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U.S History Test

Ch 1

QuestionAnswer
Middle Passage Slave ships in Europe, Africa, Indies
Sugar Act 1764 First Act. Lowers sugar tax but taxes other things. Also smuggling cases are in harder courts.
Stamp Act First tax which is directly to colonists. Requires special stamped paper on everything.
Declaratory Act After Stamp Act is repealed due to boycotts, Parliament says: "We have the right to bind you."
Townshend Acts Indirect taxes on imports after Stamp Act is repealed.
Boston Massacre Used as propaganda towards British. After Townshend
Boston Tea Party Throw tea into harbor to oppose Tea Act.
Intolerable Acts Result of Tea Party. British storm Boston and take it under military control.
William Pitt Wins French War by spending more and appointing young commanders.
William Howe Took Philly.
Sam Adams Rebel. Hella Doe. Sons of Liberty.
Thomas Jefferson Declaration of INdependence
George Washington Southerner. Not too ambitious. Knew land. Experienced with British.
John Locke Individual rights and govt responsibility for people.
George Grenville Prime minister angers colonists through Sugar and Stamp Acts.
Charles Cornwallis last General surrenders in Yorktown
Benedict Arnold Won Saratoga but later defects.
Lexington and Concord First battle of war.
Bunker Hill After Lexington. British win with huge casualties.
Trenton After Bunker and Olive. Hessians overrun by Washington.
Valley Forge Cold winter for patriots.
Saratoga Turning point of war: French join colonies.
Yorktown Last Battle located in Virginia.
Proclamation Line Ran along Appalachians to keep colonists out of Indian territory. Poorly enforced.
Great Awakening Religious Revivalist Movement
Order of Battles Lexington, Bunker Hill, Olive Branch, Trenton, Saratoga
Effects of French and Indian War Empire expands. Extreme Debt. Colonies more unified. Colonies resent England for taxation. Indians vs Colonists.
Why Britain Lost Distance to America. Size of colonies. No loyalists. French. Washington
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