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Kraft- American Revolution
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9th Grade
01/16/2008

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What monarchy was King George III from?
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Hanovers
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Which agency or group is responsible for stopping smuggling?
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Customs
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What is the title of the person who oversees the American colonial economy
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Colonial Ministers
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What is the name of the English courts in the American colonies that consisted of an England judge and no jury?
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Admirality Courts
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What is the law that outlawed colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains?
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Proclamation Line
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What law created the Board of Cutoms Commissions?
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The Townshend Acts
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Where was the first phase of the American Revolutionary war fought?
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Boston
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His murder happened before the Boston Massacre and was the reason for the heightened tension between the American colonials and English throughout Boston
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Christopher Snider
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How many American colonials were killed during the Boston Massacre?
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5
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Who defended the English soliders on trial for the Boston Massacre?
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John Adams
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Why did the Tea Act anger the American Colonials
Definition
Lowered the sale of American Tea
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What company's tea was dumped into the Boston Harbor?
Definition
British East India Trading Company
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What law came in response to the Boston Tea Party?
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Intolerable Acts
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Which colony sent no delegates to the Continental Congresses?
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Georgia
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In what city did the Continental Congresses meet?
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Philidelphia
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What is the name of the American Colonial army?
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Continental
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Who was the commander of the American colonial army?
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George Washington
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Who was placed in charge of the American colonial army's artillery division?
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William Knox
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Who was the original commander of the British army?
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Gage
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Paid soliders from other countries who fought for England?
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Mercenaries
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German mercenaries
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Hessians
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What is the name of the fightings tactic used by the American colonial army?
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Conventional
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What is the name of the fighting tactic used by the British Army?
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Conventional
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What is the fighting tactic used by the American Colonial Militias?
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Guerilla
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People who helped Paul Revere warn the area around Boston that "the British are coming" to Concord?
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William Dawes and Sam Prescott
Term
What is the first battle of the American Revolutionary War?
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Battle of Lexington and Concord
Term
What part of the Battle of Lexington and Concord did the colonials win?
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The March Back
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Why did the Continentals retreat after the Battle of Bunker Hill if they were winning the battle?
Definition
They ran out of ammunition
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What "miracle" caused the English to evacuate Boston?
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The Miracle of Dorchester Hieghts
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What is the name of the proposed peace document sent by the 2nd Continental Congress to King George III?
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Olive Branch Petition
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Who is the main author of the Declaration of Independence?
Definition
Thomas Jefferson
Term
What movement's ideas are found throughout the Declaration of Independence?
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Enlightenment
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Where was the second phase of the American Recolutionary War fought?
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New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
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Who won the battle of New York?
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British
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What two battles in New Jersey raised the morale of the the Continental Army?
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Trenton and Princeton
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What battle is known as the "turning point" of the American Revolution?
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Saratoga
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Why is the Battle of Saratoga known as the "turning point" of the war?
Definition
Got the French Alliance
Term
What treaty established commerce between France and the American colonials?
Definition
Treaty of Amity and Commerce
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What treaty established a military alliance between France and the American Colonials?
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Treaty of Alliance
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What was Valley Forge to the Continental Army?
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Winter Camp
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What is the name of the Prussian general who helped train the Continental army while at Valley Forge?
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Baron Von Stueban
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Who convinced the Prussian general to come help the Continental Army?
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Benjamin Franklin
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What is the first battle fought by the Continental army after leaving Valley Forge?
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Monmouth
Term
Explain the result and importance of the battle of Monmouth
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British moved to New York. It was a draw
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Where was the third phase of the American Revolutionary war fought?
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Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia
Term
Where did Cornwallis "entrench" himself towards the end of the war and why did he choose this place?
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Yorktown- Could go out the Chesapeake Bay and back to England if he needed to
Term
What is last major battle of the American Revolution?
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Battle of Yorktown
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Why couldn't the English excape during the final battle of the American Revolution
Definition
The French Blocked Bay
Term
List the two terms of the Treaty of Paris 1783
Definition
1. The United States was created
2. The United States gets all British land East of the Mississippi.
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