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What does the word alliance mean?
A formal agreement among groups or individuals.
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What group of people wove their own cloth?
Daughters of Liberty
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Where did the First Continental Congress meet?
In Philadelphia
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What group differed from militias in that it was made up of full-time soldiers?
The Continental Army
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What was the first plan of United States government called?
Articles of Confederation
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What was one major cause of the French and Indian War?
France and Britain both claimed the same lands in North America.
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What is the definition of the word representation?
a voice in one’s government
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Why were the battles at Lexington and Concord important?
They marked the beginning of the Revolution.
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What document did the Colonists send to King George III for peace?
The Olive Branch Petition
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What is one effect that the Articles of Confederation had on the new nation?
The states were held together as a nation during the Revolutionary War.
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What did the British government do to help pay the costs of the French and Indian War?
It passed new tax las for the colonies.
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How did the committees of Correspondence help the colonists fight British rule?
They spread information quickly.
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How did the colonists protest the taxes placed on British goods?
The refused to buy British goods.
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When did the British realize that fighting the colonists would not be easy?
At the Battle of Bunker Hill
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What happened on July 4th, 1776 that makes it such an important date in American history?
Congress voted to accept the Declaration of Independence.
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Who was the commander in chief of the Continental Army?
George Washington
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Who organized the first Committee of Correspondence in Boston and was thought by many people to have planned the Boston Tea Party?
Samuel Adams
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Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
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Who was the head of the committee for the Articles of Confederation?
John Dickinson
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Who called for a resolution in the Second Continental Congress for independence from Britain?
Richard Henry Lee
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What was the Proclamation of 1763, and how did colonists react to it?
It was a British announcement that set aside lands west of the Appalachian Mountains for Native Americans. Many colonists were angry about the proclamation, and many ignored it by continuing to settle on those lands.
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Why did the Fist Continental Congress meet in 1774, and what did it do?
It met to decide how to respond to British policies and actions, such as the Coercive Acts. It sent a petition to the king, stating the colonists’ rights. It agreed to stop most trade with Britain. It asked the colonies to form militias.
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In what was did colonists protest British imperial policies?
They boycotted British goods. They wove their own cloth instead of buying British cloth. They chased British tax collectors out of their towns. They formed Committees of Correspondence. They organized protests. They sent petitions to Parliament. They formed militias.
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What effects did the Battle of Bunker Hill have?
It proved to the British that the colonists would not be easy to defeat in battle. It angered British leaders. King George II promised to use stronger methods to crush the colonial rebellion.
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What important idea do these words from the Declaration of Independence express: “...Governments are instituted [formed] among Men, deriving [getting] their just powers from the consent of the governed.”
People are responsible for starting governments, and governments get their power to rule from the agreement of the people.