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Revolutionary war study stack

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why did the colonists want to be independent? what was their arguement?   No Taxation without representation  
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What Pamphlet did Thomas Pane write?   Common Sense  
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where didd the proclamation of 1763 say that the colonists ciuld not go?   west of the appalachian mountains  
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What silversmith and mwmber of sons of liberty rode to warn that the Brittish were comming?   Paul Revere  
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What coloinial group in Boston led by Sam Adams would tar and feather tax collectors?   The Sons of Liberty  
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List two of the Intollerable acts?   Closed Boston Harbor and Forced colonists to house brittish soldiers  
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What term means total control over product and service?   Monopoly  
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What law said that colonists had to house and feed redcoats?   Quartering act  
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What law making group in england didn't let colonists vote?   Parliament  
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What did you call someone who want to be free from england?   Patriot  
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What do you call someone who wants to stay with England?   Loyalists  
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Who said "Give me liberty or give me death?   Patrick Henry  
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In what battle was the "shot heard around the world?"   The battle of Lexington and Concord  
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What did you call colonists who were ready to fight at a moments notice?   Minutemen  
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What law was desined to get east India tea com pany out of death?   Tea act of 1773  
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What law put a tax on all printed material?   The Stamp Act  
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Who thought colonists were unintelligent and not capable of ruling themselves?   King George III  
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What term means to change governement and is also the name of this war?   Revolution  
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What advantages did the colonists hve in the Revolutionary war?   Home Field advantage and Foreign aid  
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What adavaantages did the british have in the revolutionary war?   professional soldiers and more money/supplies  
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What event was engraved to fet colonists to support the war?   The Boston Massacre exaggerated how the "innocent" colonists were shot down by the brittish.  
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Who made that engraving?   Paul Revere  
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Who drew a cartoon of a snake that said "join or die?"   Bejamin Franklin  
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What do the letters on the snake stand for?   The Colonies  
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Who helped the americans learn drilling and hoiw to use bayonets at valley forge?   Federick Von Steuben  
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What was the name of the german mercenaries who helped the brittish and lost at tremton?   Hessians  
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What country were the redcoats from?   England  
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at what early battle did the americans loose after runnig out of gunpowder but gained hope by killing two brittish for each colonist?   Battle of Breed's/Bunker Hill  
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Who was named general of the american continental army, by the continental congress?   General George Washington (Later known as the first president of the United States  
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The declaration of independence was based on the mayflower compact, the english bill of rights, and what other document?   Magna Carta  
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What country decided to help the colonies after the battle of Saratoga?   France  
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At what battle did tthe patriots gain a suprised victory at christmas time?   Battle of Trenton  
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At what fort did Ethan Allen help take brittish cannons without firing a shot?   Fort Ticonderoga  
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What did many soldiers because of the harsh conditions at valley forge?   Many Soldiers Deserted or left  
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Who was the brittish general that surrender at the battle of saratoga?   General Burgoyne  
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What term means to refuse to buy goods from britain as a protest to taxes, like what the sons of liberty did?   Boycott  
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Who wrote tthe Declaration of Independence?   Thomas Jefferson  
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To what battle was George Washington heading when he crossed the Deleware rive ina famous painting?   Battle of Trenton  
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How is the picture of Washington crossing the deleware an example of propoganda?   Wadhington is brave while crossing a river that has ice in it. They want to get across the river so that they can continue fightting the war.  
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Propoganda   information that is spread to influence the way people think;it is often incomplete or biased information.  
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