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Magna Carta |
First document to limit king's power. |
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English Bill of Rights |
Guaranteed rights to all citizens. |
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Parliament |
Council formed by the Great Charter. |
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Divine right |
Authority to rule given directly from God. |
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apprentice |
Learns trade from a master in the trade. |
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Indentured servant? |
Contract worker. |
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Habeas corpus |
No prison unless specific crime charged |
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libel |
The printing of untruths |
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Slave codes |
Rights and activities restrictions of enslaved |
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Natural rights |
Freedoms gained by being born human. |
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Name the five classes that made up Colonial Society. |
At the bottom there were the slaves. They didn't even have natural rights. Next were the peasants. They were just really poor, but they still had rights. Then came the middle class which was made up of independent planters, small farmers and artisans. The highest class was the gentry. They were the richest people in the colonies. |
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Name the two documents and the year that they were signed that guaranteed the rights of Englishmen. |
One was the Magna Carta, which was signed in 1215 and another was the Bill of Rights which was signed in 1689. |
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By 1760 every British colony had what as part of their government? What was the job of this representative body? What was the name of Virginia's? On what part of England's government is it based? |
By 1760 every British colony had a legislature. The job of this representative body was to make laws. Virginia's was called the House of Burgesses. It was based on Parliament. |
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What were the Navigation Acts? What were their purpose? Name two ways they benefited the colonies. How did some colonists get around them? |
The Navigation Acts were laws made by the English King to support mercantilism. Some of those laws were stuff from the colonies had to go through England first, It had to be in a ship owned by an English resident, and key products could only be sold in England. It benefited the colony by contributing to a booming ship building industries in New England. It also made sure that colonial traders had a sure market for their goods in England. Some colonists got around this by smuggling it to other countries. |
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What is Triangular Trade? |
The trade route that goes from the colonies to the Caribbean and finally to Africa. First, ships from New England carried fish, lumber and other goods to the Caribbean. Then the traders from New England would buy sugar and molasses. From there, they would go to New England and use the molasses and sugar to make rum. After that, they would take the rum, guns, and other goods to West Africa and they would trade with them for slaves. Finally, they would take the slaves to the Caribbean. |
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What is a governess? |
A governess would live with the family and teach girls. The family would have to be wealthy to pay the governess. |
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What is Dame school? |
It's a school that women opened in their homes. |
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What is public school? |
It was a school that was funded by taxes. |
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What is a tutor? |
A tutor did not always live with the family. They would teach boys a lot of different things like math, Greek, Latin, science, celestial navigation, geography, history, and plantation management. |
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What is the oldest college in the United States and its colony? |
Harvard. Massachusetts |
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What is second oldest college and what is its colony? Who is it named for? |
The College of William and Mary. It was named William and Mary who were the King and Queen of England at the time. Virginia. |
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What was the role of women in the colonies? |
Women were expected to bear her husband many children, cook, do laundry, spin yarn into cloth, take care of the garden, milk the cows, tend the chickens, churn butter, and preserve food. |
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What was the Great Awakening? |
A period of religious revival in the colonies in which Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Dutch Reformed, and Congregationalist churches were made which was the end to religious intolerance. The Puritan Church however,declined. In this period of time Christians thought there was a decline of religious zeal in the colonies, so many preachers asked people to examine their lives. |
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What was the Enlightenment? |
A period in the late 1600's when some European people started to question religious explanations and wanted a scientific answer. They thought that all problems could be solved by human reason. Enlightenment thinkers looked for "natural laws" to govern society, economics, and politics. |
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What were the Intolerable Acts, why were they imposed, and what was their effect on the Massachusetts colony? |
They were made to punish the people of Massachusetts for having the Boston Tea Party. Parliament closed Boston's port, increased the power of the royal governor, abolished the upper house of the Massachusetts legislature, banned town meetings, and strengthened the Quartering Act of 1763. The effect was that their trade was cut off, they didn't have much self-government, and they couldn't go west of the Appalachians because the Quartering Act was more enforced. |
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What was the Proclamation of 1763? Why did parliament enact it? |
It was a law that said the colonists could not settle west of a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. Parliament enacted it because they didn't want a war with the Native Americans. The land west of the Appalachians was the Native American's land. |
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Why was the First Continental Congress called? What three things did it do? |
It was called to discuss what to do about the Intolerable Acts. The three things it did were demand a repeal of the Intolerable Acts, declared the colonies had a right to tax and govern themselves, and it also called for the training of militia to stand up to the British. Their demands were not met. |
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What were the Committees of Correspondence and who made them? |
They were groups of people that kept the colonies informed of British activities. They did this by writing letters and pamphlets and sending them to every colony. Samuel Adams established them. |
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What were the Writs of Assistance? What were their purpose? |
A court order that allowed your home or business to be searched by the British without them telling you what they were looking for. Their purpose was to catch smugglers and enforce the Stamp Act. |
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When was the Boston Tea Party? |
Dec. 16, 1773 |
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When were the Townshend Acts? |
1767 |
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When was Paul Revere's Ride? |
April 18, 1775 |
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When did the First Continental Congress meet? |
September 5 - October 26 1774 |
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When was the Stamp Act? What was it? |
1765 - 1766. Requires the purchase of special tax stamps for documents |
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When was the Tea Act? What was it? |
1773. It gave the British East India Company a monopoly. |
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When was the Quartering Act? What is it? |
1765. Required colonists to house and feed British soldiers |
