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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| triangular trade | trade between africa,west indies,and america provided needed supplies for each area:goods and slaves |
| great awakening | religious sermons; john edwards,and george whitfield made the colonies want political epuality |
| the french and indian war | a war between the british and french from 1754 to 1763 also known as 7 years war |
| proclamtion act of 1763 | declared tohe boundaries of settlement for people of the 13 colonies |
| samule adams | he was one of the founding fathers of the united states |
| boycott | the colonist stopted bying bridish goods |
| stamp act | an act that put a tax on things that were printed |
| repeal | to revoke or withdraw formally or officially |
| townshend acts | a tax put on the colonies of goods such as paint, glass, tea, and led |
| boston massacre | a shotting on march 5 1770 that 5 colonists were killed |
| boston tea party | colonist that dresed up as indians and dumped british tea into boston harbor in reaction to tea act |
| sons of liberty | A political group made up of american patriots |
| Intolerable acts | laws passed by the british parliament in 1774 |
| first conentnental congress | delegates form twelve of the thirteen north american colonies that met on september 5 1774, early in the american revolutinon |
| battle of lexington and concord | first military engagements of the rev. war |
| minutemen | a group of american men inthe Revolutionary War who held themselves in readiness for instant military service. |
| Battle of Saratoga | decided the fate of British General John Burgoyne's army in the American Revolutionary War and are generally regarded as a turning point in the war. |
| Patriots | Those who supported the cause of North American independence in the American Revolution. |
| loyalists | Someone who maintains loyalty to an established government. they were loyal to Great Britain |
| Battle of Trenton | December 26, 1776; American Revolutionary War; after General George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River north of Trenton, New Jersey. |
| Common Sense | Written by Thomas Paine. It was first published anonymously on January 10, 1776, during the American Revolution. Became an immediate success. |
| Declaration of Independence | A statement by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, that said the thirteen American colonies, Great Britain was no longer a part of them. |
| advantages and disadvantages of British and colonial force | the British were very far away from their homeland, but they had a massive army. the English had little but were dependent and were fighting for a reason, while the British were only paid to fight . |
| people "left out" of the Declaration of Independence | slaves and women |
| Thomas Jefferson | The principal author of the Declaration of Independence ; the third President of the United States. |
| Battle of Bunker Hill | Took place on June 17, 1775, during the Siege of Boston early in the American Revolutionary War. |
| Second Continental Congress | A convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting on May 10, 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soon after warfare in the American Revolutionary War had begun. |
| who fought in the American Revolution | english, colonists, french, and spain |
| Battle of Yorktown | final battle of the revlountary war defeat of genral cornwallas |
| Treaty of Paris | signed on September 3, 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain on the one hand and the United States of America and its allies on the other. |
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