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Tensions
Growing Hpstility Leads to War
The Influence of the Enlightenment
Success for the Colonists
Misc.
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On whose territory did the French and Indian War occur?
French Soil
100
Describe the Boston Tea Party in great detail.
A group of colonists that dumped a large load of British tea into the Boston Harbor to protest an import tax on tea.
100
In __________________, the Second Continental Congress issued the ______________________________.
In July of 1776, the Second Continental Congress issued the Declaration of Independence.
100
What are three words to describe the colonists' success in winning the war for independence?
Motivation, strategy, and time
100
What is checks and balances?
measurement system designed to prevent any one branch of government from dominating the others
200
Stems from the fact that the French enlisted numerous Native American tribes to fight on their side.
French and Indian War
200
What action did George the III take while infuriated with the Boston Tea Party?
He ordered the British navy to close port Boston
200
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence and where did his ideas for the ocument come from?
Thomas Jefferson and his ideas ventured from the ideas of John Locke and the Enlightenment.
200
Why did Britain lose the war against America?
The generals were too overly confident
200
What is the federal sytem?
a system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and a number of individual states
300
How did The French and Indian War lead to The Stamp Act?
Once the war was over, Britain had seized a vast majority of France's land. America's victory lerft Britain with France's big war tab, so they had to find a way to pay it off.
300
In September of____________, representatives for every colony except_____________ gathered in __________ to form the ________________
In September of 1774, representatives for every colony except Georgia gathered in Philadelphia to form the First Continental Congress.
300
What did the Declaration of independence include a long list of?
King George the III's abuses
300
Why did Louis XVI join with the Americans during war?
He wanted to weaken Great Britain, France's rival
300
What is the Bill of Rights?
The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, which protect citizens' basic rights and freedoms
400
What is The Stamp Act? ( Be very specific)
A document passed by Parliament in 1765, to enforce that colonists had to pay tax to an official stamp on any form of printed documentation.
400
Why did the colonies form the Second Continental Congress?
The king paid little attentions to their complaints
400
What three important achievements did Thomas Jefferson want to be remembered for?
Being the author of the Declaration of Independence, author of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, and the founder of the University of Virginia
400
Where did Lord Cornwallis trap the British forces?
Near Yorktown, Virginia
400
What is neoclassical?
relating to a simple, elegant style that characterizes the arts in Europe during the late 1700s
500
Thoroughly describe 'Taxation without Representation'
Citizen of Britain consented their taxes through representatives in Parliament, but here in America the colonists didn't have any representation in Parliament.
500
The ________________________ voted to raise an army and organize for battle under the command of a ____________ named _____________________________.
The Second Continental Congress voted to raise an army and organize for battle under the command of a Virginian named George Washington.
500
The Declaration of Independence ended in a declaration of what?
the colonies' separation from Britain
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The French and Americans combined had a total of how many soliders?
17,300
500
What is baroque?
relating to a grand, ornate style that characterize European painting, music, and architecture in the 1600s and early 1700s