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He was chosen to lead the continental army.
Who is George Washington.
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These were the first two battles of the American Revolution.
What are Lexington and Concord.
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This war (BEFORE THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION) was very expensive, and King George decided the Americans should pay for it with taxes.
What is the French and Indian War
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Someone who wants their own freedom and their own country
What is a patriot.
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The document that stated America is their own free country.
What is the Declaration of Independence.
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He was chosen to write the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson
200
The first major English win in which they kept the colonists out of Boston. Both sides lost a great deal of soldiers.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill.
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This was a tax on all printed goods in America
What is the Stamp Act
200
Someone who supported King George III
What is a loyalist.
200
What was the name of the treaty that ended the American Revolution?
What is the Treaty of Paris.
300

He believed in a separation of powers

Who is Montesquieu

300
On December 25th, 1776, Washington and his men suprise attacked and defeated the Hessians at this battle.
What is the Battle of Trenton.
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This was the law that required colonists to allow British soldiers into their homes to eat and sleep.
What is the Quartering Act.
300

In 1787, the founding fathers decided that this style of government, where the local, state, and national governments worked together was the best for the USA.

What is Federalism

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This pamphlet, written by Thomas Paine stated that Americans need to stop fooling around and fight back against England!
What is Common Sense.
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He believed in religious tolerance and freedom of speech

Who is Voltaire

400
The turning point of the war, when the Americans start to take the lead.
What is the Battle of Saratoga
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This was the event in which many Patriots boarded a British ship and destroyed all of the product on board.
What is the Boston Tea Party
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This theory states that people should give up some of their rights/freedoms in order to gain protection.

What is the Social Contract theory

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Two of the reasons the Articles of Confederation were revised

What is no power to tax, no power to raise an army

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He believed in the Social Contract; people are born "good".

Who is Rousseau

500
The final battle of the War in which England surrenders.
What is the Battle of Yorktown 1781.
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This was the event when British soldiers fired into the crowd, killing innocent civilians.

What is the Boston Massacre

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This movement advocated for the use of reason, individualism, and ultimately; the questioning of government systems.

What is the Enlightenment

500

The action, by a British Officer, would free any slave willing to join the British cause-- fight with the British against the Colonists.

Lord Dunmores Proclamation