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colonian era
colonial and revolutionary war review
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History
8th Grade
04/07/2009

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Colonial Era
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Era in United States history in which the English first settle in America
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1607
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the establishment of Jamestown,1st permanent english settlement.
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1776
Definition
Americans declared independence from Great Britain.
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colony was founded partly as a safe place for debtors
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Georgia
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The economy of the New England Colonies was based mainly on—
Definition
shipbuilding,whaling, fishing and trade.
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The economy of the Middle Colonies was in large part based upon—
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cash crops such as wheat.
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The original 13 colonies were established for the following reason
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religious and economic reasons
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safe place for debtors
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Georgia
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safe place for Catholics being persecuted in England
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Maryland
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Mercantilism
Definition
England viewed its North American colonies as an economic resource that existed for the benefit of the English.
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Following the French and Indian War, the British Proclamation of 1763 prohibited colonists from—
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Attending town meetings.
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stamp act
Definition
act placed a tax on paper products
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sugar act
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Act that placed a tax on anything containing sugar
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Quatering act
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Act forcing colonist to house British soldiers
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Townshend act
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Act taxing all imported goods brought into the colonies
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Who wrote "Comon sense" and why?
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Thomas Paine to encourage colonist to declare independence from England
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Who said "Give me Liberty or give me death"
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Patrick Henry
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Who was comander and chief during American Revolution
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George Washington
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Who Surrendered at the Battle of Yorktown
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General Cornwallis
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What was the Boston Tea Patry?
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When a group of Patriots Dump tea of the Boston Harbor, to rebel against tea act
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Boston Massacre
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When British Soldiers shot and killed 6 colonist
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acts that were so harsh the colonists called them “Intolerable”
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Coercive act
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Battle of Yorktown
Definition
Battle that ende the American Revolution
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Battle of Saratoga
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Battle that was the turning point, gained help from French
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Why were the the colonist mad about getting taxed
Definition
taxation without representation
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Who was King George III?
Definition
England's king during the American revolution
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Treaty of Paris 1783
Definition
treaty signed after the American Revolution in which Benjamin Franklin help to negotiate?
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He was the author of the Declaration of Independence.
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Thomas Jefferson
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Battle of Lexington and Concord
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Battle known as the "Shot heard around the World" First Battle During American Revolution
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Patriot
Definition
people who support independence from England
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Loyalist
Definition
people who remain loyal to England and the King
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What THREE unalienable rights are listed in the Declaration of Independence?
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Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness
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Sons of Liberty
Definition
several prominent Patriots who used both violent and non-violent means to protest English rule in the colonies
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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut.
Definition
In 1620 agreement in which colonist agreed to obey the laws passed “for the general good of the colony.”
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