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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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When was the Olive Branch Petition

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July 1775

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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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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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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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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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What day was the Dec of Ind. adopted?

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July 4, 1776

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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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What did the British attempt in Massachusetts?

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wanted to contain revolutionary sentiment

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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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In ______ British launched a large sea and land offensive

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1776

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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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What day was the victory in Trenton

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Dec 24th, 1776

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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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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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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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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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Where was the 7 years war taking place?

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America, Caribbean, Europe, Africa, India

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What was the cause?

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Economics

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

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1754

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What was the most notorious Batlle during the 7 years war?
The Battle of Fort William-Henry
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What year did the tide begin to change for the British?
1758
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What ended the war?
The Treaty of Paris (1763)
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What happened in 1763?
Pontiac's Rebellion
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What was the Proclamation of 1763?
Settlers were not allowed to settle west of the Appalachain Mountains
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Define Republicanism
The authority of rulers to should be conditional rather than absolute
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What was the first act passed by parliment for the colonists?
Sugar Act 1764
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Who coined the phrase, "Taxation without representation is tyranny"
James Otis (Massachusetts Lawer)
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What was the first DIRECT tax on the colonists?
The Stamp Act 1765
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Why did Britian repeal the Stamp act in 1766?
Because the Colonists protested
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What was the Non-importation movement?
When people refused to buy British imported goods in the Colonies
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What did the Tea act allow?
for the company to bypass American wholesalers to sell directly to merchants at reduced prices.
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What happened on Dec 16, 1773
50 members of the Sons of Liberty boarded 3 ships and dumped chests of tea into the harbor
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In 1774, how much dollars of tea was destroyed?
18,000 pounds (EURO)
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16th century slave data
275,000 enslaved Africans exported
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17th century slave data
A little less than 1 mil slaves exported8
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18th century slave data
6 million slaves exported
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19th century slave data
2 million slaves exported
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total enslaved Africans exported
10 million
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What is the Middle Passage?
the arduous voyage from Africa to the Americas
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How much of their human cargo did initial voyagers loose?
1/3
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Cost of exporting slaves accounted for ____ of the price of slave when sold
3/4
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Presidio
One method of Spanish settlement (military installation)
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Pueblo
Second method of Spanish settlement (civil town)
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Did Spain limit migration of it's citizens?
Yes
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Espanoles vs Mestizos
pure blood (high rank) vs non pure blood (low rank) Spanish system of ranks depends on race
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Did France limit migration of it's citizens?
Yes
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Did Britian Limit Migration of it's citizens
no
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Social Mobility
Can work towards a new rank
54
what percentage of slaves weret taken to the US?
5%
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What was the average life span of a slave?
23 years old
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What was the acts that followed the Boston Tea Party
Coercive Acts/ Intolerable Acts
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What day were British Soldiers sent out to Lexington and Concord?
April 19th, 1775
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when 240 British soldiers arrived in Lexington what were they greated by?
70 minutemen
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Boston Massacre date
March 5, 1770
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What were some of the goods the Townshed Acts placed a tax on?
Lead, Glass, Paper, Paint, tea
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Who penned the Massachusetts Cicular Letter?
Samuel Adams
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What did the British export to the Colonies?
Textiles, linen/cotton fabrics, books, metalware/hardware, wigs
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what year was did a group of Enslaves Aftricans set fire to a building in New York
1712
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What year was the Stono Rebellion?
1739
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What year was the Arson Conspiracy Trials?
1741
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Who argued the Tabula rasa thearoy of Human developement
John Locke
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Who published his thearies on gravity in ________ in 1697?
Sir Issacc Nueton in Principia
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who was the examplary of the age of Enlightment?
Benjamin franklin
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the most famous speech Jonathan Edwards gave was the _______
Sinners in the Hands of an angry God
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Who attended an event george whitefield held?
Benjamin Franklin
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the great awakening was the first true ______ event
American
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The enlightment influenced mostly _____
elites
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The Awakening influenced mostly ______
the common person
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Both are against ________ _______
National Religion

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