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Question 1

abigail adams

Answer 1

first woman to serve as Second Lady of United States and the second woman to serve as First Lady. She was also the mother of the sixth President, John Quincy Adams.

Question 2

battle of saratoga

Answer 2

turning point in the American Revolution. It gave the Patriots a major morale boost and persuaded the French, Spanish and Dutch to join their cause against a mutual rival

Question 3

Battle of Yorktown

Answer 3

onclusion of the last major battle of the American Revolution and the start of a new nation’s independence. It also cemented Washington’s reputation as a great leader and eventual election as first president of the United States

Question 4

Common Sense

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helped sway people into supporting those individuals who favored declaring independence from Great Britain. thomas paine 1776

Question 5

Declaration of Independence

Answer 5

helped unify the colonies so that they all fought together instead of trying to make separate peace agreements with Britain.
justified our right to revolt against a government that no longer guaranteed us our natural rights. And it also helped us to get increased foreign assistance

Question 6

John Jay

Answer 6

key negotiator at the Treaty of Paris,served as the first chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and the second governor of New York state.

Question 7

Olive Branch Petition

Answer 7

sent to the King as a last attempt to prevent formal war from being declared emphasized their loyalty to the British crown and emphasized their rights as British citizens.

Question 8

Loyalists

Answer 8

pursue peaceful forms of protest because they believed that violence would give rise to mob rule or tyranny independence would mean the loss of economic benefits derived from membership in the British mercantile system.

Question 9

Patriots

Answer 9

wanted the Thirteen colonies to gain independence from Britain

Question 10

tories

Answer 10

was an American colonist who supported the British

Question 11

whigs

Answer 11

was an American colonist who supported the British

Question 12

treaty of paris 1783

Answer 12

recognized U.S. independence and granted the U.S. significant western territory. ended war

Question 13

Second Continental Congress

Answer 13

momentous step of declaring America’s independence from Britain. 1776