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Am. Revolution Pt. 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the final battle of the Revolutionary War | Battle of Yorktown |
| the purpose of the First Continental Congress | draft a letter to King George III expressing their demand for the Intolerable Acts to stop |
| The colonists felt King George III was.... | unfair and did not respect their rights and freedoms |
| an important U.S. document that explained the reasons the colonists wanted to be their own country | Declaration of Independence |
| this required the colonists to house soldiers and pay for their meals | Quartering Act |
| created to coordinate the efforts of the colonists to fight the British | Continental Army |
| the British people who were loyal to King George III | Loyalist |
| the colonists who wanted independence from Great Britain | Patriot |
| ready to fight at a moment's notice | Minutemen |
| members of the British army | Redcoats |
| Cause: King George III passed the Stamp Act | Effect: Massachusetts urges colonies to boycott British goods |
| Cause: King George III passed the Quartering Act | Effect: The Sons of Liberty were organized |
| Cause: The colonists came together and fought fiercely for their freedom from England | Effect: Colonists won the Revolutionary War |
| wrote the Declaration of Independence | Thomas Jefferson |
| What did the colonists gain after the Revolutionary War? | freedom, independence, and representation of their own government |
| The Declaration of Independence described several of these that the colonists had against the King of England | grievances |