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37 Cards in this Set
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lexington and concord |
april 19th 1775 shot heard round the world start of the revolution |
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bunker hill |
june 17th first major battle of the revolution proved americans can fight bravely |
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trenton/ princeton |
December 26th 1776T January 3rd 1777P washington victories gave americans hope boosted moral enlistments would rise |
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winter at valley forge |
june 19 1778 stronger trained boosed moorale |
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saratoga |
october 17 1777 threat to england colonies is gone turning point in the war treaty of alliance, french on the american side |
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yorktown |
october 19th 1781 cornwallis defeat removed any remaining support for war ( loyalists ) british knew americans |
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causes of britian and french war |
THIS ANSWER IS NOT MINE
Britain, and France were two of the strongest powers in Europe and they competed for wealth and l,,and in differ,ent, parts of the world2. The French did n,ot want to s,hare their fur trade in th,e Ohio Valley3. The British built a fort in Pickawilla,ny and, the French attacked it and drove them out of Ohi,o ,,4. France and Britain competed for Na,tive ,American allie,s, (the French had Algonquins and, Hurons) (Britain had Iroquois) |
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what were the results of the britian and france war |
Britain wins Expands empire |
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Why did England begin to tax the colonies |
Recovering from war debt |
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What is the phrase no taxation without representation mean |
the king cannot raise taxes without the nobles consent |
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Proclamation of 1763 |
Main idea - land won during French and Indian war would be reserved for the Native Americans so they would be safe from war |
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Quartering Act 1765 |
Required colonists to put brittish soldiers up in their homes |
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the Stamp Act |
Required colonists to pay taxes on most printed material, newspaper, marriage licenses, etc. Colonial response was daughters of liberty organized a boycott and Congress declared that stamp taxes can't be collected without consent of colonists |
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Boston Massacre |
March 5 1770 Colonists harassed Brittish soldiers by taunting and throwing snowballs; Brittish fired their guns and 5 colonists die; colonists demanded the Brittish troops to leave |
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Boston Tea Party |
December 16 1773 Gave Brittish east Indies cooperation; a company struggling with money, a complete monopoly of the American tea business; organized by the sons of liberty protest |
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Intolerable acts |
1774 Force colonists to obey the Brittish rule; close port of Boston; impost military rule in all of Massachussets; town meetings were held; |
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First continental congress |
they felt they needed to present their complaints the Brittish as a unified group; representatives from 12 of the colonies were there; drew up declaration of rights |
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Treaty of alliance |
Said the French were helping the Americans out in the war; the Brittish accepted the American's independence |
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Common sense |
A pamphlet written to easily explain what was going on in the revolution from the pro colonists perspective |
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the crisis |
to re-inspire the Americans who were losing the war and to encourage people to join the army; |
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Brittish army |
Strengths - biggest and most efficient army in the war Weaknesses - not fighting for a reason, they're fighting to win |
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American Army |
Strengths - fought in the war for a reason they felt strongly about Weaknesses - not very well trained |
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Samuel Adams |
Founding father of America |
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Paul Revere |
Warned America that the Brittish were coming |
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Patrick Henry |
Former governor of Virginia |
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John Adams |
founding father who became 2nd president of the United States |
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George Washington |
First president |
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Thomas Jefferson |
3rd president; author of the declaration of independence |
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Thomas Paine |
Political theorist, philosopher, author of common sense |
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Ben Franklin |
Discovered electricity; invented light bulb, signed the declaration of indendepence |
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Marquis De Lafayette |
British colonel |
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King George III |
British King that enforced Taxes |
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Abagil Adams |
Daughters of Revolution |
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Mercy Otis Warren |
Fought for Independence and wrote book |
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John Paul Jones |
Scottish Naval Fighter |
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Crispus Attucks |
One of the first to die in the Boston Massacre |
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