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Who siezed British forts at Ticondergoa and Crown Point?
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Ethan Allen
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Who warned colonists of the British marh on Lexington and Concord?
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Paul Revere
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Who won th enickname "Swamp Fox" for his daring guerilla raids?
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Francis Marion
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Who cleared the westeern leands of British troops?
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George Rogers Clark
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Who infuleneced Jeffreson's political thought
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John Locke
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Who surrendered to Washington at Yorktown?
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Genreal Cornwallis
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Who helped train the Continenta army?
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Baron von Steuben
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in 1775 most delegates to the 2nd Continental Congress wanted to....
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follow a moderate course of action
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After the Battle of Breed's Hill, George 3 didn't do...
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form an alliance with Spain
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Congress appointed didn't appoint who the draft ofthe Declaration of Independence?
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Benjamin Franklin
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What doesn't the Declaration of INdependence include?
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a plan of government
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what battle resulted in a french alliance wiht the American?
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Saratoga
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the treaty of Paris of 1783 the issue of the Torys' siezed property was handed over to whom?
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2nd continetal Congress
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what did the French entry into the war lead Great Britain to do?
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focus on vistory in the South
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what was 1 advantage held by the British during th eRevolutionary War?
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a proffesional army
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what did the Americans gain underhte Treaty of Paris of 1783?
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idependence
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were blacks allowed to fight int he Revolutionary war?
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yes
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a republic is what type of government?
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citizens rule throught their elected representatives
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the idea if republicanism means what?
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the governments should be based on the consent of the people
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what is a confederation?
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an alliance
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a tariff is a tax on what?
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imported goods
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what was the Land Ordinance of 1785?
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a law establishing a plan for surveying western land
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what was the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
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an establishment of procedures 4 western lands to become territyories and states
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was Patrick Henry a federalist or an anti fedaralist?
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antifederalist
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what did the Federalists promise to add to the Constitution if it was ratified?
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a bill of rights
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what was the main purpose of the Federalist Papers?
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encourage supports fort he ratification of the Consitution
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how many states needed to ratify the Constitution for it to become a law?
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9
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is illegal search guranteed by the 1st ammendment?
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no
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what was each sattes power in the Confedartion Congress based on?
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the states voting population
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what did the Articles of OCnfederation give the national government?
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the power to declare war
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what did the U.S funtion without until teh ratification of the Constitution?
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a president
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what was 1 accomplishment of the Northwest Ordinace of 1787?
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it established requirments for admitting new states
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shay's rebellion was a protest by farmers who faced problems from...
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debts they owed to creditors
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what was the Great Compromise?
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an agreement about how to determines a sate's representation in Congress
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what is Checks and Balances?
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a system that maintians the seperation of peowers among the branches of the federal government
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hwo many states needed to raify the Constitutoin before it could go into effect?
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9
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who supported the addition of the bill of rights?
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antifederalists
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what English law requird that colonial newspapers and others documents be written or printed on stamped paper sold by the English government?
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Stamp Act
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What name was given to the search warrants which gave British officials to search colonial homes for smuggled goods?
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Writs of Assistance
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What act forbade goods to be taken into English colonies or exported from them except in English vessels?
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Navigation Act
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What act compelled colonists to furnish British soldiers with food and lodging in their homes?
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Quartering Act
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What name applied to the representative in differents colonies which kept other colonies informed of events in each colony?
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Committee of Correspondant
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What convention of delgates from all colonies except 1 met in 1774 to protest against the violation of colonial rights?
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1st continental congress
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"when in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for 1 people to dissolve..." is from what document?
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Declaration of Independence
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What was the paper money issued by the colonists called?
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Continental Currency
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What name was given to the colonists who remained loyal to the British government?
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Tory/ loyalist
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what was the saying that was said as the currency losts its value?
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not worth a continental
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what did the British decide to do after they succeeded in conquering France in America?
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arrange a more centrally government for the colonies
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1 of the chief casues 4 the revolution was...
