History 1301 Exam 2 Blinn College
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Writs of Assistance - ✔✔Arresting the people in the colonies that arent paying
taxes, they get a warrant to arrest them. With the Writs of Assistance you can
get arrested for any smuggled good.
Vice Admiralty Courts - ✔✔Where smuggling crime trials take place (specific for
Smuggling)
Land Ordinance 1785 - ✔✔6x6 sections and the 16th section is dedicated to
schools, for education
Yorktown - ✔✔Final Battle of the Revolutionary War, Cornwallis Surrendered.
Hessians - ✔✔8th-century German auxiliaries contracted for military service by
the British government
George Washington - ✔✔1st President, Commander in Revolutionary War, and
More
English Civil War Writers - ✔✔Writings about the horrific stories of the English
Civil War, the Writings were everywhere and the Colonist read these papers and
started to suspect that England was reforming Mercantilism
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, Boston Tea Party - ✔✔Colonist dressed up as natives and dumped tea into the
Boston Harbor, Protesting against the Tea Act
Shay's Rebellion - ✔✔
Washington's Farewell Address - ✔✔The Final address George Washington
states that the United States should remain Neutral and warms
Coercive Acts - ✔✔-Boston Ports are blocked until the colonist pay for the Tea
dumped in Harbor
-"Fair Trial"
-Let colonist self-govern for Business only
-Quartering Act: Put English Troops in colonist housing and they were forced to
be taken care of!
Whiskey Rebellion - ✔✔Rebellion against the tax on Whiskey
Bill of Rights - ✔✔10 Amendments, gets the Constitution ratified
Pinckney Treaty - ✔✔
Proclamation of 1763 - ✔✔
Gaspeel Incident - ✔✔TheShip hits a sandbar at the English ports. Was burned
down and robbed of its goods! Colonist didn't /like this at all.
Common Sense - ✔✔
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Questions with Verified Detailed
Answers
Writs of Assistance - ✔✔Arresting the people in the colonies that arent paying
taxes, they get a warrant to arrest them. With the Writs of Assistance you can
get arrested for any smuggled good.
Vice Admiralty Courts - ✔✔Where smuggling crime trials take place (specific for
Smuggling)
Land Ordinance 1785 - ✔✔6x6 sections and the 16th section is dedicated to
schools, for education
Yorktown - ✔✔Final Battle of the Revolutionary War, Cornwallis Surrendered.
Hessians - ✔✔8th-century German auxiliaries contracted for military service by
the British government
George Washington - ✔✔1st President, Commander in Revolutionary War, and
More
English Civil War Writers - ✔✔Writings about the horrific stories of the English
Civil War, the Writings were everywhere and the Colonist read these papers and
started to suspect that England was reforming Mercantilism
1|Page
©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025.
, Boston Tea Party - ✔✔Colonist dressed up as natives and dumped tea into the
Boston Harbor, Protesting against the Tea Act
Shay's Rebellion - ✔✔
Washington's Farewell Address - ✔✔The Final address George Washington
states that the United States should remain Neutral and warms
Coercive Acts - ✔✔-Boston Ports are blocked until the colonist pay for the Tea
dumped in Harbor
-"Fair Trial"
-Let colonist self-govern for Business only
-Quartering Act: Put English Troops in colonist housing and they were forced to
be taken care of!
Whiskey Rebellion - ✔✔Rebellion against the tax on Whiskey
Bill of Rights - ✔✔10 Amendments, gets the Constitution ratified
Pinckney Treaty - ✔✔
Proclamation of 1763 - ✔✔
Gaspeel Incident - ✔✔TheShip hits a sandbar at the English ports. Was burned
down and robbed of its goods! Colonist didn't /like this at all.
Common Sense - ✔✔
2|Page
©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025.
