The Colonies
The Basics
The Colonists' Unrest
During the War
The Declaration of Independence
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What were the three groups of colonies?
The New England Colonies, The Middle Colonies, and The Southern Colonies.
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What was the triangular trade?
The trade route which connected England, Africa, and the colonies.
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What did the Proclamation of 1763 state?
That the colonists could not move to the land they just fought for, and instead that land would be given to the Indians.
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What was the first battle of the American Revolution?
Lexington and Concord
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When was the Declaration of Independence signed?
July 4th, 1776
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What was notable about the Southern Colonies?
They had large plantations where slaves worked.
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What was the Great Awakening?
A strong religious revival.
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What was the Stamp Act?
Taxes placed on printed goods, like newspapers.
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How did the colonists start off fighting?
Guerilla Warfare
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What was the Preamble?
The reasons as to why the Continental Congress drew up the Declaration.
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Why did people move to Massachusetts and who did they allow into the colony?
Puritans moved to Massachusetts to avoid religious persecution, and didn't allow anyone except for other Puritans to live in the colony.
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Why were the first few colleges established?
To train ministers.
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What was the Boston Massacre?
When the British open fired on the colonists and killed some of them.
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What was the document that Thomas Paine wrote?
Common Sense
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What is the rights of the people when their government does give them their rights?
The people can change the government as they see fit or destroy it and create a new government.
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What was the last colony to be established?
Georgia.
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What were Proprietary colonies?
Colonies owned by an individual or a very small group of people.
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What was the Boston Tea Party?
When taxes on tea angered the colonists and they dumped cargoes of tea into the harbor.
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What was the first major American victory in the war?
The Battle of Saratoga
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What is the List of Grievances?
The colonists' complaints agains the British government, namely King George the 3rd.
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What was the Act of Toleration?
It granted Protestants and Catholics the right to worship freely in Maryland.
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Why did colonial merchants being smuggling?
They wanted to manufacture their own goods and sell them to places other then England if they can get more money out of it.
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Why was the Continental Congress formed?
The colonial leaders realized they had to act together to oppose Britain's policies.
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Why was the Treaty of Paris important to the colonists?
It showed that Britain recognized them as an independent nation.
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How many people signed the Declaration of Independence?
56
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