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| Britain's policy (how they managed the 13 colonies)--they didn't mess with them much |
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| citizens gathered to debate and decide |
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| Which mountain range was a natural boundary between Natives and Colonists? |
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| The Appalachian Mountains |
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| a product brought into a country for sale or use |
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| the activities of government and how they make decisions |
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| What were the Native Americans worried about? |
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| Losing their lands to the British Colonies |
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| to refuse to buy, sell, or use an item in order to force a change |
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| the spread of ideas, often in a biased or one-sided form, to win support for a particular cause |
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| the lawmaking body of England, consisting of the House of Lords and the House of Commons |
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| Why was England and the colonies close to each other? |
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•Colonists still had family in England
•Close business deals = $$$
•British military protected colonists |
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| Differences between England and the colonies that caused them to pull apart |
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•Taxes on imported goods;
•Colonists couldn't trade with other countries;
•British government was strict and vetoed laws.
•Debt from the F + I war was costly |
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| French and Indian War (1756 - 1763) |
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France fought England for control of North America;
France lost and gave up land;
England had a HUGE debt. |
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| Why were colonists angry with Parliament (British government)? |
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| Britain was taxing colonists but they had NO ONE speaking for them in Parliament(British government). |
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Stamp Act (1765)
(Paper Tax) |
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•required all paper to have an official stamp/tax on it;
•colonists protested and held public meetings;
•stamp officials were attacked (ouch!)
•England repealed the act |
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•tax on paper, lead and TEA;
•colonists boycotted British goods;
•England reapealed taxes, except on TEA |
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•large group of colonists attacked British soldiers;
•5 colonists shot dead;
•propaganda(news) used to get support against British |
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| Who were the Sons and Daughters of Liberty? |
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| groups of men and women who met to decide what to do about England. |
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•England still taxing tea
•Colonists responded with Boston Tea Party;
•British passed "Intolerable Acts" |
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| Why was "no taxation without respresentation" important? |
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•James Otis said the phrase;
•No one was representing the colonists in Parliament even though they were paying taxes. |
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| Boston "Tea Party" (1773) |
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•Colonists dumped 90,000 pounds of tea into Boston Harbor
•England was not happy
•Parliament passed tougher laws against colonists |
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| What is the First Continental Congress? |
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| Delegates (representatives) from 12 out of the 13 colonies met in Philadelphia to decide what to do about England |
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| When did England start to really interfere with the colonies and their taxes? |
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