French and Indian War
Colonial Response to Great Britain
Declaration of Independence
G Dubs and Revolutionary War
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What is the map above showing?
Land Claims after the French and Indian War
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The Proclamation Line of 1763 runs roughly along the
Appalachian Mountains
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The Declaration of Independence and ideas of natural rights arose from which philosophical movement?
Enlightenment
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- commander of a Virginia regiment in French and Indian War
- tobacco plantation owner
- commander of The Continental Army
- member of the Continental Congress
Who is being described?
George Washington
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Marquis de Lafayette is known for...
aiding Washington's troops at Valley Forge and providing financial support from France
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The French and Indian War was fought which two nations?
Britain and France
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These American women were famous for boycotting British goods by making homespun cloth and for finding substitutes for tea and sugar (all heavily taxed by the British.) Who were these women?
Daughters of Liberty
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The phrase in the Declaration of Independence stating "that governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed" illustrates the principle of what theory?
Social Contract Theory
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Which purpose did Committees of Correspondence serve?
- series of governmental groups to maintain communication throughout the colonies
- "secret government" in a sense
- suggested by Thomas Jefferson
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Why did American colonists resent British taxes?
Colonists claimed "No taxation without representation" because they did not elect representatives to Parliament.
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What was the name of the fort built by George Washington in what is now Pennsylvania.
Fort Necessity
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Which event did Great Britain respond to by passing the Intolerable Acts, which closed down the port of Boston?
Boston Tea Party
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What impact did Thomas Paine's Common Sense have on the Declaration of Independence?
- pointed out the absurdity of continued loyalty to King George III
- Britain (an island) controlling a large nation didn't make sense
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This African-American was killed in the Boston Massacre in 1770 and bears the distinction of being the first martyr of the American Revolution. Who was he?
Crispus Attucks
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All of these are examples of what during the Revolutionary War?
Foreign involvement in the war
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The French-Indian/Seven Years War is often viewed by historians as being a factor in causing the American Revolution. Why is that?
Due to the cost of the war, Parliament created new taxes on the colonists to pay off war debt.
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The Sons of Liberty, a group that vocally rebelled against the British prior to the American Revolution, would be most supported by what group?
Patriots
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The quote below is talking about what form of government?
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed."
The Declaration of Independence
Limited Government
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The assistance of the French was given to the American Continental Army after the battle of
Saratoga
400
What battle led to the British surrendering in the Revolutionary War?
Battle of Yorktown
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What did the Treaty of Paris (1763) do in ending the war? (3 outcomes of the treaty)
All French territory on the mainland of North America was lost.
The British received Quebec and the Ohio Valley.
The port of New Orleans and the Louisiana Territory west of the Mississippi were ceded (given) to Spain for their efforts as a British ally.
500
The Intolerable Acts led to this famous meeting of individuals that represented each colony...
First Continental Congress
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What were the names of the individuals who were in the Committee of Five?
Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert R. Livingston
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What did the Treaty of Paris (1783) do for both the colonists and British?
- ended the war
- recognized U.S. independence and granted the U.S. significant western territory (Mississippi River)
- Pre-war debts owed by Americans to British merchants would be paid (didn't happen)
- States would be encouraged to restore the homes, land, and confiscated possessions back to loyalists
- British were suppose to give military forts back to the colonists (they did not)
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The largest section of the Declaration of Independence lists the
grievances (complaints) the colonists had with Britain