Lesson 6 Flashcards

(45 cards)

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Law of nature

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Contains universally obligatory standards of justice and would prevail in the absence of man made law

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2
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Sovereignty

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Authority

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3
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Writs of assistance

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General warrants

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4
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After 1763

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British exerted more control over American colonies

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5
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Britain incurred large debts to gain its victory over the

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French in the Seven years war

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6
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Proclamation act forbade colonial authorities to allow

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Settlement on Indian lands wear is Appalachian mts

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Proclamation act aimed at reducing

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Costs of protecting colonists from wars produced with native Americans

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Stamp act introduced a

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Tax on the colonists by imposing duties on stamps needed for official documents

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9
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Quartering act required colonists to

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Shelter British troops in their homes

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10
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New trade restrictions and taxes meant the

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Loss of money for some colonists

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Colonists understanding of

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Representative government was challenged

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Colonists believed that tax laws should be passed only in

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Their colonial legislatures, where they were represented

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13
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Small groups in each colony were convinced that

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Large crowds prepared to act forcefully could successfully resist the stamp act

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14
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Sons of liberty

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Engaged in political agitation that precipitated crowd action

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15
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Representatives from colonies met in the

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Stamp act to organize resistance

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16
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Parliament repealed stamp act but passed

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Declaratory act which asserted britains power and authority over the colonies

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17
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Townsend revenue acts

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Levied new taxes on items such as tea paper and glass

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18
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Group of American women called the daughters of liberty led boycotts of

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English foods and produced products that would help colonists become economically independent

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19
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Writs of assistance gave parliament officials

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Authority to search and seize colonial property

20
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British sent troops to

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Maintain order and facilitate tax collection

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Boston massacre

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Five colonists killed in conflict with British troops in Boston

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Boston massacre convinced Americans that British government

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Was prepared to use military force

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Tea act reassert re parliaments right to

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Tax colonists and led to Boston tea party after townshend acts were repealed

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Boston tea party

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Colonists boarded British ships and dumped 45 tons of tea into the Boston harbor

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British responded to Boston tea party with
Intolerable acts | Punitive acts that closed Boston harbor to all trade
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Colonists formed committees of correspondence to
Publicize colonial opposition and to organize resistance
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Each colony, except Georgia, sent representatives to a meeting in Philadelphia to decide
Response to the actions of the British government in 1774 (first continental congress)
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Benjamin Franklin drafted a
Resolution for the congress
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First continental Congress's voted to
Impose a ban on trade with Britain
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Their goal was to force Britain to change its polices but British officials simply considered the nam an
Irresponsible refinance of authority and ordered the arrest of some leading colonists in mass
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Some colonists were preparing for
War against Great Britain and formed a civilian militia called the Minutemen
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Approx 700 British troops tried to march to concord where they heard that
Minutemen had hidden arms and ammunition but colonists were alerted
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War
Broke out
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Many beloved that independence would be the
Solution to the colonists problems
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Congress appointed a committee of five to prepare a
Declaration of Independence
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Thomas Jefferson wrote the first draft that announced the final
Step in the colonists resistance to the British government by rejects the sovereignty of the monarchy
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Members of the continental congress thought it essential to justify their rebellion against re sovereignty of the government and to
Identify the principles of legitimate government to win sympathy and support
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Declaration of Independence is an example of the colonists ideas about
Government and their complaints of British rule
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Appeals to natural
Rights common to all people
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Asserts that authority resides with
The people
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Important ideas and arguments of the declaration
Natural rights Human equality Government by consent "A long train of abuses"
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Human equality
Right to rule must be based on compact among equal civic members
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A long train of abuses
Violations and abuses of power by King showed design to reduce government of colonies to tyranny
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Declaration charged that the king was
Seeking to destroy authority of colonial legislatures Obstructing administration of justice Keeping standing armies without approval Quartering soldiers Imposing taxes without consent Depriving colonists of the right to trial by jury Altering colonial charterS, abolishing laws, changing constitutions
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Compact
Agreement