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AMH chapter 2 Review
Question | Answer |
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Led a group of men called the "Green Mountain Boys" | Ethan Allen |
Worked out a treaty with Britain to end the war | Benjamin Franklin |
Effectively ended the war by surrendering his troops at Yorktown | Charles Cornwallis |
Lost a 50 pound bet on the outcome of the war | John Burgoyne |
Wrote “Common Sense” a pamphlet urging revolution | Thomas Paine |
Led the Continental Army at Valley Forge | George Washington |
Led British troops that occupied Philadelphia | William Howe |
Headed the committee to write the Declaration | Thomas Jefferson |
Warned the minutemen of the British march to Lexington and Concor | Paul Revere |
Free elections are necessary in a ? form of government | republic |
Slaves in South Carolina were particularly valuable because of their experience in growing ? | rice |
The colonists joint refusal to buy taxed goods was known as a ? | boycott |
? entered the American Revolution on America’s side when it saw that the Americans could actually win the war | France |
Americans today are protected from unreasonable searches, in part because of historical experience with ? if ? | Writs of Assistance |
During the mid 1700s, immigrants came to the US for ? freedom | religious |
England gained this northern country ?, as a result of the Seven Years’ War | Canada |
During the American revolution, women could fight in battles, work in army camps and operate ? | businesses |
he Declaration of Independence was signed the year ? the war began | after |
During the ?, ministers like George Whitefield tried to inspire people to dedicate themselves to God. | Great Awakening |
The British closed the area west of the ? mountains, to American colonial settlements after the Seven Years’ War | Appalachian |
The colonists were required to provide housing and supplies for British troops by the ? Act | Quartering |
The American Revolution began in which Colony | Massachusetts |
England gained ? as a result of the Seven?Years’ War | Florida |
Much of what created a unique American culture is due to the ? that has existed here for hundreds of years. | pluralism |
Slaves, Indians, and Free blacks fought on the side of the Americans but never for the ? | loyalists |
What year marked the end of the Seven Years’ War | 1783 |
The Boston Tea Party began in the year | 1773 |
The meetings of the First Continental Congress began in what year | 1774 |
The passage of the Stamp Act was passed what year | 1765 |