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| What are the Consequences of the Seven Year's War? |
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| Britian was virtually bankrupt and the colonies were costing them a lot of money. To justify protecting the colonies, they taxed them to raise money. |
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| What were the Revenue Acts and Intolerable acts? |
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| Molassas Act, Stamp Act, Townshend Acts, Tea Act, Intolerable Act |
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| What act sparked the Boston Massacre |
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| What was a result of the Boston Massacre? |
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| What sparked the Tea Party; What was a result of the Tea party? |
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| The Tea Act; The Intolerable Acts |
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| What happened to Boston during the Townshend Acts? |
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| Boston's port was closed, the government was replaced with british government |
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| Why did the British march on Lexington and Concord? |
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| The British heard that Concord was stockpiling weapons; They wanted to capture Sam Adams and John Hancock. |
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| What happened to the British troops during their March on Lexington and Concord? |
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| Colonists ambushed troops at lexington and 273 british didn't return. The British couldn't find any colonial weapons because the colonists hid them. They couldn't find Sam Adams or John Hancock either. |
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| At the beginning of the Revolutionary War, what were the British Advantages? |
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| They had a large economy, a well established government, a professional army, and the royal navy was the most powerful in the world |
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| At the beginning of the Revolutionary War, what were British disadvantages? |
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| long lines of communication from Colonies to Britian; Fighting on foreign soil; There were many hostile nations in europe; unfamiliar with guerrilla warfare and skirmishing; not enough man power to occupy the 13 colonies |
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| At the beginning of the Revolutionary War, what were the colonies' advantages? |
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| Fighting on "Home Turf", Ready market of raw resourcecs, No specific center of gravity; Lots of territory |
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| At the beginning of the Revolutionary War, what were the colonies' disadvantages? |
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| Weak Central Government (continental Congress), Economy designed to support Britian in mercantilist system, disunity (loyalists or tories make up 1/3 of population) |
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| How did the British Navy command the sea at the beginning of the Revolutionary War? |
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| Blockaded American ports, Transported british troops to areas of rebellion, Used Hudson River Valley to cut off New England from middle and southern colonies |
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| What type of war was America fighting during the Revolutionary War? |
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| A war of attrition; Use diplomacy to gain european allies with large navies (france); Commerce Raiding |
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| After what battle did Washington sieze a Navy? |
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| After Battle of Bunker Hill |
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| What was the purpose of Washington's navy? |
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| To seize british ships and take their money and weapons and shit. |
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| What was Washington's navy made up of? |
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| merchant vessles; Army officers and soldiers |
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| What two ships of Washinton's navy caught British Vessels? |
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| When is the Navy's Birthday? |
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| When's the Marine Corps Birthday? |
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| Who was the first important officer in the Navy? |
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| What was Esek Hopkins' mission? |
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| To go to the Chesepeake, kick the british out of there, Go to the carolinas kick the british out of there, then go to Rhode Island and kick the British out of there |
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| What did Esek Hopkins do instead of his actual mission; what happened to him because of it? |
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| He went to the Bahamas and conducted the first amphibious marine landing and stole british Cannons; he was relieved of duty |
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| What were the states' navies? Were they effective? |
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| The states had their own navies, however there were little success because they had insufficient resources and no cooperation. |
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| Were there any notable state navy missions during the Revolutionary War? |
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| Loyalists went to penobscot bay in Maine and the british went there to protect them. Massachusctes, New Hampshire, and Continental Navy tried to invade them. 40 ships were lost. |
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| Why was Benedict Arnold's navy in NY? |
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| They were in Lake Champlain because they wanted to stop the british from advancing to Saratoga |
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| What happened during the actual battle at Lake Champlain? |
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| They lost to the British out of Quebec. Arnold stalled British by fleeting south and having the British chase them. They made ships out of trees in a forrest. Anyways they stalled british from invading Saratoga. |
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| What is Guerre de Course? Who practiced it and why? |
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| War on commerce; US practiced it because it was the only thing we were good at apparently |
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| Describe John Paul Jones lyf3 |
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| He embarked on series of raid in British isles. He was the first hostile guy to enter the British Island. Launched an attack on a british fort, destroyed the cannons, held the earl of sandwitch ransom, destroyed more places, went back to france. |
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| Who was involved in the Battle of Flamborough Head? |
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| British and John Paul Jones; he captured british ship and then sailed it back into port with american flag |
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| Who was the captain of the Rager and Bonhomme Richard? |
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| Why did the british invade Charleston during the revolutionary war? |
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| Because they wanted to separate the south and north; Americans end up surrendering and charleston falls |
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| What did the Battle of Charleston prove? |
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| The importance of the Navy |
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| What happened during Yorktown? |
