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Question 1

English logic/defense for taxing colonies

Answer 1

England argued that colonists benefited from the military defense they provided as evident from the French and Indian War. Colonists should pay taxes to help pay for some of the cost.

Question 2

Colonial responses to taxes imposed by English Parliament

Answer 2

Responses ranged from peaceful to violent
Peaceful-petitions to parliament, letters to King, boycotts, speeches
violent-Boston Tea Party (threw tea to be taxed into the water in Boston), Tar and feathering (abuse) of tax collectors

Question 3

Intolerable Acts

Answer 3

Name given by Colonists to the laws passed by England in response to the Boston Tea Party. The laws 1. Shut down Boston Harbor until money was paid for damaged tea, 2. Colonists had to feed and house redcoats (British soldiers), 3. No town meetings without permissions, 4. British officials stand trial in Canada or England

Question 4

George Washington

Answer 4

Future first president of the United States. During the Revolutionary War, he was chosen by the Continental Congress to lead the Continental Army

Question 5

Patriots/Rebels

Answer 5

Terms used to describe colonists who supported the idea of declaring independence and fighting England

Question 6

Thomas Jefferson

Answer 6

Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence

Question 7

Declaration of Independence

Answer 7

This document speaks of God-given rights men are born with, the role government plays protecting those rights and lists many ways England violated those rights

Question 8

Purpose of the Declaration of Independence

Answer 8

To formally inform England, King George III and the rest of the world that the 13 colonies were no longer politically connected to England

Question 9

Saratoga

Answer 9

Turning point battle in the American Revolution in NYS. Patriots won, which led France to become a military ally to their conflict with England. Victory at Saratoga also blew up recoat strategy to isolate New England colonies from middle and Southern colonies and focus attacks on New England

Question 10

Valley Forge

Answer 10

Location in Pennsylvania where Continental Army was at their low point. Disease, starvation, frostbite desertion and death were widespread. The fight for independence appears doomed to fail.