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17 Cards in this Set
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Who wrote Common Sense?
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Thomas Paine
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Which British document acknowledged specific rights of the peopel against the king?
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The Magna Carta
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True or False? King George III accepted the Olive Branch Petition
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False
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What was the major cause of Britains financial crisis he pre-revolution period of American history?
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Costly wars with France
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Which act let British troops stay in private homes?
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Intolerable Act
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Which act put a tax on all imported items into the colonies from Britain?
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Townshend Act
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Which act cut taxes on molasses and ensured that smugglers would be tried in British courts?
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Sugar Act
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Which act warned colonists that they were subject to British laws?
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Declatory Act
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Which act put a tax on all paper items?
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Stamp Act
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Who worte most of the Declaration of Independance?
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Thomas Jefferson
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What was the final place of British surrender during the American Revolution?
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Yorktown
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What justified British search warrants of colonial ships?
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Writs of Assistance
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What battle did the colonial army suffer a cold winter?
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Valley Forge
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What was the idea that the government exists to protect the rights of the people?
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Social Contract written by Thomas Paine
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What are minute Men?
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citizen soldiers
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What was the group that formed organized colonial boycotts?
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The Sons of Liberty
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Who was the commander of the colonial army?
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George Washington
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