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Social Studies
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What conflict caused fighting between the French and British in the Ohio River Valley? | the french started building military forts in the area |
| Why did the British begin taxing the colonists after the French and Indian war? | To help pay for the cost of the war |
| What argument did the colonists have against paying these taxes? | felt they were being taxed without representation |
| What basic rights did the colonists led by Patrick Henry, Samuel Adams, John Hancock, and other members of the Sons of Liberty feel they had? | They all believed they were being cheated out of their “God-given, NATURAL rights” to life, liberty, property, the right to own weapons to defend themselves, etc |
| What was the main result of Patrick Henry’s speech at the Second Continental Congress? | His speech caused many Loyalist to join the Patriots in the rebellion against the British. |
| What was the purpose of Thomas Paines book, Common Sense? | Now is the time to change your government if you ever wanted to! |
| What happened to the relationship between the British and their colonies after the Boston Massacre? | further increased distrust and hatred between the colonists and british government |
| What were the two things that saved the colonial troops at Valley Forge? | he troops loyalty to general washington and news of the french joining the americans |
| How did the Battle of Saratoga change the course of the war? What was the big effect of the outcome of this battle? | the american victory convinced france and spain to join the american side against the british |
| How were the Americans and French able to defeat the British at the Battle of Yorktown? How did geography play a role? | yorktown is a peninsula and the french were able to surround them with ships |
| What did the British agree to in the Treaty of Paris? | the existence of a new nation (USA) and that US territory goes all the way to the mississippi river |
| What are the borders of the U.S. in the Treaty of Paris? | The Mississippi river is the western border of the U.S. |
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