Americal Revolution | W yoming valley | Colonies | Taxes | Government |
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What was the Battle of Trenton?
Hessian mercenaries fighting for Britain
captured by Washington's army |
What is the name of two groups that settled in Wyoming Valley?
Nanticoke, Deleware
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What was the impact of seeds?
Seeds changed diets and lengthened lives
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What was the Stamp Act?
act on legal documents and activities in the colonists
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What was our first plan of government?
Articles of Confederation
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What is the turning point of the war?
Battle of Saratoga
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Who is the person who smashed the victims head on rocks?
Queen Esther
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What were three things traded on the triangular trade route?
slaves, tobacco, rum
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What was Navigation Act?
said shipments from Europe to colonies had to go through colonies first, ny imports to England from the colonies had to come in ships built and owned by British subjects, the colonies must sell key products such as sugar and tobacco only to Britain
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What are three branches and levels
executive, legislative, judicial, national, state, local
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Where was the shot heard around the world?
Lexington and Concord
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What caused the Yankee-Pennamite War?
King George gave the same land to each group in different land grants
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What were three occupations in the New England colonies?
fishing, lumbering, whaling, ship-building
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What was another name for taxes?
tariff
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What does popular sovereignty mean?
the people rule
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Who was a spy for Washington?
John Honeyman/ Nathan Hale
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Who was the little girl who was kidnapped by Natives?
Frances Slocum
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What were disadvantages for the French in the French and Indian War?
not enough troops, too much land
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How were the Navigation Acts fair?
colonist merchants had a definite market to sell their goods, helped the ship-building industry in New England
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Four successes under the Articles
waged a successful war for independence, made a treaty with Britain, set up rules for new land
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What was the name of the man who made sneak attacks on the British?
Francis Marion/ Swamp Fox
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What were three forts in Wyoming?
Pittston, Jenkins, Wintermoot
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What was the Proclamation Line of 1763?
imaginary line drawn by British to keep colonists out of the west and away from Native's lands
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Why was the Stamp Act unfair?
colonists weren't allowed to elect representatives in Parliament, had to pay colonies taxes and British ones
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What were ideas that shaped the Constitution?
Magna Carta
English Bill of Rights House of Burgess John Locke Montesquieu |