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Name 2 types of government
One: Monarchy/Dictatorship/other
Few: Oligarchy/Aristocracy
Many: Democracy/Republic
None: Anarchy/Bureaucracy
What was the tax on paper goods?
Stamp Act
Who was involved in the French & Indian War and what sides were they on?
The British fought against the French & Indians
Benjamin Franklin
Name the document that created the first weak central government of the United States (that ultimately failed)
Extra points for the year!
Articles of Confederation
1777
This required colonists to house British Soldiers
Quartering Act
What battle ended the American Revolution?
Yorktown
George Washington
Which American general betrayed his country by selling out his regiment to British officials?
Benedict Arnold
Name the document that signaled British surrender at the Battle of Yorktown (signed by General Cornwallis)
Articles of Capitulation
This was the 1st tax passed by the British in 1764 to help pay for the French and Indian War.
Sugar Act
The riot that broke out between colonists and British soldiers that resulted in 5 deaths was called...
The Boston Massacre
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence because he was well educated and an eloquent writer?
Thomas Jefferson
Name the group of Patriots who planned the Boston Tea Party. Some members were Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, and Patrick Henry
Sons of Liberty
The 13 stars are in a circle, symbolizing unity and perpetual union.
What was the cause of the Boston Tea Party?
The Tea Act
First battle of the Revolutionary War?
Extra points for the year!
Lexington and Concord
1775
Which F.F. is the first supreme court judge of the U.S.A.?
John Jay
What were the people called who wanted to be under the King's reign? People who wanted to be independent?
Loyalist (Tories) and Patriots
You will be handed a blank map. You have 30 seconds to fill it out with the 13 colonies.
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Name 2 of the 5 Intolerable Acts
This battle happened in New Jersey, and George Washington was the general. It's famous because Washington crossed the Delaware River.
Battle of Trenton
Send someone in your group to say the excerpt of Patrick Henry's speech (the memoria)
Only a perfect memoria gets points
What were the two major agreements from the Treaty of Paris in 1783?
1) The USA is now a nation
2) The USA owns its land (the east coast of North America)