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the colonies weren't represented in Parliament
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what was the American colonist's idea of representatoin?
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that each representative in a lawmaking body should represent the people in a certain district
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another principal cause of the revolution was...
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the growth of the independant spirit amonght colonists
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what did General George Rogers Clark do?
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gained the northwest territory for the colonies
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who wrote Common sense?
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Thomas Paine
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who was the British general that was forced to surrender his army at Saratoga?
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General Burgoyne
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who was a talented orator from VA?
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Patrick Henry
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who was the American general who sold out to the British?
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Bendict Arnold
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who was the Prime Minitser during the Revolution?
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Lord North
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who was the Frenchmen that gave his services during the Revolution?
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General Lafayette
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who was a colonial leader from MA who was 1 of the 1st to advocate independence in the colonies?
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Samuel Adams
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who was known as "the financier of the Revolution"?
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Robert Morris
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whowas the British General whose surrender eneded the Revolution?
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Lord Cornwallis
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who was the Virginain who served as cammander-in-chief of colonial army?
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George Washington
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who was the American statesmen who secured aid of France in the Revolution?
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Benjamin Franklin
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what battle was the turning point of the Revolution?
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Saratoga
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whatwas the 1st battle of the revolution?
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Bunker/Breeds Hill
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Who was the King of England?
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George 3
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who was the Polish noblman who enlisted in the colnial army?
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Pulaski
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who was the Americna navol commander?
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John Paul Jones
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what was the expedition led by Montgomery and Arnold?
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Invasion of Canada
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what treaty ended the revolution?
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Treaty of PAris
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Who was the suthor of the Declaration of INdependence?
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Thomas Jefferson
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what was the governing body of the colonies during the Revolution?
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Continental Congress
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what did the Salutary neglect allow?
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colonists to evade many merchantile laws
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who died during the Boston MAssacre?
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Crispus Attucks
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what prompted angry colonists to form teh Sons of LIberty?
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stamp act
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why did Great Britian pass the NAvigation Act?
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protect the triangular trade
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what was 1 of the most serious problems facing the British in 1763?
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cost of defending the empire
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why did ht ecolonist oppose the Stamp Act?
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it was a direct tax
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why did Parliament keep a duty on tea after the Townshed Acts?
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symbolize its right to tax the colonies
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what was the main objection to the Tea Act?
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granted a monopoly to 1 company
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what didn't the intolerable Acts do?
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restrict western settlement
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what didn't the members of 1st Continental COngress achieve?
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a plan for independence
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what method didn't the British use to enforce mechantilism?
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payment of bounties
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what was another name for bunker hill?
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Breed's Hill
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what was the site of the "shot heard 'round the world"
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Lexington and COncord
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where was the Saratoga located?
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New York
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what was the site of the 1st continetal congress?
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Philadelphia
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what was the colonial force that captured Crown Point and Ticonderoga?
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Green Mountain Boys
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what was the rich fishing area of Canada?
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Grand Bank Canada
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what was the place that Washington spent the winter of 1777-78?
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Valley Forge
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what was hte predominate religion of Quebec?
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Catholocism
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who were the 3 delegates who negotiated the Treaty of PAris?
