Causes
Important People
Battles
Documents
War
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What was the effect when the colonists refused to pay for tea damage?
The intolerable acts
100
What was John Adams view on independence
He wanted independence because he saw it as a opportunity to create the ideal government.
100
What marked the end of the second phase of the war?
Saratoga
100
What was the Proclamation of 1763
It prevented western expansion past the Appalachian mountains.
100
What was the strategy of the British?
To separate the north from the south.
200
What was the cause of the Boston Massacre
British soldiers were sent over to Boston and competed with colonists for jobs.
200
What did Thomas Jefferson do
Wrote the Declaration of Independence
200
What was the significance of the battle of Trenton
To boost morale and make people re-enlist
200
What was common sense and who wrote it
Thomas Paine wrote common sense it was pamphlet that examined why they should break away from England
300
What was the purpose of the declaratory act
It was to reassert British dominance
300
What were Dickenson's view on independence
He thought the colonies would fall apart, many would die, and we wouldn't get any allies and lose the war.
300
What marked the end of the first phase of the war
Dorchester heights
300
What was the olive branch Petition and how did the king respond
The colonists tried to apologize and say they wouldn't rebel anymore and to restore Boston, but the king refused and named all Americans traitors.
300
Who was the British leader who surrendered at Yorktown
Cornwallis
400
How Did the colonists respond to the stamp act
Boycotts, petitions, riots, sons of liberty
400
Who was Henry Knox and what did he do
He got the guns from Ticonderoga and brought them to Dorchester heights for the battle
400
What was the outcome of the battle of brandywine
The British got control of Philadelphia
400
What was the treaty of Paris
It ended the revolution and claimed the Americans independent
400
What was washingtons strategy in the south
He tried to take over the economy
500
What was the effect of those continental congress
Olive branch petition
500
Who helped Washington with the army in the winter of 1776
Friedrich Von Steuben, Marquis de Lafayette, Thomas Conway
500
Who won the siege of Charlestown
The British
500
What values did the declaration include
Equality, democracy, justice, and truth
500
What was the condition of the continental army in 1776
Barely clothed, barely had shoes, enlistments were up, they were freezing, and had no hope
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