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| What forced the repeal of the stamp act? |
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| The Boycott of the stamp act made British merchants complain, and this led to the repeal of the stamp act |
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| What were the Townshend Acts? How did they violate mercantilist principals? |
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| Tariffs on things coming from England such as paper, lead, paint, and tea etc.; they discouraged trade from Britain by imposing a tariff when there shouldn’t be one in the first place |
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| Why was New York’s assembly shut down? |
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| Because they refused to provide supplies for the British troops |
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| How did the merchants respond to the Townshend Acts? Was it effective? |
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| They revived the Boycott of British goods, the Sons of Liberty acted as persuaders, it became more effective after a month |
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| Who was John Dickinson? What did he write? |
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| He wrote letters entitled: “Letters from a farmer in Pennsylvania,” that denounced the British tariffs because they were only used to raise money. If Parliament could shut down New York, they could very well shut down others |
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| What did Samuel Adams do? What was the result? |
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| He was an unsuccessful beer maker, who wrote a letter from Massachusetts to the other colonies in which he talked harshly about the British Gov.’t to cause people to choose sides against Britain. Governors were told to shut down any assemblies which supported the letter. |
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| How did customs commissioners contribute to tension? What was the result? |
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| They abused their position, therefore mobs of colonists threatened the commissioners and they made them run to the islands, and the commissioners called for more troops. |
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| What was the Boston Massacre? |
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| Occurred outside a customs house, a mob began throwing things at British soldiers, a shot was fired, (not known as to who fired the first shot) then British soldiers opened fire into the crowd and killed 5 colonist. |
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| What did Lord North do about British policy toward the colonies? |
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| He removed all tariffs imposed on the colonists except for the one on tea |
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| What were the committees of correspondence? Why were they significant? |
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| They were appointed by the assemblies who wrote the letters and communicated between each other about things that were going on, actions that needed to be taken, etc.; for the first time we see a network being established |
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| Parliament’s attempt to save the British East India Company led to trouble. Explain. |
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| American tea merchants were upset because the British East India Company was being given a monopoly, which hurt the American merchants |
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| What was Lord North’s reaction to the Boston Tea Party? |
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| He thought Boston should reimburse the British East Indian Tea company; Intolerable Acts were passed, The Boston Port was closed until they paid for the wasted tea; Another part of these laws stated that any royal official who commits a capital crime would be sent back to England for trial; also passed the New Quartering Act, British soldiers in colonies are now able to enter and stay in the colonists homes |
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| What was the Quebec Act? How did it seem to the colonist? |
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| *Give Canada civilian Gov.’t *A gov.’t w/ no assemblies, and no trial by juries *expanded Quebec; Colonists saw it as a threat, thought that they could be next |
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| What did the first Continental congress accomplish? (What were the Suffolk Resolves?) |
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| They denounce the intolerable acts, said Parliament has no right to pass laws for the colonies, called on colonies to raise troops, also they called on the colonies to boycott British goods |
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| Units of colonial militia who could get together at a moments notice |
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| Watch man who looked out for the signal that the British were coming so that they could warn the colonists |
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| What happened at Lexington and Concord? On the march back to Boston? |
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| British won at Lexington & Concord, on the march back to Boston, the colonists ambushed the British and the American Revolutionary war began |
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