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French & Indian/American Revolution Wars
CP US History Test #1
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In the 1763 Treaty of Paris, France retained
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its West Indian posessions
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The Proclamation of 1763 forbade white settlement:
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West of the Appalachians
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The American Revenue Act was commonly known as the
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Sugar Act
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This group led opposition to the Stamp Act
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Sons of Liberty
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The Stamp Act Congress adopted the:
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Declaration of Rights and Grievances
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Aboard what ship did the "Boston Tea Party" take place?
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Dartmouth
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The British reacted to the Boston Tea Party by passing the
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Coercive Acts
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Those who supported colonial rights condemned their opponents as:
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Tories
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The first American casualties of the Revolutionary War were killed in:
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Lexington
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Congress voted on the Declaration of Independence on:
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July 2nd, 1776
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In the phrase "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" the third element was originally:
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property
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The American naval flag during the Revolution bore the motto:
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Don't Tread on Me
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The peace negotiations at the end of the revolutionary War took place in:
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Paris
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George Washington
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Reluctant Virginia soldier; realized that American independence depended upon a professional army
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Thomas Paine
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Wrote the declaration of independance; English corset maker whose radical ideas were published in Common Sense
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John Locke
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English philosepher whose contract theory underla the writing of the Delaration of Independance
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Marquis De Lafayette
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19-year old French aristocrat; helped Washington train American troops
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Baron Von Stuben
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German aristocrat who remained with Washington at Valley Forge to drill the American army
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Benjamin Franklin
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Philadelphia printer; member of the Continental Congress; ambassador to France
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John Paul Jones
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America's first naval hero; his daring raids along the English coast included capturing the Seapis
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Benjamin Franklin
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Along with John Adams and John Jay in Paris, masterfully concluded the Peace of Paris (1783)
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Casimir Pulaski
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Polish Officer;
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Cornwallis
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