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American Revolution
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Bacon’s Rebellion | a rebellion that happened in jamestown Virginia against jamestown's colonial government |
| Middle Passage | The passage in the slave trade that took many enslaved africans to the americas. |
| Triangular Trade | A cycle of trade used to trade manufactured goods from the british to exchanging enslaved africans for the colonists. |
| Great Awakening | A religious revival that affected the american colonists |
| The Enlightenment | A time when people had the belief that science and logic give people more knowledge and understanding than tradition and religion. |
| Mercantilism | Nations concentrated on balance of trade Amount of goods sold compared to amount bought |
| Salutary Neglect | England relaxed its enforcement of regulations in return for economic loyalty of the colonies. |
| Navigation Acts | Principle products could only be exported to England |
| French and Indian War | France expands into Ohio valley resulting in england only gaining more land and war debt |
| Proclamation of 1763 | King George III closed land west of the to colonists |
| Tea Act | Tax on tea |
| Boston Tea Party | protest against the tea act and colonists disguised as native americans dumped tea into the harbor of boston |
| Boston Massacre | Clash between British troops and crowd |
| First Continental Congress | Met in philadelphia, and wrote grievances to King George III and promised to meet again if it didn't do anything |
| Second Continental Congress | meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that united in support of the American Revolutionary War |
| Common Sense | A pamphlet wrote by Thomas Paine that talked about how america was destined for independence. |
| Battle of Bunker Hill | Offered commanding view of harbor and british navy and AMs establish defensive position on breeds hill under cover of darkness. Considered to be one of the deadliest battles in the american revolution |
| Battle of Saratoga | A turning point in the war where the british were cut off of supplies and were surrounded and ended up surrendering. |
| Battle of Cowpens | The division of many american troops surrounding the british giving america another win. |
| Battle of Yorktown | A battle when the american and french troops surrounded the british lasting 3 weeks until the british surrendered. |
| Declaration of Independence | 2nd continental congress decided to break from Britain. |
| Treaty of Paris | confirmed U.S. as a independent country and set boundaries of new nation. |
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