Southern colonies
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What is the last leg (middle) of Triangle Trade?
Middle Passage
Why was Thomas Paine's Common Sense important to the Revolution?
It helped to gain the public's support for independence.
Where did Washington and Steuben train & restructure the Continental Army? Hint... It was cold...
Valley Forge
What did the Great Compromise do?
It structured our legislative branch by creating a bicameral (2 chambers) legislature. It gave the big states representation based off population (House of Representatives), while the small states got equal representation (Senate).
This economic theory led to the creation of the American colonies.
Mercantilism

With the creation of the colonies, Great Britain and other European nations hoped to increase their wealth.
The colonies were allowed to "self govern" as long as they were bringing money into Great Britain.
Salutary Neglect
Which philosopher had the biggest impact on the Declaration of Independence?
John Locke

_________ helped draft the Declaration of Independence, while _________ is considered to be the MAIN author of the document.
The Committee of Five, Thomas Jefferson 
What did the 3/5th's Compromise do?
Allowed for slaves to be counted as 3/5th's of a person towards representation in Congress.
What did Britain want from the colonies?
Raw Materials
This religious movement encouraged the colonist to unite under the idea of questioning authority of not only the church, but the British crown as well.
The Great Awakening

What were John Locks main beliefs?
Natural Rights (life, liberty, property) and the Consent of the Governed.
After the battle of _________, Cornwallis had his subordinate surrender his sword, marking the end of the American Revolution.
The Battle of Yorktown 
What name is given to the trade route from the Americas, Britain, Africa, and back to the Caribbean and the Americas?
Triangle Trade/ Trans Atlantic Trade Route
The intolerable acts (coercive acts) were Britains direct response to what event?
The Boston Tea Party

Thomas Paine
Which French office did Washington benefit the most from?
Marquis de Layfayette
Name the resources that traveled from each country in the Triangle Trade/ Trans -Atlantic Trade
America to Britain - Raw Materials
Britain to Africa - Manufactured goods
Africa to the Americas - Slaves
What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?
It banned westward expansion by the colonist. They became upset because that was a large part in the fighting of the French and Indian War.
Name two effects of the end of the French and Indian War
Britain owed Debt
Britain gained land
Because of the colonist victory at the Battle of __________, the King of France signed the Treaty of Alliance, effectively supporting the colonist fight for independence.
Saratoga