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10.1 In the King ___________________ War, from 1689 to 1698, war was waged between the British and the French especially in the states of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Maine
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Williams
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10.2 The __________ Indians helped the British to wage attacks against the French settlement
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Iroquois
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10.3 The English merchants paid Sir William _________ to lead an attack against Port Royal.
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Phipps
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10.4 After the French built two forts on the Mississippi River, the British declared Queen _________ War in 1702.
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Anne's
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10.5 The British captured the city of St. ____________, founded by the Spanish in 1565.
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Augustine
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10.6 In the King __________ War, France joined the fight with Spain against England.
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George's
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10.7 The French built forts to stop the _______________ expansion of English settlers into French territory.
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westward
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10.8 _________________ asked the English colonies to have a meeting in Albany, New York, in 1754.
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Benjamin Franklin
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10.9 The Albany Conference colony representatives wanted to have a council to deal with _____________ from the Indians for all the colonies.
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protection
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10.10 Governor Dinwiddie of the____________ Colony tried to stop the French from building forts in his colony.
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Virginia
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10.11 General Braddock led the British and the Virginians against the French soldiers at Fort _________.
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Duquesne
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10.12 An American hero and future president, ________, survived the attach on General Braddock's troops.
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George Washington
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10.13 When it looked like the English were losing America, ________ was made Prime Minister.
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William Pitt
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10.14 Under General Amherst and Colonel ___________________, the British recaptured several of their lost forts.
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Bradstreet
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10.15 In an amazing attack, British General Wolfe was able to recapture Quebec from the French General ____________.
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Montecalm
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10.16 General Amherst led an attack against the French soldiers in Montreal, and forced the __________________ of that city to the British.
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surrender
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10.17 In 1762, Spain entered the war to aid the French in stopping the ___________ from conquering more land in America.
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British
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10.18 The British naval and land forces conquered every Spanish island in the West Indies including _____________.
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Cuba
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10.19 The treaty ending the French and Indian War in 1763 is called the Treaty of ___________.
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Paris
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10.20 Spain traded with the English by giving England the territory of ____________ and taking Cuba and the Philippine Islands in exchange.
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Florida
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11.1Who was the lawyer who declared that the "British Crown has interfered with the sacred right of Virginians to govern themselves"?
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Patrick Henery
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11.2 Who was the attorney who opposed British searches, and declared, "A man's home is his castle"?
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James Otis
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11.3 Various British ______________ irritated the colonists.
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taxes
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11.4 A drawing of a _______________ cut into eight parts encouraged the colonists to join together to fight against unfair British taxes.
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snake
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11.5 Outrage broke out in the colonies because of the British __________ Act on every newspaper and pamphlet.
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Stamp
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11.6 The colonies wrote a Declaration of Rights and Grievances which declared that only the colonies have a right to _________ any colonist.
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tax
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11.7 Colonists did not object to taxes by their own elected representatives, but they objected to taxes by representatives of the English _____________.
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Parliament
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11.8 "Taxation without __________ " was a popular complaint in the colonies.
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Representation
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11.9 In 1767, the British Parliament passed the __________Act, which taxed four items, one being tea.
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Townshend
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11.10 The citizens of Boston were so angry and unruly because of the British tax on tea, that British __________ were sent to restore peace.
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soldiers
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"11.11On March 5, 1770, Boston citizens threw ____________ and wounded aBritish soldier
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rocks |
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11.12 To defended themselves, the British soldiers fired into the crowd of Boston attackers, and killed _________ citizens.
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five
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11.13 ____________ and 3,000 angry Boston citizens forced the British governor of Massachusetts to withdraw all British soldiers from Boston.
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Samuel Adams
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"11.14 In 1770, the British Prime Minister and King George III, cancelled all taxes except the one on __________.
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tea |
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11.15 15. The colonists in Philadelphia and New York did not allow the British ships to _________________.
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dock
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11.16 The colonists in Charleston, South Carolina, stored the tea in _______________ cellars where it would spoil.
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damp
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"11.17 Certain citizens in Boston, dressed as Mohawk Indians, threw the British tea off theships into the water. This incident became known as the __________.
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Boston Tea Party |
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11.18. King George III passed the ________ Acts which closed the port of Boston and forbid the people from holding public meetings.
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Intolerable
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11.19 The Quartering Act said that English _____________ could live in public buildings and private homes.
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soldiers
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11.20 On September 5, 1774, representatives from the colonies met in Philadelphia and composed a Declaration of Rights that demanded freedom to impose their own _______________.
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taxes
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11.21 The First Continental Congress was the first public meeting of representatives of the thirteen colonies to ___________ the actions of the English king and Parliament.
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protest
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11.22 The British king ordered more soldiers to Boston under General ______________.
