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30 Cards in this Set
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Tea Act
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Act to save the East India Company
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Was Washington a great military mind
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No
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which battle persuaded the French to join the Americans
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Battle of Saratoga
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Thomas Paine
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argued friends would not help until America declared their independence
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Which victory helped the revolution
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Battle of Trenton
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Which branch was most strong of the state government
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Legislative branch
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What was the biggest weakness of the Articles of Confederation
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They could not tax at all
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What was the law that organized western territory
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Northwest Ordinance
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what was the event that raise the fear of disorder and help make the Constitution
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Shays rebellion
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What happened in 1763 that changed everything
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George Grenville became prime minister
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Who are three people who were at the Constitutional Convention
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Hamilton Madison and Franklin
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What was the first organized battle between England and the colonists
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Lexington and Concord
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were debtors and farmers Federalists or Anti Federalists
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Anti Federalists
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Did mercantilism make the colonies sufficient or non sufficient
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Non sufficient
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What did the states need in order to ratify the Constitution
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Bill of Rights
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what law was passed to raise money for military in America
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The Stamp Act
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Who was the president that established the cabinet
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George Washington
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first organized the Committee of Correspondence
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Sam Adams
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Who was the Massachusetts politician at the First Continental Congress
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John Adams
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Who was Crispus Attucks
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First person shot at the Boston Massacre
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who developed the first political parties
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Jefferson and Hamilton
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What made it obvious that the Americans were not fighting a defensive war
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They invaded Canada
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Who declared the colonies in rebellion
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King George the third
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Who introduced the resolution of the Declaration of Independence
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Richard Henry Lee
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who was the British general defeated at Yorktown
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Charles Cornwallis
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Who was the commander of French troops in America
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Rochombeau
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what were the acts aimed at Jefferson and his followers
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The Alien and Sedition Acts
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What did the Federalists believe in
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A strong central government
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Who were the two men supposed to be captured at Lexington and Concord
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Sam Adams and John Hancock
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Who commanded Patriot forces in the south
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Nathaniel Greene
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