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Chapter 6- Home Of The Brave Flashcards

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What was the name of special documents that allowed British officials to search American ships and buildings looking for smuggled goods?

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Writs of Assistance

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What part of English law did the colonists claim was violated by the Townsend Acts?

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No taxation without representation

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On what date did the Boston massacre occur?

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March 5, 1770

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What two Boston lawyers represented the British troops on trial

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John Adams and Josiah Quincy

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Which British prime minister urged that the Townsend acts be repealed

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Lord north

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All the taxes were repealed except what

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The tax on tea

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At the suggestion of Samuel Adams, which group was formed in 1772 to inform the colonies and the world about the problems with England

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The committee of corespondents

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What act allowed British troops to live in occupied buildings

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Quartering Act

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What Bill closed the port of Boston

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The Boston port bill

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What did the colonist call the Boston port bill and the quartering act

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The intolerable acts

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Who warned the British that this is the day then there you wish to go to war with all of America

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Edmund Burke

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The continental Congress recognized the authority of the king but not the authority of who

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Parliament

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On March 28, 1775 Who said I know not what course others may take but as for me give me liberty or give me death

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Patrick Henry

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Why did the colonists fight

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The colonists fight because they were fighting for their religious freedom and political freedom

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What name was given to voluntary militia

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Minutemen

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On the night of April 18, 1775 British troops were sent to arrest John Hancock and Samuel Adams who were located in what town

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Lexington

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What 3 Men Road that night to warn the colonists

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Paul revere William Dawes and Dr. Samuel Prescott

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The first shots of the war we’re fired on what day

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April 19, 1775

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Where was the first shot fired

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Lexington

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What famous Minuteman was a 21 -year-old black student studying for the ministry

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Lemuel Haynes

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Who led the green mountain boys?

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Ethan Allen

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What British fort was captured by Ethan Allen in the mountain boys

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Fort Ticonderoga

23
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Who was elected president of the second Continental Congress

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John Hancock

24
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What famous battle occurred on Breedshill

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The battle of Bunker Hill

25
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What is the distinction of the Battle of Bunker Hill

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It was the first major battle of the war of independence

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What document did congress send to the king in an attempt to avoid war

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The olive branch petition

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What foreign soldiers did King George the third hire to fight the colonies?

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The Hessians

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Who wrote commonsense

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Thomas Paine

29
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On June 7 1776 who introduced the resolution that the colonists ought be free

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Richard Henry Lee

30
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Who led the committee in charge with writing the declaration of independence

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Thomas Jefferson

31
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On what date did the congress unanimously of the Declaration of Independence

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July 4, 1776

32
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Where had Americans developed their love of liberty

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From the English

33
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What Frenchman came to assist the patriots and became a valuable aid to General Washington

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Marquis de Lafayette

34
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Who said I regret that I have but only one life to lose for my country

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Nathan hale

35
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After crossing the Delaware river on Christmas night where did Washington attack hessian troops

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Trenton

36
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While general Howe Marched up the Hudson Bay to Albany who marched south from Quebec

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John Burgoyne

37
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Why is the battle of Saratoga important

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It was the turning point

38
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After Philadelphia where did Washington camp in the winter of 1778

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Valley Forge

39
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What battle took place on one of the hottest days of summer of 1778

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Battle of Monmouth

40
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What lady became famous by Manning her husband canon

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Molly pitcher

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What Jewish businessman helped obtain French loans for the patriots and gave out of his own pocket to help the war effort’s

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Haym Solomon

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In the summer of 1778 who led Kentucky volunteers as they seized the British post at Kaskaskia and Cahokia in Illinois

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George Rogers Clark

43
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What do we call private vessels commissioned by the Congress or state government’s

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Privateers

44
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What was the John Paul Jones’s famous statement to the Serapis

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I have not yet begun to fight

45
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Who was known as the Swampfox

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Francis Marion

46
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Who was known as the fighting gamecock

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Thomas Sumter

47
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What was the name of the famous Mohock chief and missionary who fought for the British in the war for independence

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Joseph Brant

48
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Who was known as the fighting quaker

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Nathaniel Greene

49
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What trader plotted to get west point to the British

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Benedict Arnold

50
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Why is the battle of Yorktown important

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It virtually guaranteed our independence

51
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In 1783 what treaty ended the war of England

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The treaty of Paris

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