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Franklin, Adams, Jay
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60,000 people
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the amount of people an area must reach to apply to become a state
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640 acres
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1 square mile. the maximum amount of land a person could own in a township
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Maryland
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the only state that doesn't agree with the Articles of Confederation
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36 square miles
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a township
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1 vote regardless of population
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the amount of say that each state had in COngress
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part of Minnesota
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carved out of North West Ordinance
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confedearation
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a governement in which that lower units had more control than the higher units
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5,000 free adult males
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the amount that an area must have in order to apply to become a territory
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league of friends
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what the congress actually was
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no slavery
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the policy passed above the Ohio River
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Rebuplic
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a government in which rule through elected representatives
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Rebuplicanism
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the belief that government should be based on the consent of the people
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Articles of Confederation
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a document, adopted by the continent congress in 1777 and finally approved by the states in 1781, that outlines the form government of the new United States
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Confederation
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an alliance permitting states or nation to act together on matters of mutual concerns
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Land Ordinance of 1785
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a law that extablished a plan for surveying and selling the federally owned lands west of the Appalachian Mountains
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Northwest Ordinance of 1787
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a law that established a plan for serveying and selling the federally owned lands west of the Appalachian Mountains
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Shay's rebellion
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an uprising of debt-ridden Massachusetts farmers in 1787
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James Madison
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created VA plan and is considered the Father of the Constition
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Roger Sherman
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was 1 of the people whp drafted the Declaration of Independence, he introduced the Great Compromise. He was the only man to sign the Continental Assosication of 1774, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of confederation, and the Constitution
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Great Compromise
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the constitutional convention's agreement to establish and 2-house national legislature, with all states having equal representation in 1 house and each state having representation based on its population in the other house
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3/5 Compromise
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the Constitutional Convention to count 3/5 of a states slaves as populatin for purposes of representation and taxation
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Legislative Branch
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the branch of government that makes laws
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Executive Branch
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the branch of government that administers and enforces the laws
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Judicial Branch
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the branch of government that interprets the laws
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Checks and Balances
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the provisions in the U.S Constitution that prevent any branch of hte U.S government from dominating the other 2 branched
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Rebuplic
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a government in which rule through elected representatives
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Rebuplicanism
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the belief that government should be based on the consent of the people
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Articles of Confederation
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a document, adopted by the continent congress in 1777 and finally approved by the states in 1781, that outlines the form government of the new United States
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Confederation
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an alliance permitting states or nation to act together on matters of mutual concerns
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Land Ordinance of 1785
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a law that extablished a plan for surveying and selling the federally owned lands west of the Appalachian Mountains
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Northwest Ordinance of 1787
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a law that established a plan for serveying and selling the federally owned lands west of the Appalachian Mountains
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Shay's rebellion
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an uprising of debt-ridden Massachusetts farmers in 1787
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James Madison
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created VA plan and is considered the Father of the Constition
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Roger Sherman
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was 1 of the people whp drafted the Declaration of Independence, he introduced the Great Compromise. He was the only man to sign the Continental Assosication of 1774, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of confederation, and the Constitution
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Great Compromise
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the constitutional convention's agreement to establish and 2-house national legislature, with all states having equal representation in 1 house and each state having representation based on its population in the other house
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3/5 Compromise
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the Constitutional Convention to count 3/5 of a states slaves as populatin for purposes of representation and taxation
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Legislative Branch
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the branch of government that makes laws
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Executive Branch
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the branch of government that administers and enforces the laws
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Judicial Branch
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the branch of government that interprets the laws
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Checks and Balances
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the provisions in the U.S Constitution that prevent any branch of hte U.S government from dominating the other 2 branched
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electoral college
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a group selected by the states to elect the president and the VP, in which each state's number of electors, is equal to the number of its senators and representatives in congress
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Ratification
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the official approval of the Constitution, or of an amendment, by the states
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Federalist
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a supporter of the Constitution and of a strong national government
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Anti-federalists
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an opponent of a strong national government
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Federalists Papers
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a series of essays defending and explaining the Constitution written by Alexander Hamilton, James MAdison, and John Jay
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Bull of Rights
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the 1st 10 ammendments to the US COnstitution, added in 1791 and consisting of a formal list of citizens' right and freedoms
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who urged the Continental Congress to "remember the ladies" when forming a new government?
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Abigail Adams
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who (specific person) favored a strong central government?
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John adams
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who headed the commitee that proposed the Articles of Confederation?
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John Dickenson
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what divided the Northwest into townships?
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Land Ordinance of 1785
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what providede for the democratic government in the territories?
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Northwest Ordinance
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who (specific) helped settle Kentucky?
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Daniel Boone
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who led a farmers revolt?
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Daniel Shays
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who tried to negotiate a commercial treaty with the British?