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When was the French and Indian War? |
1754 - 1763 |
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When were the Intolerable Acts? |
1774 |
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When was the Second Continental Congress? |
May 7, 1775 |
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When was the Boston Massacre? |
March 5, 1770 |
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When was the shot heard round the world? |
April 19, 1775 |
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When was the Sugar Act? What was it? |
1764. An import tax on molasses and other goods. |
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Who was Crispus Attucks? |
An African American killed in the Boston Massacre. |
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Who was William Dawes? |
Rode to rouse the minutemen of Concord. |
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Who was Patrick Henry? |
He said, "Give me liberty or give me death!" |
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Who was John Adams? |
He defended the soldiers after the Boston Massacre. |
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Who was Charles Townshend? |
The official in charge of the British treasury. |
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What are two ways American colonists peacefully protested against Parliament's taxes? |
Boycotting Britain's goods and writing petitions to the British government to stop the taxes. |
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What are two events that happened on March 5 1770? |
The Boston Massacre and Parliament repealed the Townshend Acts, except the one on tea. |
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What group was responsible for the Boston Tea Party? |
The Sons of Liberty. |
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What are two results of the French an Indian War? |
The French lost all their Native American possessions and the British claimed the Ohio River Valley. |
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When and where did the Second Continental Congress meet? |
May 1775 in Philadelphia. |
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Who were the delegates who were on the writing committee, what colony were they from, and what was their profession? |
Thomas Jefferson from Virginia, John Adams from Massachusetts, Robert Livingston from New York, Roger Sherman from Connecticut, and Ben Franklin from Pennsylvania. Thomas Jefferson was a lawyer. John Adams was a lawyer. Robert Livingston was a politician. Roger Sherman was cobbler. Ben Franklin was an inventor, scientists, and writer. |
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What did the Second Continental do? When did they meet? |
Chose George Washington as the General of the Continental Army. It made paper money to pay for its army. May 10, 1775 |
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What were Loyalists and Patriots? |
Patriots were colonists who wanted freedom and Loyalists were colonists that were loyal to Britain. |
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What is the Olive Branch Petition? |
It was sent to Britain from the colonists and it said that they were still loyal to Britain and it asked if they could solve this peacefully. King George ignored them. |
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When was the On the Necessity of Bearing Arms written? Who wrote it? What was it? |
It was written in 1775 by Thomas Jefferson. It said the colonists were ready "to die freemen rather than to live as slaves". |
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When was the Battle of Fort Ticonderoga and who was the American general in it? |
May 10, 1775. Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys were on the colonists side. |
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When was the Battle of Bunker Hill? Who were the generals in it? What did the American general say? |
June 16, 1775. The generals were Israel Putnam and General William Howe. Israel Putnam said, "Don't shoot until you can see the whites of their eyes". |
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What is a blockade? |
The shutting off of a port by ships to keep people or supplies from moving in or out. |
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What were mercenaries? |
Soldiers who serve another country for money. |
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Who was Benedict Arnold? |
Fort Ticonderoga hero who turned traitor. |
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Who was Thomas Paine? |
He wrote "Common Sense" and "Crises". |
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Who proposed that "these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states"? What colony did he represent? |
Richard Henry Lee from Virginia. |
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Who wrote then Declaration of Independence? When did they write it? |
Thomas Jefferson. July 4, 1776 |
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What are all the sections of the Declaration of Independence? Explain them. |
There's the Preamble, a Declaration of Rights, a Bill of Indictment, and a Statement of Independence. The Preamble explains why they made the Declaration. The Declaration of Rights states the equality of men. The Bill of Indictment lists all the things that the King did to them that was bad. The Statement of Independence states their independence. |
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Who was Nathan Hale? |
An American spy who said, "I only regret that I have but one life to give to my country". |
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When was the Crossing the Delaware/Trenton? |
December 26, 1776. |
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When was the Battle of Saratoga? |
October 17, 1777 |
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Who was Marquis de Lafayette? |
A French noble who helped the Continental Army by sending money, supplies, personally fighting, and speaking with the other Frenchmen about them. |
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What are four reasons Americans won the War? |
They had Patriotic spirit, they knew the land, they had good leadership, and they had help from other countries. |
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Who was Thaddeus Kosciusko? |
He was the engineer who took charge of building the fortifications at West Point. |
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Who was Friedrich von Steuben? |
He helped train the Continental Army at Valley Forge. |
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When was the Battle of Valley Forge? |
The winter of 1777-1778 |
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Who sent supplies to Valley Forge? |
Martha Washington and Sarah Franklin. |
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What were women's roles in the war? |
They often ran their husband's businesses or farms while they were gone. Sometimes they even went with their husbands and helped tend the wounded. |
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Who was Deborah Sampson? |
She disguised herself as a man so that she could get into the army. |
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Who was George Rogers Clark? |
He was a leader of southern militias on the frontier. |
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Who was John Paul Jones? |
A naval captain that said, "I have not yet begun to fight." |
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Name the terms of the Treaty of Paris. |
It ended the Revolutionary War, recognized American independence, and set up the borders for America. |
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Identify the boundaries of the new United States. |
The Atlantic on the east, Canada on the north, the Mississippi River on the west, and Florida on the south. |
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Who was Casimir Pulaski? |
He trained the Continental's Army's cavalry. |
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Who was Frances Marion? |
A guerrilla general known as the Swamp Fox. |
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Who was Charles Cornwallis? |
An English commander who surrendered at Yorktown. |
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When was Washington's farewell? |
December 4, 1783 |
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When was the Treaty of Paris? |
April 15, 1783 |
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When was the Surrender at Yorktown? |
October 19, 1781 |