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| US and France trapped Britian. France blocked British from bailing out their army. US wins. Suck it Brits. |
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| Who was Compte De Grasse and Lafayette?? |
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| Compte De Grasse was Admiral of the French Navy and Lafayette was in charge of the French Army |
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| What were the years of the Revolutionary War? |
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| What are the years of the Quasi War? |
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| Who was the Quasi War Between? |
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| Why did the Quasi War happen? |
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| US wanted France to recognize our neutrality rights. In the Treaty of Paris we said we would side with France; however, we made that agreement with the French Monarchy, not the government in charge of the French Revolution |
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| 3 US diplomats went to france to recognize our right as a neutral country. We couldn't see them because they wanted to charge us a ridiculous amount of money to see the french government |
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| Where was the Quasi war fought? |
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| Where were the pirates from during the first Barbary War from? |
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| What did the US do during the First Barbary War? |
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| We didn't want to pay tribute. Jefferson sends squadron to the Med and they try protecting the merchants. |
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| Preble replaces old guy and fights pirates in tripoli harbor. |
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| Who is Preseley O'Brannon? |
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| He led small contigent of marines and attacked castle and forced Pirates to surrender |
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| What was significiant about the USS Philadelphia During the First Barbary wars? |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Philadelphia_(1799)
Too lazy to summarize this shit-- But Decatur fixed it, overtook the ship, and set it on fire. |
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| How did the First Barbary wars end? |
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| O'Brannon lead small contigent of marines and attacked castle and forced them to surrender |
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| How did Non-Intercourse Act adn Macon's Bill lead to hostility? |
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| Lead to anti British feelings? Not sure. Google this shit |
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| Young men inspiried by a strong sense of nationalism and convinced that only an assertive stand could cure Britain's evident disrespect for the US; (Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun |
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| When the British would leave to American ships, so British would start stopping American ships and stop American ships and search for British sailors. They would sometimes take American sailors. Americans weren't that pleased. |
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| USS Constitution v. HMS Guerriere; USS United States vs HMS Macedonian; USS Constitution vs. HMS Java; Superiority of US Ships, Commanders, and Training. As Naval Victories increase so does morale and support |
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| What was the Battle of Lake Erie about? |
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In The Battle of Lake Erie, Nine vessels of the United States Navy defeated and captured six vessels of Great Britain's Royal Navy. This ensured American control of the lake for the rest of the war, which in turn allowed the Americans to recover Detroit and win the Battle of the Thames to break the Indianconfederation of Tecumseh. It was one of the biggest naval battles of the War of 1812.
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| What was the point of the Washington Campaign? |
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| British forces Raid Chesapeake and burned Washington DC. This includes burning of Fort McHenry and the star spangled banner |
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| What happened on 19OCT1813 that changed the way the british fought the war. |
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| I think war broke out in Europe, so they had to focus more trooops and shit there |
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| What happened at the Battle of Lake Champlain during the Battle of 1812 |
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| Americans won and the British, without control of the lake, had to run ground forces away. |
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| What is important of the Battle of New Orleans? |
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| It was fought after the war was over |
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| What was the Treaty of Ghent? |
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| Signed 24 Dec 1814, British end impressment of American seamen; status quo ante bellum |
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| What was the second Barbary wars? |
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| Decatur v. Bainbridge and took places in Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli. The British were involved. I think It dealt with French Colonization? US obviously won. |
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| Where did the Pirates of the Caribbean fight? |
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| Columbia, Venezuela, and Mexico |
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| Who was the main guy who fought the Pirates of the Caribbean? |
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| What was the Mosquito Squadron made up of? |
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| Who was Theodore Roosevelt? |
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| He was a president; headed the Rough Riders |
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| Victory in the battle of santiago during the Spanish American War |
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| Victory in the Battle of Manilla Bay; Only person to get to Admiral of the Navy |
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| Who was Alfred Thayer Mahan? |
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| Book--> Influence of Sea Power |
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| Who was David Glasgow Farragut |
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| He was the first rear admiral, vice admiral, and admiral in the United States Navy. He is remembered in popular culture for his order at the Battle of Mobile Bay, usually paraphrased: "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" by U.S. Navy tradition |
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| Led american troops to victory in mexican american war; monoray |
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| Who was David Dixon Porter? |
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| Pirates of the Carribean and got relieved of duty because of st. thomas |
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| Who was Thomas MacDonough? |
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| What did Oliver Hazard Perry do? |
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| battle of lake erie; carribean |
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| sent Navy to med to fight pirates |
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| Who was Presley O'Brannon |
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| led Marines; Got Sword; Got Pirates to surrender |
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| Uss Philly; 2nd BW led battles |
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| Pirates; replaced old guy |
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| trafalgar; British commander |
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