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what did the Olive branch petition state

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Colonists are loyal to King

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Describe mood of the second Continental Congress in 1775

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Few Delegates wanted a formal break with Britain

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Where was the shot heard around the world

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Lexington

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Why did fighting break out at Lexington and Concorde in April 1775

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British try to seize arms and ammunition

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which side fired at the first shot heard around the world of the American Revolution

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No one knows

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What was the historical significance of the battles of Lexington and Concorde

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Signaled start a revolution

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What advantage help the Continental Army gain controlle of Boston in 1776

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To captured British artillery cannons

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what is the main purpose of the declaration of independence

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It was a breakup letter

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Name the main ideas of the Declaration of Independence

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Natural rights, British wrongs and independence

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Summarize is the relationship between citizens in their government as set forth in the Declaration of Independence

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Social contract which is citizens a basic rights that are protected by the government they form

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Which Enlightenment writers express the idea that the relationship between government and people in government social contract

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John Locke

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What are you in alienable rights

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Life liberty and the pursuit of happiness

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Identify strengths and weaknesses of Americans and British during war

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The Americans strengths included home-field advantage good leadership guerrilla warfare patriotic allies.
Weaknesses: untrained soldiers no $ and no navy and… British strengths, trained soldiers lots of $ and resources, huge navy. Weaknesses: long supply lines and poor leadership and lacked public support.

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Define loyalists

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Loyal to the king.

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Why did Americans have problems getting enough money to finance the war

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No power to tax

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Why were African-American at first band from serving in the Army

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Some southern colonies feared Arming African-Americans

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when did free African-Americans began fighting for the patriot cause

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From the beginning

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How did Britain try to persuade enslaved African-Americans to join it’s army

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Offered them freedom

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Which side did Native Americans join during the American Revolution

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British they were less of a treat

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How did American Revolution affect women

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Women took on more

responsibilities

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How did Deborah Sampson help the patriot

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Fought disguised as a man

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Why did Thomas Paine right the crisis

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raise morale of the patriots

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What was significant about Washington across the Delaware on Christmas night

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It caught them at surprise

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Who was defeated by Washington forces in Trenton

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German mercenaries

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Which battle in the middle states became the point of the war

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Saratoga

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Why was the battle of Saratoga so important

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Convince European nation to help patriots

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Which country was the first to sign the treaty of alliance with US

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France

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How did Americans react to the situation at Valley Forge

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Collected and sent food and supplies

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How did the fighting between France and Britain in Europe in the Caribbean help the American cause

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Left British troops to fight in North America

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In what way was George Rogers Clark battle strategy the same as John Paul Jones strategy

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Weakened supply line

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What strategy did British commander in chief Clinton hope to use when he did the focus of the war to the south

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Supplement backcountry Southerners because he thought the Southerners were loyal as

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What role did the French play in the patriot victory at Yorktown

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Provided troops and shits to help contain British

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Why did the Americans win the American Revolution

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Geography and help from a board and leadership

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What were the terms of the Treaty of Paris in 1783

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Orders were established; East equals Atlantic; north Canada; West Mississippi; south gave it back to Spain; British recognized America as independent

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What happened to the loyalists property after the Revolutionary war

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it was never returned

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What event in Europe was influenced by the American Revolution

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France

36
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How did the war affect attitudes towards slavery in the US

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Ideals of freedom and liberty lead some to question slavery; 1780 peninsula passed a law=couldn’t buy slaves= end of slavery

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Who warned prepared minute man for the battle of Lexington

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Paul Revere

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Who wrote a pro independent pamphlet titled commonsense

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Thomas paine

39
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Who compares the Declaration of Independence

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Thomas Jefferson

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Who is captured by the British for pledging info about bridge metported words were my only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country

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Nathan hall

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Who is a French nobles who became a high-ranking officer in Washington’s army

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Marquis de Lafayette

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Who was a German baron who directed training of Washington’s army

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John Burgoyne

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Who are the name that has come to mean a traitor

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Benedict Arnold

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Who was the head of a Militia force that defended the Fontier in the late 1770’s

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George Rogers Clark

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Commander of the American ship bonhomme Richard; I have not yet begun to fight

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John Paul Jones

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Who led guerrilla Attacks against the British in the south

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Francis Marion

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What crucial mistake was made by Cornwallis that led to do the defeat of British Army

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Discarded and retreated to Yorktown peninsula

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The words all men are created equal originally benefited whom

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White man who owned property

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