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american revolution
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| why did england control trade in the colonies | because england wanted to remain a wrold power |
| why did england imposed taxes on the colonists | to pay the french and indiaan war and to help finance britsh soldiers in the colonies |
| who made th laws in the coloniets | colonies legislatures |
| proclamation of 1763 | restricted colonist from moving west of the appalachian mountains |
| england and the colonial were interdependent ( they needed each other) | the colonies send england raw materials , england sent the colonies manufautured goods |
| what did colonial governors do | they were appointed by the king to enforce the laws made by the legislatures |
| declaration of independence ( july 4 1776 ) | states people have unalienable rights to life , liberty, and punrsuit of happiness. government if it violates thir rights |
| Key people | Key people |
| thomes jefferson | major author of declaration of independence |
| king gorge lll | king of england during the REV. war |
| lord cornwallis | british general who surrendered to washingoton at yorktown |
| george washington | commander of the conental armey |
| patrick henry | out spoken member of house of burgess * give me liberty or give me death* speach |
| paul revere | leader of the boston tea party and wanted colonists of the british arrival |
| phillis wheatlley | ( slaves ) wrote poems and plays supporting indepndence |
| sam adams | leader of boston tea party |
| ben franklin | *promint member of the continendental congress * helped frame the DEC. of inependence * helped grain french support for american independence |
| Rev war events | Rev war events |
| boston massacre | colonists in boston were shot after taunting british soldiers |
| boston tea party | sam adams / paul revere led pariots inthrowing tea into boston harber to protest taxes |
| first continental congress | delegates from all colonies ( except gorgia ) met to discuss problems with england and promot e indepence |
| lexington & concord | first shots fired of the pevolutionary war |
| battle of saratoga | this america victory was the turning point battle of thewar france and spain became allies after this battle |
| yorktown | cornwallis surrendered to washington |
| treaty of paris | england recognized the colonies independence |
| colonial advantages | * strong leadership *additional support from france *defense of thir own land principles and beliefs |
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