REVOLUTIONARY WAR
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AMERICAN COLONISTS THAT STAYED LOYAL TO THE BRITISH CROWN
A LOYALIST
WHAT WAS THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT?
A SET OF LAWS WRITTEN BY THE PILGRIMS THAT THEY ALL SIGNED AND AGREED TO FOLLOW
WHAT THREE NATURAL RIGHTS DOES THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE LIST?
LIFE, LIBERTY, PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS
WHO WERE THE SONS OF LIBERTY?
A GROUP OF COLONISTS THAT PROTESTED BRITISH OPPRESSION AND TAXATION
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE PASSAGE THAT ENSLAVED AFRICANS WERE BROUGHT TO THE AMERICAS ON?
THE MIDDLE PASSAGE
WHY DID THE BRITISH BEGIN TAXING THE COLONIES AFTER THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR?
DEBT FROM THE WAR
WHY WAS THE PROCLAMATION OF 1763 CREATED?
TO STOP COLONISTS FROM MOVING PAST THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS
WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE?
TO SEPARATE THE COLONIES FROM BRITAIN
WHO FORMED AN ALLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR?
THE FRENCH
WHAT DID MOST NATIVE AMERICANS DIE FROM BECAUSE OF EUROPEAN EXPANSION?
DISEASE
WHY WAS THE OLIVE BRANCH PETITION CREATED?
TO PROPOSE A PEACEFUL END OF CONFLICT BETWEEN AMERICA AND BRITAIN
WHAT TIME PERIOD IN HISTORY INFLUENCED THE FOUNDING FATHERS TO PUSH FOR SELF-GOVERNMENT?
THE ENLIGHTENMENT
WHAT DOES THE PHRASE "WE THE PEOPLE" SIGNIFY IN THE CONSTITUTION?
POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY
WHICH BATTLE IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR BROUGHT ABOUT THE SUPPORT OF FRANCE FOR THE WAR?
SARATOGA
WHAT LED TO THE RISE OF MANY NEW CHURCHES IN THE COLONIES?
THE GREAT AWAKENING
WHICH ACT FORCED COLONISTS TO HOUSE BRITISH SOLDIERS?
THE QUARTERING ACT
WHAT WAS THE EXCHANGE OF FOOD, ANIMALS, AND DISEASES BETWEEN THE EASTERN AND WESTERN HEMISPHERES?
COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE
WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION?
TO REVISE THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
WHAT HAPPENED AT THE BATTLE OF YORK TOWN?
THE BRITISH SURRENDURED
WHY WERE SLAVE CODES WRITTEN?
THE COLONISTS FEARED SLAVE REVOLTS
WHAT TOWN HAD THEIR HARBOR SHUT DOWN BY THE INTOLERABLE ACTS?
BOSTON
WHAT DID JOHN WINTHROP CALL THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY?
"A CITY UPON A HILL"
WHO IS KNOWN AS THE FATHER OF THE CONSTITUTION?
JAMES MADISON
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE BATTLE THAT STARTED THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR?
LEXINGTON AND CONCORD
WHAT CROP WAS GROWN IN LARGE AMOUNTS IN THE SOUTH?
TOBACCO