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Patriots were colonists that wanted...
What is independence from the British crown.
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What was the motto for the American Revolution?
What is "No Taxation without Representation"
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What was the name of the conflict between colonists and British soldiers in which four colonists were killed?
What is the Boston Massacre.
100
What did the Declaration of Independence do?
What is formally separate the US from Britian.
100
What was the name of the first organized protest group in Boston?
What is Sons of Liberty.
200
Federalists supported...
What is the Consitution. They wanted a strong national government and a weak state government.
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What was the name of the first tax placed on American colonists?
What is the Sugar Act.
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When taxed by the British, what was the general plan for the colonists?
What is to boycott.
200
What is the name of the document that holds the first ten amendments of the Constitution (all of our rights)?
What is Bill of Rights?
200
While Britain had a trained army, the American colonists consisted of a...
What is militia.
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After winning the war, the colonists wrote the ... to establish a national government within the colonies.
What is Articles of Confederation.
300
What war left Britain in major debt and in need of using the colonies as a source of money?
What is the French and Indian War.
300
At what battle did the French decide to support the American colonists?
What is the Battle of Saratoga.
300
The Stamp Act placed a tax on what types of goods?
What is wills, paper, stamps, (both goods and services)...
300
What does eqalitarianism mean?
What is equality for all.
400
Once the Articles of Confederation failed, American colonists created the...
What is the Consitution.
400
What movement believed that people had the right to question authority, pushing the colonists to question British right to tax?
What is the Enlightenment.
400
At what town/battle, did the French allies arrive and help defeat the British?
What is Yorktown.
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What document officially end the war?
What is the Treaty of Paris.
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How did the war impact women?
What is women were able to get jobs during the war and make a living, but their lives (for the majority) went back to normal after the war.
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What document officially end the war and set the boundaries for the new nation?
What is Treaty of Paris.
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At what meeting did the colonists write the Declaration of Independence?
What is Second Continental Congress.
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What does July 4, 1776 signify?
What is Independence from Britain.
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Why did the Articles of Confederation fail?
What is no strong leadership, no ability to tax the colonies.
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How did the war impact African Americans?
What is...some were able to escape from slavery, and others participated in the Continental Army.
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