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1
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When was the second continental congress

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May 1775

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2
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Congress appointed a __________ to conduct relations with foreign governments

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Standing Commity

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3
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When was the Olive Branch Petition

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July 1775

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4
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Who was the author and the title of the pamphlet that inspired Americans to seek independence?

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Common Sense by Thomas Paine

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5
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What day did Richard Henry Lee of Virginia introduce a resolution to the congress?

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June 7th, 1776

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6
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Who was part of the comity to draft the declaration of independence?

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John Adams, Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Roger Shennan, Robert Livingston

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7
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What are the three sections in the Declaration of Independence

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Simple statement of intent, list of grievances, official dissolving of ties with Britian.

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8
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What day was the Dec of Ind. adopted?

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July 4, 1776

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9
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Wht are the statistics of the American Revolution?

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1% of Americans died (25k)

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10
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What did the British attempt in Massachusetts?

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wanted to contain revolutionary sentiment

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11
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What was the result of the Battle of Bunker Hill?

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British won Bunker Hill, Lost boston. Colonists casualties was 450 and British was 1054

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12
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In ______ British launched a large sea and land offensive

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1776

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13
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Who was stationed at Trenton NJ and did Washington beat them?

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Hessians and Yes his army did

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14
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What day was the victory in Trenton

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Dec 24th, 1776

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15
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What year was the divide and conquer method used by the British?

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1777

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16
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Who won the Battle of Saratoga?

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The colonists

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17
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Why do we owe a huge debt to Marquis de Lafayette

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He basically funded the revolution

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18
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What days was the Battle of Yorktown

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September 28- October 19, 1781

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19
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What happened at the Albany Conference of 1754?

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The British and Iroquois meet, and the natives leave because of decievence.

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20
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what years was the 7 year war fought and what year was it declared?

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1754-1763, declared war 1756

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21
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Where was the 7 years war taking place?

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America, Caribbean, Europe, Africa, India

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22
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What was the cause?

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Economics

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23
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What was another reason for the war?

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Control over Ohio River Valley (access to Mississipi)

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24
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What year did George Washington lead the British to encounter the French?

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1754

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25
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What was the most notorious Batlle during the 7 years war?

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The Battle of Fort William-Henry

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26
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What year did the tide begin to change for the British?

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1758

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27
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What ended the war?

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The Treaty of Paris (1763)

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28
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What happened in 1763?

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Pontiac’s Rebellion

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29
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What was the Proclamation of 1763?

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Settlers were not allowed to settle west of the Appalachain Mountains

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30
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Define Republicanism

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The authority of rulers to should be conditional rather than absolute

31
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What was the first act passed by parliment for the colonists?

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Sugar Act 1764

32
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Who coined the phrase, “Taxation without representation is tyranny”

A

James Otis (Massachusetts Lawer)

33
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What was the first DIRECT tax on the colonists?

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The Stamp Act 1765

34
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Why did Britian repeal the Stamp act in 1766?

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Because the Colonists protested

35
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What was the Non-importation movement?

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When people refused to buy British imported goods in the Colonies

36
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What did the Tea act allow?

A

for the company to bypass American wholesalers to sell directly to merchants at reduced prices.

37
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What happened on Dec 16, 1773

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50 members of the Sons of Liberty boarded 3 ships and dumped chests of tea into the harbor

38
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In 1774, how much dollars of tea was destroyed?

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18,000 pounds (EURO)

39
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16th century slave data

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275,000 enslaved Africans exported

40
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17th century slave data

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A little less than 1 mil slaves exported8

41
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18th century slave data

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6 million slaves exported

42
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19th century slave data

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2 million slaves exported

43
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total enslaved Africans exported

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10 million

44
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What is the Middle Passage?

A

the arduous voyage from Africa to the Americas

45
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How much of their human cargo did initial voyagers loose?

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1/3

46
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Cost of exporting slaves accounted for ____ of the price of slave when sold

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3/4

47
Q

Presidio

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One method of Spanish settlement (military installation)

48
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Pueblo

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Second method of Spanish settlement (civil town)

49
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Did Spain limit migration of it’s citizens?

A

Yes

50
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Espanoles vs Mestizos

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pure blood (high rank) vs non pure blood (low rank)
Spanish system of ranks depends on race

51
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Did France limit migration of it’s citizens?

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Yes

52
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Did Britian Limit Migration of it’s citizens

A

no

53
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Social Mobility

A

Can work towards a new rank

54
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what percentage of slaves weret taken to the US?

A

5%

55
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What was the average life span of a slave?

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23 years old

56
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What was the acts that followed the Boston Tea Party

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Coercive Acts/ Intolerable Acts

57
Q

What day were British Soldiers sent out to Lexington and Concord?

A

April 19th, 1775

58
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when 240 British soldiers arrived in Lexington what were they greated by?

A

70 minutemen

59
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Boston Massacre date

A

March 5, 1770

60
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What were some of the goods the Townshed Acts placed a tax on?

A

Lead, Glass, Paper, Paint, tea

61
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Who penned the Massachusetts Cicular Letter?

A

Samuel Adams

62
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What did the British export to the Colonies?

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Textiles, linen/cotton fabrics, books, metalware/hardware, wigs

63
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what year was did a group of Enslaves Aftricans set fire to a building in New York

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1712

64
Q

What year was the Stono Rebellion?

A

1739

65
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What year was the Arson Conspiracy Trials?

A

1741

66
Q

Who argued the Tabula rasa thearoy of Human developement

A

John Locke

67
Q

Who published his thearies on gravity in ________ in 1697?

A

Sir Issacc Nueton in Principia

68
Q

who was the examplary of the age of Enlightment?

A

Benjamin franklin

69
Q

the most famous speech Jonathan Edwards gave was the _______

A

Sinners in the Hands of an angry God

70
Q

Who attended an event george whitefield held?

A

Benjamin Franklin

71
Q

the great awakening was the first true ______ event

A

American

72
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The enlightment influenced mostly _____

A

elites

73
Q

The Awakening influenced mostly ______

A

the common person

74
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Both are against ________ _______

A

National Religion

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