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Benjamin Franklin
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who refused to give up the forsts in the NW?
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Great Britain
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where was the meeting held that was meant to discuss the problems of government under the Confederation?
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Philadelphia
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during hte Revolution, the 2nd continental congress urged the states to do what?
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organize new governments
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what does "government of laws, not of men" mean?
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that law minds public officials
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what was an issue that showed contradictions between the Declaration of Independence and actual practice?
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slavery
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what happened to the states when the 13 British colonies declared independence in 1776?
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they became seperate and independent states
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how many states needed to ratify the Articles?
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all the states- 13
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the Land Ordinance of 1785 provided what?
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standard surveying of the new lands
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from 1777 to 1789 the colonies were governed under what?
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Articles of Confederation
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the period from 1777-1789 was known as what?
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the Critical Period
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why did the articles fail?
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because they didn't provide for an executive department
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the document which provided for the government of hte Northwest Territory was what?
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the Ordinance of 1787
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the Constitutional Congress met where?
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Philadelphia
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the President of the Constitutional Convention was whom?
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thomas Jeffreson
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the VA plan presented at the COnstitutional Convention provided for...
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representation in both houses of Congress according to population of states
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the NJ plan presented at the Constitutional COnvention provided for...
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equal representation in Congress for all states
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What was the compromise plan that was adopted at the Constitutional Convention?
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a congress of 2 houses w/equal representation of states in 1 and representatoin in the other based on population
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what was the leading objection to the adoption of the Constitution?
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the national government would be too strong
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The constitutional congress met in what year?
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1787
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the constitution went into effect in what year?
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1788
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what did the states finally do with their western land?
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gave it to the central government
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what state was last to ratify the COnstitution?
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Rhode Island
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What man advocated that the national governmnet should assume payment of the old state debts?
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Alexander Hamilton
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What prominent man from VA opposed the ratification of the Constitution?
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Patrick Henry
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Did the Constitution provie for 1, 2, or 3 general branches of government?
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3
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are the states represented in the Senate equally, or on the basis of population?
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equally
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The framing of the COntitution was largely the work of what man?
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James Madison
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in what year was Washington inaugerated as 1st president?
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1789
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what political party advocated the adoption of the Constitution?
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federalist
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what political party opposed the adoption of the Constitution?
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anti-federalist
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did the federalist party stand for "loose consturction" or "strict construction" of the Constitution?
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loose construction
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what was the 1st state to be admitted into the Union after the original 13?
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vermont
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what did patrick henry mean when he said "i smell a rat"?
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he meant that he knew that they weren't going to just fix up the Confederations. They were going to throwit awa and create a new 1
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why was the Constitutional Convention conducted in secret?
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they weren't supposed to create a wholenew constitution and if word leaked out that they broke the law, the people would be mad. They didn't really want the peoples' opinion because the people would be selfish
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why did the British refuse to evacuate their forts in the NW territory?
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because the U.S didn't help the Tories/loyalist their land back
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why did the antifederalist want a bill of rights added to the Constitution?
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because they believed that the central government had too much power and they wanted to insure that the states would be protected
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what role did Benjamin Franklin play at the Constitutional COnvention?
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he was the eldest statemen and he was considered the wisest
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why was France angry at the U.S in the years just after the Revolution?
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1. we borrowed money from them and hadn't paid them back yet
2. they thought that we would trade soley wiht them, but we mainly traded wiht the British |
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Why was Sam Adams not invited to attend the Constitutional Convention?
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because he was too radical in his ideas
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what job was the 2nd continental congress given?
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creating a new governmetn for the 13 colonies
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who was assigned this job (specific person)?
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Richard Henry Lee
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when did they present the idea of the new government?
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1777
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was the idea of the new government approved?
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yes
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what was the government going to be run by?
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Articles of Confederation
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what does that type of government create?
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the lower units have more power than the higher units
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what was the reason for wanted a confederational type of government?
