colonists should be refuge from?
Tyrants and persecution
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Who wrote the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
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What day was the Declaration Of Independence accepted/approved?
July 4th, 1776
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What was the purpose of the Declaration of Independence?
To explain why the colonies chose to form a new nation
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Who was the first person to sign the Declaration Of Independence
John Hancock
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What is the introduction of the Declaration of Independence called?
The Preamble
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Did the Declaration of Independence explain why the colonies chose to form a new nation?
YES
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