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| The law passed by Parliament that forbade settlements west of the Appalachian Mountains |
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| The cause of England's revival of mercantilism |
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| War debt from French and Indian War |
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| The name of the English act that had the effect of increasing the price of Dutch, French, and Spanish goods |
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| All laws that England passed were opposed by the patriots for this fundamental reason |
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| Taxation without representation |
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| Word that means refusal to but |
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| Word that means to cancel an established law |
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| Word for a tax on an imported item |
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The colonist deeply resent the presence of British troops for:
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Colonists' response to the Tea Act of 1773
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| The much hated law that permitted the search of a colonist's home with little cause or investigation |
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| Patriot leader who organized the Sons of Liberty and the Committees of Correspondence |
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| Name of act that closed the port of Boston until the tea cost was repaid |
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| Main impact of the First Continental Congress |
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| Main impact of the Second Continental Congress |
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| Declaration of Independence |
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| Colonists who opposed England (2 names) |
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| Colonists who supported England (2 names) |
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| The term that means cut off all trade |
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| Why were the British interested in taking Concord? |
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| Why were the British interested in taking Lexington? |
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| Samuel Adams and John Hancock were there |
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| Which congress set up the Continental Army |
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| Main writer of the Declaration of Independence |
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| Introduction of the Declaration of Independence |
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| Tax collected on documents and newspapers was this type of tax |
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| Patriot who defended the British soldiers charged in the Boston Massacre |
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| King of England during the American Revolution |
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| Commander of the Continental Army |
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| Who were the 3 people that went to warn the colonists at Lexington and Concord? |
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Paul Revere, Prescott, and Dawes
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| What are malienable rights guaranteed to all by the Declaration of Independence? |
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| Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happyness |
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| Name of the incident between British troops armed with muskets and colonists armed with rocks and snowballs |
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| The Shots Heard Around the World |
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| Geographic area in the US where the fighting was the most personal and vicious |
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| Roles of women during the American Revolution |
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| Name of the African American killed in the Boston Massacre |
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| Two leaders who captures the cannons at Ft. Ticonderoga without any knowledge of the others officer's plans |
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| Ethan Allen and Mountain Boys |
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| Location of the Battle of Bunker Hill |
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| The reason for the patriots losing the Battle of Bunker Hill even though they held the high ground |
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| Who was the patriot bookseller who was in charge of the American Artillery |
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| Who was the writer of both Common Sense and The Crisis? |
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| According to the Declaration of Independence, where does the government get its power to govern? |
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| When was the Declaration of Independence adopted? |
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| What were the dates of the American Revolution? |
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| What was the main small arms weapon of most of the soldiers on both sides of the revolution? |
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| What were the main weaknesses of the militia? |
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| Poorly trained and desertion |
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| What was the name of foreign soldiers hired by the British to fight the Americans? |
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| What was the name of the new method or tactic of fighting by the Americans? |
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| Why did George Washington retreat after losing a battle and not surrendering his army? |
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| Name of the worst American general who lost his army at Camden |
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| Name of the place of massacre of an entire Virginia militia by Tarleton |
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| What was the death rate of Americans held prisoner of war? |
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| What was the type of ship that was the largest ship the American navy had? |
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| Who was the leader of the Sons of Liberty? |
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| How did the colonists stay in touch and also stay angry at the British? |
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| Committees of Correspondence |
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| What was the turning point of the war because the French decided to help us? |
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| What was the name of the battle that kept Washington's army together after a disastrous campaign in Manhattan and Long Island? |
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| Who took Washington and his men out of harms way in row boats? He also provided transportation across the ice clogged Delaware river. |
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| Glover's Marblehead Mariners |
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| What was the name of the last battle of the war when the French fleet and the French and American armies surrounded the British as they were waiting for the British fleet? |
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| The American commander in the west who secured the Ohio Valley for American forces. He defeated the Indians. |
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| The father of the American Navy was: |
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| The man known as the Swamp Fox who attacked the end of Cornwallis' forces was? |
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| Who was the American commander of a Virginia company of Sharpshooters who trained his men to shoot officers. He would recall his men by using a turkey call. |
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| Who was the commander of the Flying Army in the South that kept Cornwallis busy instead of attacking Washington's forces? |
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| Who defended the British soldiers who were involved in the Boston Massacre because he believed in justice and fair trials? |
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| What was the name of the Polish officer who designed brick forts? |
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| The name of the Prussian officer who trained Washington's army: |
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| The name of the French admiral who blocked the British at Yorktown |
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| Who was known as the "Bloody Ban" and why was he called that? |
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| Banister Tarleton; Cruel tactics |
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| What was the name of the French nobleman who came to fight because he believed in Liberty? |
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| What were the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1783? |
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1. U.S was independent
2. Boundaries: Miss. Riv. on west, Canada to the north, Spanish Florida on the south
3. U.S had the right to fish off of Canada's coast
4. Each side would repay debts
5. British returned enslaved people they captured
6. Congress recommended any property seized from loyalists |
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