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because they wanted something completely different from the British
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how many colonies had to approve of the Confederation before it came into effect?
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13 (all)
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how many colonies approved the Confederation?
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12
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which colony didn't approve of the Condeferatoin?
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Maryland
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Why didn't Maryland approve the Confederation?
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Since Maryland had no claims west for the Appalachian Mountains, they didn't want to be taken over
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what did Maryland want in order that they would ratify the Constitution?
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the cetral government had to take over the land west of the Appalachian Mountains
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when does the articles take effect?
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1781
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Was the Articles successful or a disaster?
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disaster
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why was the Articles of Confederation a disaster?
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each of the 13 states were treated as independent countries
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what was going to be the capital of the U.S?
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philadelphia
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what type of government did the Articles create?
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unicameral
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what was unicalmeral legislature going to be called?
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Congress
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How much representation did each state have in the Congress?
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1
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did the unicameral legislature have much power?
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no
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What powers did the Congress not have?
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declare war, coin money, regulate trade, had no court system, no standing military, no chief executive
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what powers did the Congress have?
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postal service, relationship with the INdians
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did the Congress keep the country together?
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yes
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why did the COngress came up with the Land Ordinace of 1785?
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the Centrak government had all this land
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What land would be called the Northwest territory?
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all land North of the ohio river
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what was the Northwest terriotory divided up into?
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townships
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how many square miles equaled a township?
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36
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how many acres equaled a square mile?
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640
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how much would 1 have to pay if they wanted to buy 1 square mile?
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640
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what was the price per acre?
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1 dollar per acre
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who were the corners reserved for in a township?
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the government
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what was the most amount of acres a person could have in a township?
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640 acres
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what were the 1 square mile blocks callled?
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sections
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who was the section in the middle reserved for?
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te governemt
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what was the midddle section reserved for in a township (specifically)?
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school
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what would a school do to help raise money and get rid of their extra land?
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they woudl sell the land
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what was the North West Ordinance of 1787?
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an outline of how territories cna become states
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how many people did an area need to have to be able to apply to become a territory?
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5,000 free adult males
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what mnay poeple does an area need to reach before being able to apply to become a state?
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60,000 (all people)
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what policy was observed above the Ohia River?
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no slavery
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what states were carved out of the North West Ordinance of 1787?
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Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and a little bit of Minnesota
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when the French and INdian war came to an end what land did the British own?
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everything east of the Mississippi except FL. and they have Canada
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was the French and INdian war expensive?
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yes
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what policy did the British have prior to the French and INdian war?
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Salutary Neglect
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what is salutray neglect?
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there were laws that said that English could collect money from the colonists, but it was ignored
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what policy did the British adopt after the French and Indian war?
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new colonial systems
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what did the New Colonial systems say?
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they (Britain) would now tax the colonists
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once the colonists started to move west of the Appalachian Mountains, what happened?
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they had conflicts with the Indians
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what Indian chief believed that if the colonists continued to move west of the Appalachians the Indians would disappear?
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Cheif Pontiac
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What does chief Pontiac do to try to stop the destruction of the Indian nation?
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attack the colonists
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what is the proclamation of 1763?
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a British proclamation that marked a line of demarctation along the western edge of the Appalachian
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What did the proclamation of 1763 say?
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no white settlers were able to settle west of the appalachian mountains and those who live there now must move back
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Was the proclamation of 1763 enforced? why or why not?
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No, because the law couldn't be enforced
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who becomes the new Prime Minister of Britain?
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Grendel
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what did Grendel think about the colonies?
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he thought that they needed to raise money and had to be put under control
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What does Grendel Issue?
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Writs of Assistance
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What is the Writs of Assistance?
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a document that gave the British unlimted search warrants
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What else do Grendel do?
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he gets parliament to pass new tax laws on the Colonies
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what is the sugaer act?
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it said that colonies can only buy sugar from other British colonies?
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when was the sugar act created?
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1764
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what was the Currency Act?
