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History Ch. 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Common Sense | by thomas paine- a pamplet that caused for the seperation of the colonies from britian |
| where first acctuall fighting occured | boston |
| European country that supported the american colonies | france |
| Event that set boundries of a new nation | Treaty of Paris |
| Sons of liberty | Sam Adams led them and they were boston shopkeepers, laborers; harrassed stamp distributors and royal goveners ect. which prevented stamp sales |
| Townshend Acts | Inderect Tax of goods imported from Britan to North America-placed 3 penny tax of tea |
| Reaction to Intolerable Acts | Boston Tea Party |
| Person who influenced Jefferson in writing the declaration of ind. | John Lockes- life liberty property |
| Weakness of the Continental Army | poorly trained soldiers, few weapons/soldiers, no navy |
| First victory of continental army | Battle of Saratoga |
| Marquis de Lafayette | offered assistance with continental army; lobbid french, bored misery at valley forge, led command in virgina |
| low point of Continetal Army | valley forge (1777-1778)bitter cold, hunger, more than 2,000 died |
| "a glorious day for america" | The fight for independance had begun at lexington/concord |
| martial law | General Thomas Gage put this in place, rule imposed by military force |
| Commitee of corrospondace | A group set out by colonies to exchange information about british threats to liberties |
| inflation | with more paper money being printed, the price of goods went up, causing the worth of money to go down |
| profiteering | selling scarce goods for profit, corrupt merchants hoarded/sold defective items |
| egalitarism | a beliefe in the equall right for all people, the ability and virtue of one defined ones worth, not just their family status |
| olive branch petiton | second continetal congress sent to king propsing recognition between colonies and britian |
| Second Continental Congress | Congress that convened in 1775, approved declaration of independance, served as only agent of governement during revolution |
| Boston Tea Party | colonists dressed as indians and dumped 18 lbs of tea into the boston harbor |
| Saratoga | u.s. troops surrounded Burgoyns @ saratoga where he surrendered-was suppose to meet Howed but he didnt |
| Philidalphia | General Howe was preoccupied with capturing Philly so he didnt meet Burgoynes |
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