Texas History--2Nd Six Weeks Review

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The starving time

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Name of the winter of 1609-1610 in Jamestown, the 1st successful English colony in America.

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Higher wages

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Reason people would emigrate to American from England in the 1680s.

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Western expansion

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The Proclamation of 1763 called for a halt to

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Native Americans

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The Proclamation of 1763 was an attempt to satisfy

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Stamp Act

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Taxed almost all printed material in the colonies.

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Boston Tea Party

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Organized protest against the Tea Act by the Sons of Liberty

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Thomas Jefferson

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Main author of the Declaration of Independence.

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New nation

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According to the Declaration of Independence, America’s new status as of 1776 was

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Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

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Certain rights that all people are born with according to the The Declaration of Independence

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Colonies help.

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Americans felt justified in fighting the British because the British were making laws without the

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Common Sense

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Pamphlet Thomas Paine wrote which urged the colonists to join the Patriots and fight against the British

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The American Crisis

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An essay George Washington would have read to his troops at Valley Forge to inspire soldiers to continue to fight even when times are tough.

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Professional soldiers, More supplies and men, Hired soldiers-mercenaries, Powerful navy

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Advantages the British army had during the American Revolution

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Great leadership, Patriotism, Knowledge of land/ Home field advantage, French and Spanish support

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Advantages the Americans had during the American Revolution

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France and Spain

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Countries that made an alliance with the United States in 1778 after the Battle of Saratoga.

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Patriots

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Americans who supported independence during the American Revolution

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George Washington

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Person elected as the general in charge of the American Army.

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Battle of Lexington and Concord

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Battle referred to as “the shot heard around the world.”

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Charles Cornwallis

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British commander who surrendered his forces at Yorktown, Virginia.

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Treaty of Paris

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Treaty signed by the British to recognized the United States as an independent nation.

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The Legislature

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The part of the government that would write a constitution.