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| Encounters between the British Army and Continental Army at Trenton and Princeton, New Jersey in late 1776 |
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| Gave Americans small victories needed to help morale. |
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| the biggest british defeat before Yorktown was: |
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| the french committed themselves to recognize American Independence |
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| after saratoga and fears of british reconcilation |
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| congress under the Articles of Confederation did not have authority to |
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| establish a monetary system |
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| the british strategy at the beginning of the revolution was to cut this area from the rest of the colonies |
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| Washington crossed the Delaware and counterattacks at Trenton |
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| the british souther campaign was from |
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| the british strategy in 1776 and 1777 was to move north up the Hudson and south from Canada in order toL |
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| which one of the following lists the battles of the American Revolution in order |
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| Trenton, Saratoga, Yorktown |
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| While not strategically significant, Washington revived the morale by sneaking back across the Delaware River to surprise the British at |
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| what was most characteristic of the continental army encamped at Valley Forge |
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| it contained may who were drawn from the ranks of the poor and disadvantaged. |
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| The local militias that fought in the War |
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| suffered appaling rates of desertion |
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| What wasn't a provision of the Northwest Ordinance? |
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| new states had equal footing with original ones |
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| The most important role of the Patriot Militia was: |
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| forcing more apathetic Americans to choose sides. |
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the delegates who met in 1787 included all of the following EXCEPT
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| the nationalists who pressed for a strengthened union of the states in the aftermath of the American Revolution were LEAST likely to be |
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| under the provisions of the virginia plan |
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| a bicameral legislature would be organized according to state population |
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| the virginia plan was to the larger states as the ______ was to the smaller states |
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| Approval of the Great Compromise at Philadelphia constitutional convention guarenteed |
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| Representation based on population in the House and by the state in the Senate |
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| Federalist majorities tended to be in coastal areas because they were more |
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| A federalist would be believe what? |
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| a strong national goverment is less susceptible to control by a single faction intent on limiting the rights of others |
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| The first ten amendments were quickly added to the newly Constitution to |
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| reassure those who feared the power of the national government to restrict citizens' rights |
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| to the the residents at Mingo Cree, GW was |
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| the symbol of a new and strong federal government |
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| the significance of British construction of Fort Miami was that |
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| it was well within the American territory in the 1783 treaty |
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| the Virginia and Kentucky resolves were an attempt to counter the Alien and Sedition Acts by defending |
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| by 1800 the nations most important urban centers |
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| lacked a satisfactory water outlet for trade |
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| What was not a way the US benefited from the 25years of warfare between the british and french |
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| american ships carried more european goods |
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| the 3 elements in Henry Clay's American System were also supported by Madison and Monroe |
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| National bank, tariff, roads and canals |
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| the panic of 1789 reflected the |
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| transition from a farming to a more commercial economy |
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| by 1800, the US was predominately |
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| what wasn't a part of Jefferson's political philosophy |
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| manufacturing and industralization would enrich America |
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| in getting the purchase of Louisana. Jefferson violated this principle which he had rigidly insisted on earlier |
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| Strict interpretation of the Constitution |
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| What wasn;t a major migration route |
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| Great Lakes to Northern Illinois |
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| The louisana purchase ______ the US size |
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| the monroe doctrine told Europeans to stay out of |
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| what increased Federal control over international trade |
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| the spanish turned to use of African labor on the New World plantations because |
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| native populations had declined too rapidly to provide the need for labor |
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| locations such as Madeira, Barbados, Jamaica, and Haiti illustrated the commercial connection between slavery and |
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| most africans were enslaved |
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| by cooperation between European and African traders |
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| the conditions for emergence of African American communities and cultures were |
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