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British will no longer except paper money, all money must either be in gold or silver
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when was the Currency Act created?
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1764
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what was the quatering act?
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it said that British soldiers could stay in the colonists homes and the colonists had to provide them with food
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When was the quartering act created?
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1765
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Why was the quatering act created?
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it cut down on losses and the British could keep an eye on the colonists
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what was the Stamp Act?
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a tax that sayd colonistw would have ti purchase a stamp for every document
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why did the colonists hate the stamp act?
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it was a direct tax
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when was the Stamp Act created?
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1765
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were the colonists represented in Parliament?
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no
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what did the colonists want?
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direct representation in Parliament
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what was the colonists slogan?
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no taxation without representatoin
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what form of representation did the British want?
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indirect representation
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what year was the Stamp Act congress created?
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1765
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how many colonies joined the Stamp Act congress?
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6
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who dominated the Stamp Act congress?
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the Sons of Liberty
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who lead the Sons of Liberty?
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Samuel Adams
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what did the Sons of Liberty decide to do (stamp act)?
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to boycott the British goods and harrass stamp officials
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who was hurt by the Sons of Liberty boycott (stamp act)?
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parliament members who had invested money
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what year was the stamp act taken away?
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1766
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what was the Declatory Act?
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says that even if the British repealed teh Stamp Act, doesn't mean that they can't tax the colonies
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what was the Townsen act?
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a tax on household items
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what year was the townsend act created?
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1767
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what item the British add last minute to the Towsend act?
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tea
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what was the tax on tea called?
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teac act
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when was the Tea Act created?
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1767
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what happened in 1770 that iritated the colonists?
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british soldiers were marching and Americans decided to harass them by throwing snowballs. The British opened fire
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what was the Commitee of Correspondance?
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a way to keep every colony informed about British actitviteies throughtout the 13 colonies
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when did the Boston tea party occur?
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1773
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what happened to cause the colonists to do the Boston Tea Party?
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the British had given a monpoly to the British west Indian Colony, prices went up
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did the Sons of Liberty like this?
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yes- because it gave them opportunity to arouse British opposision
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who did the colonists dress up as at the Boston Tea Party and what did they do?
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Indians- they threw the tea overboard
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what was the Intolerable Act /coercive act?
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an act that said that the port of Boston would be closed until the tea was paid for, town meetings were suspened in MASS, Mass. would become a royal colony, British soldiers would be tried in England
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What was the Quebec Act?
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the act that made French canda extended into the Midwestern U.S
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what was the main Religion in France
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Catholocism
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why was the Quebec Act bad for the colonist?
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since th main religon was Catholocism and the colonists were mainly protestant
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when did the 1st continental congress meet?
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1774
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how many colonies showed up the 1st continental congress?
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12
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who had a slight edge in the 1st continental congress?
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the radicals
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what was the Suffolk resolves?
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this stated that they wouldn't obey the intolerabel acts
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when did the 2nd Continental Congress meet?
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1775
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where did the colonists stock up their weapons?
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Lexington and Concord
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who was the British general who marched into Lexington and COncord?
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General Thomas Gauge
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when did the Battle of Lexington and Concord take place?
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1775
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who were the 2 pple who warned the colonists that the British were marching to Lexington and Concord?
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Paul Revere and Tom Gauze
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where the British march 1st (Cocord or Lexington)
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concord
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what do the British find in COncord?
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some supplies, but no soldiers
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where did Gauge march onto next? (after concord)
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lexington
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what takes place in Lexington?
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a skirmish
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what does Gauge find out when he was in Lexington?
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that the Americans moved their supplies to Boston
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What does General Gauge do when he finds out where the supplies are?
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he marched back to boston, but on the way the Americans ambush them and the British loose 100 men
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when does the 2nd continetal congress meet?
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May 10th, 1775
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who was appointed commander and chief of the colonial army?
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George Washington
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what were the British advantages?
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larger and better trained army, better supplied, 1 central government, most of their support lies in big cities
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what were some of the Americna advantages?
