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- 2. Passed in parliament in May 1765 to empty buildings for British soldiers
- 3. A battle fought between the British and the French over dominance in the New World (America). The feud was between the two and the Iroquois Confederacy also, because America was their homeland. (1754-1763)
- 7. Document signet in July 4, 1776 Philadelphia, PA by Ben Franklin – Pennsylvania, John Adams – Massachusetts, Robert Livingston – NY, Roger Sherman Connecticut, Thomas Jefferson – Virginia etc.
- 8. (1777) Turning point of the American Revolution. It was very important because it convinced the French to give the U.S. military support. It lifted American spirits, ended the British threat in New England by taking control of the Hudson River, and, most importantly, showed the French that the Americans had the potential to beat their enemy, Great Britain.
- 10. Stressed maintaining commercial but not political ties to other nations; stressed not entering permanent alliances; America's uniqueness depended on being independent action on foreign affairs
- 15. Commander of the continental army in the American Revolutionary War and the first president of the United States
- 18. 13 colonies: New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, New Jersey, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Rhode Island.
- 19. An author also known as America’s first public intellectual who pamphlet Common Sense (1776), which advocated America's independence from Great Britain.
- 20. Author of the Declaration of Independence, first secretary of the state and third president of the United States
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- 1. Women had a role in the Revolution boycotts of British goods & services Molly Pitcher fought alongside men during war bay loading cannons.
- 4. A tax that the British Parliament placed on newspapers and official documents sold in the American Colonies
- 5. An act passed by British Parliament stating that colonists or Native Americans were prohibited from settlement anywhere west of the Appalachian Mountains. (1763)
- 6. Printer, inventor, scientist, and author who represented the colonies in England before the revolution, contributed to the Declaration of Independence, and was America's first ambassador to France.
- 9. It was officially the peace treaty that ended the American revolutionary war in September 3, 1783. Agreement between US and Britain where Britain recognize the colonies to be free had have no claim on the land or government, the boundaries of the United States allowed the western expansion and both sides wanted to protect their citizens’ rights and possessions such as prisoners of war and access to Mississippi river .
- 11. American forces & French defeated Cornwallis Last battle of American Revolution
- 12. Washington made new taxes to help pay off war debt,-farmers who grew grain to make whiskey were angry because they couldn't afford it ,-they rebelled-Hamilton wants government, to look strong so the govt. stopped the rebellion, Washington proved that the fed. govt. could make people obey law
- 13. The sons of Liberty were a secret political organization in the American Revolution. By the time the Revolution began, they were chapters of the Sons of Liberty in all THIRTEEN COLONIES.
- 14. An act passed by British Parliament which repealed the Townsend Acts, although a small tax was still placed on tea, and also gave the East India Company a monopoly on tea imports to the Colonies. (1773)
- 16. In 1776 Thomas Paine wrote a pamphlet with hopes of convincing public for a swift change in government and revolution so they can have impudence and be able to self-rule.
- 17. He was the prime minister of England during the French and Indian War