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Unit 1 and Unit 2
Domain 1 Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Moved many Americans to support patriot cause. America should not be ruled by island and badly treated | Common Sense |
| Jefferson author- states philosophical reasons, Kings injustice, and declares separation from England | Declaration of Independence |
| Document governing US written largely by James Madison | Constitution |
| After crossing the Delaware, Washington attacked Hessians on Christmas night. Colonists won and boosted morale | Trenton |
| Washington and troops spent winter 1777 here in Penn. under terrible conditions but good training to help military | Valley Forge |
| Combined attack of American armies and French fleet on coast forcing surrender of British, last major battle of the Revolution | Yorktown |
| Successfully attacked American south but eventually forced to surrender at Yorktown in Virginia | General Cornwallis |
| Printer, writer, politician, businessman and Am. Ambassador to France during Am Revolution | Benjamin Franklin |
| Commander of Continental Army and first Pres. of US who set many traditions for the office | George Washington |
| Native American chief of the Virginia Region | Powhatan |
| French supporter of Am. troops and their training in Revolution. He helped Franklin get alliance with France. | Marquis de Lafayette |
| English philosopher whose ideas are in Dec. of Independence | John Locke |
| Patriot philosopher who wrote Common Sense | Thomas Paine |
| First organization linking colonies in opposition to British rule | Committees of Correspondence |
| Helped in protest ofG Britain by weaving cloth and making other goods so boycotts would work | Daughters of Liberty |
| Formed to oppose G Britain by damaging property, including govt. offices and homes of wealthy British supporters; poured the tea into Boston Harbor | Sons of Liberty |
| Legislative body established in colonial Virginia. Similar to Parliament. 15' representative legislature in the New World | House of Burgesses |
| Established the lst permanent English colony at Jamestown. It hoped colonists would find gold & resources to make $. | Virginia Company |
| First New England colony settled by Puritan families for religious causes | Massachusetts |
| Founded by religious dissenters from Mass. who were more tolerant of different religious views | Rhode Island |
| Founded by William Penn for Quakers | Pennsylvania |
| .Settled by Dutch but conquered by British- center for trade due to location | New Amsterdam (New York) |
| First permanent French settlement in North America. French instructed colonists to spread Catholicism | Quebec |
| Caused by extreme faith, growing population, little role for women in Puritan society | Salem Witch Trials |
| GB vs France over land in Ohio and Penn. Many natives supported the French. British won with the help of colonists. | French and Indian War |
| War between NE colonists and Natives led by Metacom (known as King Philip). Natives lost much land. | King Phillips War |
| Landless rebels wanted harsher action against the Natives so more land would be available to colonists | Bacon's Rebellion |
| Increase in religion with ideas to seek own relationship with God— notjust following the Puritan way | The Great Awakening |
| Limited supply of resources...best way to increase wealth is to acquire more resources. Colonies helped by selling raw materials to the mother country | Mercantilism |
| Ended the French and Indian War. France lost their New World land claims. | Treaty of Paris 1763 |
| Ended the Revolutionary War. | Treaty of Paris 1783 |
| Sea voyage that carried Africans to North America | Middle Passage |
| Allowed partial church membership for the children and grandchildren of original Puritans. | Half-way Covenant |
| Improve oneself (Franklin is an example) | Individualism |
| Rise in society (Franklin is an example) | Social Mobility |
| Closed Boston port to punish for Tea Party | Intolerable Acts |
| British law that would not allow colonists to settle beyond the Appalachians to limit conflict with Indians — decrease tension | Proclamation of 1763 |
| Required colonists to print material on paper containing a stamp that was paid for by a tax to Britain | Stamp Act |
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