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fighting on their own soil, fighting a defensive war, better military leaders
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how much of the popluation were pro-independence and what were they called?
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1/3- patriots
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how much of the population were pro-British and what were they called?
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1/3- loyalists and tories
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how much of the population was neutral?
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1/3
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what happened in late 1775 (battle)?
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the Green Mountain Boys captured Ticonderoga and Crown Point
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who lead the Green Mountain Boys?
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Ethan Allen (with the help of Benedict Arnold)
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what happened in June of 1775?
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the battle of bunker hill
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was Bunker hill a British or colonial victory?
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British
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what is a pyrric victory?
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when an army suffers so many deaths that the win is pointless
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when do the British give back boston?
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spring of 1776
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what is the Olive Branch Petition?
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"if the British take away all the taxes, the U.S will remain loyal"
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when was the Olive Branch Petition created and submitted?
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July, 1775
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what does Common Sense say?
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it doesn't make sense for an island to rule a continent
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When did Richard Henry Lee intoduce the resolution for Independence?
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June 7th, 1776
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who is given the job of writing the declaration?
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Thomas Jeffreson
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When does Jeffreson recieve this job?
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june 11th, 1776
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what does the declaration consist of?
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Preamble, list of grievnace, actual declration
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How many soldiers (British) were involved in the battle of Long Island and who wins the battle?
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34,000 and the British win
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what do the olonists do when the British are victorious in the Battle of Long Island?
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they retreat to NYC
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who won the Battle of Brooklyn Heights?
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British
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what happens Christmas of 1776? who wins?
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the Battle near Trenton takes place. the U.S
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How many U.S soldiers were involved in the battle near Trenton?
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2500
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does Washington want to take over Trenton? What does he want to do?
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No- he wants to bring up Aemrcian spirits
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what battle takes place on January 3rd, 1777? who wins?
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the battle of Princeton- British
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what is the plan of General Burgouyne?
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to split the colonies into 2 by capturing Saratoga.
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where is General Howe supposed to leave from (saratoga battle)?
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NYC
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wat is the problems with this battle (saratoga)?
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it takes a long time to get 2 Saratoga and the british are ambushed along the way and General Howe didn't leave from NYC
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when does the battle of saratoga take place?
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october 1777
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are the British defeated?
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yes
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wat was the Battle of Saratoga known as?
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the turning point of the war
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why did the French help the Americans?
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1. they wanted revenge against the British
2. they were undergoing the Enlightenment 3. they thought the Americans were trade with them |
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what do the 2 treaties that the french sign with us say?
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1. the French will supply us with weapons, supplies, and advisors
2. there will be no seperate peace treaty with Britain |
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who was the most important advisor?
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Lafayette
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where are the Tories especially strong?
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savannah and charleston
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who captures Savannah and Charlestown?
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Sir Henry Clinton
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Who won at Camden, SC?
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British
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where is Cowpens?
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SC
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where is Kings Mountains?
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border of Sc and NC
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where is Gilfers courthouse?
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NC
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who is the British General now?
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General Cornwallis
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what does General Cornwallis decide to do?
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go to Yorktown and wait for the navy to bring supplies
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what is George Washingtons plan(Yorktown)?
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to march down to Yorktown while the French navy blockades the British. Surrounding them
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when does General Cornwallis surrender?
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october 19th, 1781
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who is George Roger Clark?
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a general who captures the Midwest
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Why was this colony able 2 defeat the British?
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they were spread (in terms of fighting), they began to loose support at home, trading, patriotism, George Washington became a symbol of freedom (the British had no symbol)
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who were the 3 diplomats that met in Paris in 1782?
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Franklin, Adams, JAy
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when was the Treaty signed?
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1783
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wat was in the treaty?
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the british had to recognize U.S freedom, gave up all territory east of the Mississippi except FL, the U.S had to help the Tories get their property back, the U.S could still fis in Grand Bank, the British must evacuate their MW forts ASAP
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