revolution unit Flashcards

(35 cards)

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boston massacre

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the first time an element of government (the brittish) meant to protect, turned their guns on the colonists

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enlightenment thinkers (def)

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social contract theory

-government and the governed

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enlightenment thinkers (list)

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  • johnlock, personal freedom (property)
  • montesquiev, split soverignity
  • thomas paine, colonist advocate for revolution
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treaty of paris

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stops the seven year war-new france ceases to exist

-both france + brittian end up broke, sets up course for FN

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navigation acts

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economic problem, monopoly for colonial merchants
-mercantilism forcing colonies to loose money

-controlled substances -> keeping american buisness small

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stamp act

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tax on items (newspaper, deeds, wills, cards)

-only in the colonies, one of the BIGGEST unfairness

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taxaition without representation

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ultimate unfairness

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boston tea party

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boston people dressed up as FN and poured tons of tea into the harbour

attempt to strike back

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quebec act

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gives colonial governance/freedom to par

  • stops from moving westward
  • quebec gets everything > colonists get nothing
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montesuieu

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author of 'split of the laws'
3 branches (judicial, executive, legislative)
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split soverignity

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3 branches in the government

  • excutive
  • legislative
  • judicial
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12
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personal freedom

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ability to own land

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13
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social contract theory

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relationship between the government and the governede (free speech, right to earn money)

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royal proclimation line

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separates FN land from colonial land

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controlled substances

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important products that are heavily watched over by the government (sugar, cotton, government)

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cotton

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product that started england industrialism, india and southern american states

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tea

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luxury item, want not need > creates profit

18
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boston

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most important port in colonies

19
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billet

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families asked to take you on

20
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atonomance

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treated with freedom but some stopping rules

21
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idependant

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intolerable acts

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four laws that, colonists thought were unfair

1) closed down boston part
2) stops elected officials from making decisions
3) military law > martial law, being run by military
4) billet

23
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start of revolution

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brittish troops come ashore

24
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george III

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makes eratic decisions > crazy came from attempts to kill him, and blood diseases

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declaration of independance
life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
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absolutism
because of birth, entitled to represent france and doesn't know his peole - cannot empathise
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divine right of kings
midevil time period thought belief
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cardonal
prince of catholic church- covered for minors when they were kings
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liberte
freedom
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egalite
equality
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fraternite
collective consciousness`
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collective
being a part of
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consciousness
awareness - example canadian during vimy ridge
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collective consciousness
how do you know you're apart of a nation | -born in a stressful situation that forces team work
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rhetoric
language + words that person/nation use to define a specific idea -can shape the solution to what they want