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30 pt5 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt Road to Revolution American Revolution Biographies 1 Revolution Biographies 2 Grab Bag 35 pt10 pt 15 pt40 pt 45 pt 20 pt 50 pt25 pt 30 pt 10 pt35 pt 40 pt 45 pt 50 pt 30 pt 35 pt 40 pt 45 pt 50 pt 30 pt 35 pt 40 pt 45 pt 50 pt 30 pt 35 pt 40 pt 45 pt 50 pt
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Set the western colonial boundary at the Appalachian Mountains
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Proclamation Of 1763
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Principle that favored Great Britain’s economy over the colonies
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mercantilism
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1764 tax on molasses and rum
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Sugar Act
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James Otis’ response to British taxation of the colonies
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“Taxation without representation is tyranny”
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Great Britain’s legislature
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Parliament
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What did the 1765 Stamp Act tax?
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Documents, publications, and paper products
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Act that inspired the 3 rd Amendment
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Quartering Act
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Taxes on lead, paints, glass, and tea
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Townshend Acts
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March 5, 1770 …
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Boston Massacre
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Purpose of the 1774 Intolerable Acts
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Punish MA for the Boston Tea Party
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Nickname for the New England militia
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Minutemen
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Name one reason that British troops were marching to Concord on April 19, 1775
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1.Seize colonists’ weapons 2.Arrest John Hancock
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“Shot heard ‘round the world”
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Battle of Lexington and Concord
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What elected body established the Continental Army?
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2 nd Continental Congress
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In what document did the signers “dedicate their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor”?
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Declaration of Independence
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1777 battle that was the turning point in the Revolution
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Battle of Saratoga
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Name 2 European allies of the Americans against Great Britain
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France and Spain
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Continental Army’s camp during winter of 1777-78
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Valley Forge
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Last battle of the American Revolution
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Battle of Yorktown
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Name at least three terms of the 1783 Treaty of Paris
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1.American independence 2.Payment of debts 3.Set U.S. boundaries 4.U.S. fishing rights off Canada 5.Return loyalist property
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Commander of the Continental Army
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George Washington
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First to die in the Boston Massacre
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Crispus Attucks
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“Give me liberty, or give me Death!”
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Patrick Henry
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Albany Plan, Committee of Five, represented U.S. in France during the Revolution
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Benjamin Franklin
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Asked her husband to “Remember the Ladies” in the new government
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Abigail Adams
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Governor of Louisiana who aided the American side
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Bernardo de Galvez
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African-American patriot who fought at Saratoga
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Wentworth Cheswell
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English immigrant to U.S., wrote Common Sense and The Crisis
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Thomas Paine
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British general who was defeated at Battle of Yorktown
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Lord Charles Cornwallis
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Polish Jewish immigrant who helped finance the Continental Congress
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Haym Salomon
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Founding member of the Sons of Liberty
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Samuel Adams
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Referred to as “He” and “a Prince” in Declaration of Independence
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King George III
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Defeated British ship Serapis, “Father of the U.S. Navy”
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John Paul Jones
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Main author of the Declaration of Independence
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Thomas Jefferson
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French noble who used his wealth to fund American army
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Marquis de Lafayette
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Patriot writer, friend of Abigail Adams
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Mercy Otis Warren
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Defended Boston Massacre troops, member of Committee of Five
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John Adams
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African-American slave who spied on the British for Washington
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James Armistead
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Prussian officer who trained Continental Army at Valley Forge
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Baron von Steuben
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Midnight rider who alerted militia at Lexington
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Paul Revere
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Colonists who supported American independence
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Patriots, a.k.a. “Yankees”
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Fighting on home ground – knew the land
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American advantage
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Colonists’ last attempt at peace with Great Britain
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Olive Branch Petition
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Hit-and-run tactics, camouflage, shooting from cover, etc.
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guerrilla war
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Reason many southern colonists remained loyal to Great Britain or neutral
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Great Britain paid for crops with gold
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Commanders were too cautious and unaggressive
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British disadvantage
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Large, well- trained army with fighting experience
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British advantage
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Commander of British troops at Boston Massacre
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Capt. Thomas Preston
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Short enlistments – struggled to keep army in the field
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American disadvantage
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Colonists who supported Great Britain
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Loyalists, a.k.a. “Tories”
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