Quick Quiz US1.6a-b

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Quick Quiz US1.6a-b

• Ready, Set, Go!

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What did England want to remain?

• A World Power!

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What is the Stamp Act?

• A tax on printed Material

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Why did England tax the colonies with the Stamp
Act?

• To finance the French and Indian War

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Why did England pass the Quartering Act?

• To help maintain English troops in the colonies.

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What did the colonists want in Parliament?

• Representation!

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Who had the idea of Life, Liberty, and Property?

• John Locke

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What is an unalienable right?

• A right that cannot be taken away!

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Thomas Jefferson wrote Life, Liberty and_________?

• The pursuit of happiness!

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Where did Thomas Jefferson believe the government
derives power from?

• The People

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If the government violates peoples rights, what
does Thomas Jefferson believe that people have a
right and duty to do?

• Change the government

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What was the name of the document that proclaimed
the 13 colonies independent from England?

• The Declaration of Independence

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Who was the British during the Revolutionary era?

• George III

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Who was commander of the Continental Army?

• George Washington

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Who said Give me liberty or give me death?

• Patrick Henry

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Who wrote Common Sense?

• Thomas Paine

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Who was the major author of the Declaration of
Independence?

• Thomas Jefferson

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Who was a former slave that wrote plays and poems
supporting the American Revolution?

• Phyllis Wheatley

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Who said The British are coming!

• Paul Revere

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What battle was the turning point of the war?

• Battle of Saratoga

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Where did Cornwallis surrender?

• Yorktown

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Who led the Boston Tea Party?

• Samuel Adams and Paul Revere

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The treaty where England recognized American
independence?

• Treaty of Paris

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What happened at the Boston Massacre?

• Colonists were shot after taunting British
  soldiers.

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Where was the first armed conflict of the war?

• Battle of Lexington and Concord.

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What were the 3 colonial advantages during the
war?

• Defense of land, principles and beliefs
• France and Spain
• Strong Leadership

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When was the Declaration of Independence approved?

• July 4, 1776

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At what did delegates from all colonies meet to
discuss problems with England and promote
independence?

• First Continental Congress

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Good Job

• The End