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A theory that a country should sell more goods to another country than they buy: Mercantalism
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Although different, they had many similarities such as (2): *Each colony had a governor (Appointed by king or selected)
*A legislature, with reps elected by adult,free, non-slave, males.
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As the years past, the colonies began to take on more power as the British crown was ___ with their own country at home: ...concerned
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Boston Tea Party..: colonists dressed up as Indians and dumped tea into Boston harbor
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By 1733, there are _ English colonies stretched from Massachusettes to North Georgia: 13
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Coercive acts aka intolerable acts...: limited colonist economic and political activity
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Colonies would provide captive markets for manufactured goods and sources of _ materials: raw
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Colonists had no direct representation in ___, taxes levied by that body were illegal: Parliament
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Congress appoints a committee to construct a ___ which would announce indpendence for the colonies: document
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Congress takes on the role of a government for the ___: colonists
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Declatory Act allowed: Paraliament has right to tax and make decisions for colonists in all cases
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Declatory Act of ___: 1766
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French and Indian war was fought to capture French territory in ___: North America (Canada)
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Grievances set what?: they set forth standards for independence
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having complete control: absolute rule
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HOw did Brit use Mercantilism?: Buying products for low prices and selling them higher
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Mercantalism had America making: manufactured goods as raw materials while the mother country controlled the colony for cheap labor because a large population was needed to provide the domestic labor needed.
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Mercatalism avoided what kind of items? WHy?: Luxury items; took money out of the economy unneccesesarily
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MId __-Brit wants control back, tighten grasp: 1700
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No Taxation Without Representation came out of which tax? Means?: Stamp Act and don't tax if people can't represent themselves
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Paine refered to King George II as: A sullen-tempered pharoh who murdered thousands of innocent people, a wretch, "Father of his people", barbaric, and hellish person, a brute
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Parts of DoI are: Preamble, Declaration of National Rights, List of Grievances, and Resolution
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prosperous farmers provide a base for ___: taxation
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Second Contienental COngress (___year)-some colonists still skeptical about declaring complete independence from Britian b/c scared they wouldnt make it: 1775
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Some of the raw materials America produced for the Brit: oil, tobacco, wood, metals, silver, gold, cotton, rice, sugar cane, corn, cocoa
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Stamp Act of ___: 1765
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State action was needed to regulate and enforce all of these __ polocies: economic
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State sponsored trade monopolies by buying only __ goods: brit
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Tea Act of ___: 1773
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THe American colonist were now an ____ state: independent
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The Colonials had gained valuable experience in self-government while the ___ were gone: Brits
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The colonist became comfortanle with making their own decisions and were ___ because of it: thriving
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The Dec. of National Rights talks about: how everyone deserves liberty and if we can override government if we are not happy with their decisions
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The DoI (Declaration of Independence) argues that the Brit were neglectful, why the USA should have ___, a list of grievances, and democratic ideas: independence
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The preamble talks about..: That there are times in life that people must separate and stop being interdependent
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The Second COntinental Congress approved the DoI on what day: July 7, 1776
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The United Kingdom consists of which countries?: Scotland, Ireland, Netherlands, and Britain (SINB)
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The US would not be truly be indpendent until the ___ war came to an end: Revolutionary
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Thomas Jefferson is credited for...: The Declaration of Independece
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THomas Paine wrote Common Sense in: 1776
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Townshed Act ...: imposed new taxes on goods shipped to the colonies such as paper, glass, lead, etc
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Townshed Act of __: 1767
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Trade is a zero-sum game. WHat is a zero-sum game?: A nation can gain in international trade only at the expense of another. AKA one will gain and one will lose
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Twelve colonies sent delegates to First Continental Congress-challenge Brit authority in: September 1774
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War is costly so economy is at a decline or incline?: decline
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We hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal and they are endowed with by their creator unalienable rights and these rights include the right to life, the right to liberty, and the right to the pursuit of happiness
this comes from: Dec of National rights
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What Act was placed b/c of Boston Tea Party?: Coercive Acts
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What begins when mercantalism is established?: rebellions
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What did the colonists due in response to coercive acts?: wrote a document requesting restoration of colonists rights
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What did the grievances talk about?: lists problems with King George pretty much giving them absolutely nothing, calling him barbaric for this lack of consideration
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What did the Stamp Act do?: British imposed a tax which forced colonist to attach expenseive tax stamps to all newspapers and legal documents.
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What did the tea act do?: Allow Brit compnay to sell tea directly to colonist for a cheaper price than the colonial merchant, eliminating the colonial merchants
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What does the resolution do?: Concludes that they want to be free from the King, become their own government, rule themselves, and become free and independent states.
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What state was not involved in First COntinental COngress?: Georgia
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What was Common Sense: important doc talking about how we can be independent
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What was the Answer to the Brit debt?: Tax American colonies
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What was the main objective of the pamphlet?: Bad king, gain independece
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what was the main purpose of mercantalism?: To get money off of America, creating a financial gain for Brit
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When did British fight the long war (The French and Indian War): 1763
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When did King George send his troops?: April 1775
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When Parliament repealed the Stamp Act, what did the Brits do?: Added new taxes
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When the Brit crown tried to regain control of the American colonies, the colonists ___: resisted
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Who created Mercantalism and when did he create it?: King George in 1760
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Who said "The shot heard around the world started the American Revolution:: Paul Revere
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Why did Brit use Mercantalism?: Land=power, so if you had land and used it, you became more powerful, advancing industrially and econimically. Exploit colonists
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why did the colonists resist the Brit throne when they tried coming back?: US wanted more rights, not rights taken away from them
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Why did Thomas Paine write COmmon Sense?: Didn't agree with what Brit and the King was doing
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Why was the DoI written?: Declare Independence from Brit
