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the acts, responses to acts, & timelines Flashcards

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Why did the British Parliament pass the Stamp Act?

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  • to raise money and pay off debt from the F&I War
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What was the Stamp Act?

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taxed all legal and commercial documents

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why did the Stamp Act outrage so many?

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  • affected all classes of Americans, not just wealthy classes (like the Sugar Act did)
  • “no taxation without representation”
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what was the stamp act congress?

wasn’t in my notes but is on the study guide

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meeting of delegates from nine American colonies in 1765 to discuss the Stamp Act; “no taxation without representation”

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after the Stamp Act was repealed, what acts replaced it?

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  • 1766 - Declaratory Acts
  • 1767 - Townshend Acts
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what were the virginia resolves?

wasn’t in my notes but it seems important - it’s on the study guide

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  • a series of resolutions passed by the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1765 in response to the Stamp Act
  • Patrick Henry helped write these resolves
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what was the timeline of acts?

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  • tensions were increasing in the colonies from 1760s ➡️1770s
  • Sugar & Currency Acts of 1764
  • Stamp Act of 1765
  • Townshend Act of 1767
  • Tea Act of 1773
  • Intolerable Acts of 1774
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what was the Sugar Act?

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  • taxed sugar, rum, molassses
  • affected merchants
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what was the currency act?

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  • couldn’t print/issue their own paper money
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what were the sons of liberty?

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  • secret organization to oppose taxes
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what were the declaratory acts?

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  • 1766
  • claimed right to tax and regulate colonies
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what were the townshend act 1767?

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  • imposed new taxes on lead, paint, paper, tea
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what did the Britain do to enforce the acts?

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  • they sent troops & the royal navy to Boston in September 1768
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why did the Boston Massacre happen? what were the effects?

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  • increasing tensions due to troops in Boston
  • March 5, 1770
  • effect: repealed Townshend Act, but kept taxing tea (Tea Act of 1773)
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why did the Boston Tea Party happen? What were the effects of this act of rebellion?

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  • they had no intention of paying the tea tax
  • protested with the Boston Tea Party
  • effects: intolerable acts
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what were the intolerable acts?

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  1. Boston Port Act: closed Boston harbor bc of Tea Party
  2. MA Govt Act - Martial Law; Colonial assemblies dissolved
  3. Adminstritation of Justice Act: all trials were in England
  4. Quartering Act: privde housing and basic needs to troops

Main Goal: To threaten and force colonies to comply to British Government

17
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what were the effects of the Intolerable Acts?

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  • First Continental Congress
  • Sept - Oct 1774
  • wanted to remind Britain that they have the same rights and are still loyal to England
18
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what was lexington & concord?

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  • Thomas Gage ordered troops to march in and seize arms
  • Britain = 273 casualities
  • Colonies = 95 casualities
  • hopes for reconciliation was gone ➡️ more patriots
  • 1775
19
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what was Bunker Hill?

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  • General Thomas Gage ordered attack on Breed’s Hill
  • British won
  • Britain = 226 dead, 828 wounded
  • Colonies = 140 dead, 271 wounded
  • lead to more unity between colonies - more support
  • 1775 (after Lexington & Concord)
20
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what were the “last straws” before declaring independence?

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  • Bunker Hill
  • Olive Branch denied
  • Hessian Missionaries

Commen Sense by Thomas Paine - convinced more colonists to join the patriot cause

21
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what was the olive branch petition?

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  • last hope to reconcile the colonies and the British government
22
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what did they do at the second continental congress?

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  • Olive Branch petition
  • created the continental army w/ George Washington
23
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what ideas inspired the declaration of independence?

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  • John Locke!!!!
  • consent to the governed
  • natural rights
  • life, liberty, property
  • enlightenment ideas
24
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what were the daughters of liberty?

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  • woman who also wanted to boycott
  • they made homespunb cloth to avoid english products
  • symbol of loyalty to patriot cause

apush - period 3, part 1 (3 decks)

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