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American Revoluion
facts, battles, people
Question | Answer |
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Why the British established the Proclamation of 1763? | avoid conflicts with Native Americans |
refuse to purchase goods | boycott |
favored only the economic interests of Great Britain | mercantlism |
main goal of the Stamp/Navigation/Townshend/Intolerable Acts was to enable England to raise | revenue/money |
Taxes and acts let to this war | American Revolution |
document that stated grievances committed by England, gave citizens life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness | Declaration of Independece |
Helped the Americans defeat the British at Yorktown | France |
First battle of the American Revolution | Lexington and Concord |
the scene of hardship for the Patriots in the winter of 1777&1778 | Valley Forge |
sided with the King, supported British troops | Loyalist |
fought for independence, joined militias | Patriot |
Author of the Declaration of Independence | Thomas Jefferson |
Amendment stated: freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition | 1st |
the US first plan of government | Articles of Confederation |
The system used to elect the president of the United States | Electoral college |
process of changing the Constitution | amendment |
2nd Amendment give people the right to this | bear arms |
most similar to NYS Assembly; 2 representatives from each state | House of Representatives |
the Constitution established this type of governement | democracy |