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Thomas Gage
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11.23 The colonists began organizing into military units called ________________.
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Minutemen
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11.24 On April 18, 1775, as the British troops moved toward Boston, ______________ and William Dawes warned the colonial militias "The British are coming!"
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Paul Revere
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11.25 In the city of ___________ the English soldiers fired on the colonists, and the colonial militia fired back.
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Concord |
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12.1 The Second Continental Congress chose __________ to command the Continental Army.
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George Washington
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12.2The Green Mountain boys, led by __________and Benedict Arnold, captured Fort Ticonderoga from the British.
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12.3 In 1775, the colonial farmers and merchants refused to sell _________ and other supplies to the British.
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food
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12.4 In June, 1775, at the Battle of ________, the British Redcoats won as the American colonists fled, but 1,054 British soldiers were wounded, and 226 were killed.
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Bunker Hill
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12.5 Colonel ________ was in charge of building rafts and sleds to pull cannons captured from Fort Ticonderoga and Fort Crown Point to help George Washington in Boston.
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Colonel Henry Knox
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12.6. British ______________and his men escaped from Boston before being attacked.
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Howe
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12.7 The American colonists defended Fort Moultrie at __________, South Carolina, for ten hours before the British attackers sailed away.
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Charleston
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12.8 As the year 1776 came to the end, General Washington had lost _____________City and was in constant retreat from the huge British army.
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New York
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12.9 In a surprise move, on Christmas night, 1776, George Washington and his troops quietly crossed the _______ River and defeated the enemy soldiers at Trenton.
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Delaware
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12.10 General ____________led the final charge against the British and won the battle at Saratoga, New York.
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General Benedict Arnold
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12.11 The American soldiers, led by the American General Nicholas__________, suffered a terrible defeat by the British Redcoats at Oriskany, New York, in 1777."
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Herkimer |
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12.12 __________________was the largest city in the colonies as well as the temporary capital of the colonies.
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Philadelphia
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12.13 British General Howe decided to attack Philadelphia from the _______________________.
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sea
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12.14 General George _________and his soldiers tried to stop the British from capturing Philadelphia, but they were forced to retreat.
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Washington
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12.15 The ________Bell was removed and taken to a safe place in basement of a church.
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Liberty
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12.16 The capture of ______________ by the British soldiers was a terrible defeat for the American colonists.
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Philadelphia
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12.17 The British General ____________ controlled the capital city of Philadelphia.
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Howe
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12.18 The British also conquered the two ________at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay.
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forts
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12.19 A dense _____________ caused the American soldiers to accidentally shoot and kill their own soldiers.
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fogs
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13.1General Washington and his soldiers suffered the winter of 1777 to 1778 at a location northwest of Philadelphia, called ____________.
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Valley Forge
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13.2 The country of ________had been secretly sending money and supplies to the American colonists to help them fight the British.
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France
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13.3. France signed a _______with America that recognized the independence of the American colonies.
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treaty
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13.4 . France agreed to send money, soldiers, and _______to support the colonists and to oppose the British.
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ships
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13.5 Sir Henry Clinton was the new British commander who tried to take his soldiers to_________ to fight the French ships.
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New York City
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13.6 General George Washington caused Clinton and his British troops to retreat, abandoning his ______which were picked up by Washington's soldiers.
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supplies
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13.7 The years 1777 and 1778 are known as "The _____Years," because of the Indian attacks.
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Bloody Years
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13.8 The _______ Indians helped the English by raiding villages and killing families.
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Iroquois
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13.9 American General ________, with an army of five thousand men, killed many of the Iroquois Indians who were killing the colonists.
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Sullivan
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13.10 10. An experienced frontiersman, ______________led an army of colonial soldiers and conquered Fort Kaskaskia.
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"13.11. George Rogers Clark convinced Colonel Hamilton to surrender Fort __________, which allowed America to claim a vast amount of land.
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13.12 The Americans turned their trading and______ ships into war ships by equipping them with cannons.
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merchant |
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13.13 _______. convinced France to lend America several warships.
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Benjamin Franklin
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13.14 _________commanded a French naval warship and successfully attacked a British warship, the Serapis.
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John Paul Jones
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13.15 __________was an American hero as well as a traitor.
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Benedict Arnold
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13.16 The English forces gained control of all of Georgia by attacking and capturing the city of __________.
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Savannah
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13.17 Though the British were successful in South Carolina, Francis Marion, an American called The ________ , constantly caused damage on the soldiers and their supplies without a direct attack.
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Swamp Fox
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13.18 18. After the Americans recaptured Georgia and the Carolinas, the colonies were granted their independence when the Treaty of _________was signed in 1782.
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Paris
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13.19 The Americans were given all the land north of Florida and south of Canada, from the Atlantic on the east to the _________ River on the west.
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Mississippi
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