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What is ...... An early attempt at self-government in the English Colonies
What was the purpose behind the Pilgrams signing the Mayflower Compact?
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What is ... Whether to seek a peaceful or violent solution
The main issue debated during the Second Continental Congress was...
100
What is ... It inspired them to challenge British authority
How were colonial leaders affected by Thomas Paine's pamphlet Comomon Sense?
100
What is ... The British offered freedom to any slave who served in their army
The British army got thousands of African Americans slaves to sign on to support the british by.....
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What is Passed by Parliament to limit colonial trade Forbade colonists from trading specific items such as sugar and cotton with any other country other than England Required colonists to only use English ships to transport goods Parliament later passes other acts that required all trade goods to pass through English ports, where import taxes were added to the items
What is the Navigation Act?
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What is ... It rested the authority of governments on covenants, or sacred agreements
How did the Mayflower Compact affect the development of constitutional democracy in America?
200
What is .... It proved to the colonists that britain would not listen to reason
How did King George's reaction to the Declaration of Rights affect the relationship between Britain and the colonies?
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What is ..... He felt people had a natural right to govern themselves
Thomas Paine thought that citizens should make laws because....
200
What is ... The one-year contract many of his soldiers were fighting under was due to expire, and he knew soldiers would not re-enlist in a losing army
George Washington was determined to win the battle in New Jersey because....
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What is ... England  claimed that the Acts were good for the colonies Colonists  did not agree, wanted more freedom to buy or sell goods wherever they could get the best prices Some colonists turned to smuggling (or illegal trading) for goods such as sugar, molasses, and rum
What country was in favor Navigation Act and what position did it take regarding the Navigation Act? Did the colonists agree with the position and why or why not?
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What is .... To reduce the power of the English Monarch
What was the objective of the English Bill of Rights?
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What is .... Concord
On the night of April 18, 1775, British soldiers left Boston in search of a major colonial weapons storehouse rumored to be in what city?
300
What is Great Britain did not protect the rights of the colonists
Thomas Jefferson felt the colonists had the right to break away from Great Britain because.....
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What is .... The Patriots gained the support of France and Spain
What was the battle of saratoga considered a turning point of the American Revolution for the Patriots?
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What is ... In response to the colonists smuggling deals, Parliament passes the Molasses Act of 1733 Placed taxes on the sugar, molasses, and rum that the colonists were smuggling from the Caribbean However, British officials rarely carried out this law
What was the Molasses Act of 1733?
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It influenced the writers of the U.S. Constitution
The significance of the English Bill of Rights was to.....
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What is .... He wanted to defend against attack, not start a war
What do you think was meant by the order---"Don't fire unless fired upon"--a message yelled by the Minutemen's captain at the start of the Battle of Lexington?
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What is .... Colonists did not wish to support a government in which they had no voice
The term "taxation without representation" was an important phrase to the revolutionary cause because...
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What is ... The army lacked protection and supplies
The winter at Valley Forge was a difficult time for the Continental Army for what reasons?
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What is ... In response to helping the colonists fight the French and Indian War, Parliament passed the Sugar Act (very similar to the Molasses Act) Set taxes on molasses and sugar imported by the colonists This was the first act passed specifically to raise money in the colonies British officials tried harder to arrest smugglers Colonial merchants were now required to list all the trade goods they carried aboard their ships These lists had to be approved before ships could leave colonial ports This act made it difficult for traders to avoid paying taxes British navy also began to stop and search ships for smuggled goods
What is the Sugar Act?
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What is ..... To urge colonist to join forces
What was Patrick Henry's intention when he said, "I am not a virginian, but an American."?
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What is .... They would create the Continental Army to fight the British
How did the Second Continental Congress decide to handle the British?
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What is .... American Indians
Which group of people were most divided in its support of the Patriot's war effort?
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What is ... Francis Marion, because of his stealth and lightening speed in carrying out guerrilla warfare in the South
Who was "the Swamp Fox" and How did he get his name?
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Passed in June 1767 by Parliament Placed taxes on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea To enforce these acts, British officials used writs of assistance—these allowed tax collectors to search for smuggled goods Colonists hated the new laws because they took power away from colonial governments Colonists once again responded by boycotting many British goods
What were the Townshend Acts?
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