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What did the stamp act tax?
Paper
A movement where women created their own textiles and boycotted British goods
The homespun movement
What was the turning point of the Revolutionary War?
When the French joined
Who got taxed after the French and Indian War?
The colonists
Where should you look to figure out if a source is first hand or second hand?
The date
What does representation mean?
Delegates are able to vote on behalf of the colonists
What was a group of people who supported the homespun movement?
The daughters of liberty
What factor most influenced the outcome of the battle of Yorktown?
Geography, the colonists knew the land better
Who were the 2 sides in the French and Indian War?
French and British
Declaration of Independence, 1776.
Is this a first hand or second hand source?
First hand
What word means to be freed from slavery?
Manumission
What was the purpose of taxes like the sugar act, stamp act, and tea act?
To reduce debt from the french and indian war
Why did many African Americans fight in the Revolutionary War?
To earn manumission
How did the British interact with Native Americans before the French and Indian war?
poorly, they fought
What does a limitation of a source mean?
What does consent of the goverened mean?
The government gets its authority from the people
Was the Stamp act Justified? Give one reason why it was or was not.
Ms. Bayer will decide if you gave a good claim
Where did most colonists fall on the political spectrum?
- patriots
-loyalists
-Somewhere between patriots and loyalists
-Somewhere between patriots and loyalists
How did the French interact with Native Americans before the French and Indian war?
Good, they traded furs for weapons and had a good relationships
What does the intended Audience of a source mean
Who would most likely read the source
The people who wrote the declaration of independence would most likely believe...
“We hold these truths to be self-evidence, that all men are created equal”
“They are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights”
To secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men”
“It is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government”
4. “It is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government”
What is one way the colonists responded to the intolorable acts (double points if you can name 2)
Boycotting, and sending representatives to the first continental congress
Who won the Revolutionary war?
The Americans (colonists)
What was the purpose of the proclamation line?
To limit contact between the colonists and Native Americans
What does perspective mean when looking at a source?
The group a person belongs to, or their point of view