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45 Cards in this Set
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Met to discuss outbreak of fighting, declared Indenpendence.
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2nd Contintental Congress
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Colonists who supported independence.
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Patriot
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Colonist who supported the British.
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Loyalist
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Soldiers for hire.
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Mercenaries
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British Army Defeated with French help, ends fighting.
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Battle of Yorktown
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Both France and England claimed __________________.
A. Florida B. The Ohio Valley |
B. The Ohio Valley
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Which two European countries remained in North America after the treaty of Paris?
A. France & Spain B. England & Spain |
B. England & Spain
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The British are left with this after the French and Indian War.
A. debt B. Texas |
A. Debt
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The Proclamation of 1763 was intended to _______________.
A. Punish the colonists B. Avoid conflict with the Indians |
B. Avoid conflict with the Indians.
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The British took advantage of the fact that all of France's supplies had to pass through ________________.
A. New Orleans B. Quebec |
B. Quebec
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Citizens serving as temporary soldiers.
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Militia
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Taxed all paper products.
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Stamp Act
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To refuse to buy goods as a form of protest.
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Boycott
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To abolish, or do away with, a law.
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Repeal
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Supported violent and non-violent protests of taxes.
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Sons of Liberty
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The Treaty of Paris awarded Britian all the land ________________________.
A. east of the Appalachian Mountains B. To the Mississippi River |
B. To the Mississippi River
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British troops killed five colonists in _________________________.
A. The Boston Tea Party B. The Boston Massacre |
B. The Boston Massacre
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The British responded to the Boston Tea Party by ____________________.
A. Carrying out the Boston Massacre B. Passing the Intolerable Acts |
B. Passing the Intolerable Acts
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Colonist were upset over the taxes because they were not represented in ________________________.
A. Their colonial legislature B. Parliament |
B. Parliament
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The Coercive, or Intolerable Acts involved which of the following actions.
A. citizens were forced to provide food & shelter to British soldiers B. Colonists were not allowed to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains. |
A. Citizens were forced to provide food & shelter to British soldiers.
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The British attach Lexington & Concord to ________________________.
A. gain high ground B. capture weapons & Patriot leadership |
B. Capture weapons & Patriot leadership
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The British evacuate Boston after American cannons arrive from _____________________.
A. New York B. Ft. Ticonderoga |
B. Ft. Ticonderoga
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General Howe returns from Canada to the colonies and attacks ________________.
A. Boston B. New York |
B. New York
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Washington fights back and attacks the Hessians on Dec. 27th, 1776 at ________________.
A. Bunker Hill B. Trenton |
B. Trenton
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British General Burgoyne creates a plan to divide the colonies and isolate ________________________.
A. Georgia B. New England |
B. New England
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Burgoyne's forces wait for Howe and St. Leger at _________________________.
A. Saratoga B. Yorktown |
A. Saratoga
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The Continental Army faces a difficult winter in camp at _________________ but receives training for the following spring.
A. Saratoga B. Valley Forge |
B. Valley Forge
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The French Navy assisted Washington at Yorktown by ______________________.
A. evacuating his troops B. helping to trap the British army |
B. Helping to trap the British army
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The British give up on the war after the defeat of the largest British army in the colonies at
_____________________. A. Trenton B. Yorktown |
B. Yorktown
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The war ends with the Treaty of Paris giving the United States all the land to the ______________________.
A. Appalachian Mountains B. Mississippi River |
B. Mississippi River
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British or Colonial
They must pay for their own defense. |
British
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British or Colonial
These soldiers are not protecting us, they're our enemies. |
Colonial
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British or Colonial
We won't buy any of their goods. |
Colonial
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British or Colonial
We have every right to move west of the Appalachians. |
Colonial
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British or Colonial
We have the right to make laws for them, no matter what they say. |
British
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When in the course of Human events it becomes necessary for a people to dissolve the political bands which connected them with another .....the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
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When people decide to break their ties they should give good reason.
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That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.
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Governments are created by the people to protect their rights.
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That whenever any form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it .....
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Whenever a government violates our rights we should replace it.
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The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries.... all having in direct object.... the establishment of an absolute tyranny ove these states.
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The king has violated our rights many times and wants to establish a cruel government.
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We, therefore, solemnly publish and declare, that these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be , Free and Independent States.
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We say to the World that America is now its own Country.
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Put in Order
British Pass taxes Proclamation of 1763 Troops sent to Boston Intolerable Acts Colonists Protest |
Proclamation of 1763
British Pass taxes Colonists Protest Troops sent to Boston Intolerable Acts |
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Put in Order
Cornwallis surrenders Saratoga British leave Boston Lexington & Concord New York Falls |
Lexington & Concord
British leave Boston New York Falls Saratoga Cornwallis surrenders |
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What was Britain left with after the French and Indian War, how did they deal with the situation and how did the colonists react?
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QOD
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Who do you feel had the advantage in the Revolutionary War? Describe their strengths and their opponents weaknesses.
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QOD
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Describe the goal of Britsh General Burgoyne's plan for the war, how it was to be carried out, what the results were, and what was the effect of the battle?
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QOD
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