American Revolution

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Q: Battle that effectively ended the Revolution?
A: Yorktown

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Q: Ideal used by the American Republic by 1815?
A: Enlightenment ideals

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Q: Reason colonies culturally separated from Britain?
A: Economic differences

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Q: Where was the 1st battle fought?
A: Lexington and Concord

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Q: Treaty that ended the Revolution?
A: Treaty of Paris (1783)

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Q: People who favored independence?
A: Patriots

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Q: How did the Revolution show Enlightenment ideas?
A: Government based on rights

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Q: Where was the "shot heard ’round the world" fired?
A: Lexington, Massachusetts

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Q: Enlightenment thinker who influenced the Revolutions?
A: John Locke

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Q: Ideas behind the Declaration and Revolution?
A: Natural rights and social contract

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Q: Battles that began the Revolution?
A: Lexington and Concord

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Q: Colonists’ advantage in the Revolution?
A: Fighting on their home territory

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Q: What did Franklin’s "Join, or Die" cartoon try to do?
A: Unite the colonies

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Q: What happened after Britain’s war costs increased?
A: Britain taxed the colonies

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Q: Locke’s ideas that influenced the Revolution?
A: Natural rights

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Q: Where was Crispus Attucks killed?
A: Boston Massacre

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Q: Turning point of the Revolution?
A: Saratoga

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Q: Washington’s role in the Revolution?
A: Leader of the Continental Army

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Q: What was the Stamp Act?
A: British tax on paper goods

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Q: How did the Stamp Act affect colonists?
A: Angered them over taxation without representation

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Q: How did the Boston Massacre picture push colonists toward revolution?
A: Anti-British propaganda

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Q: Who were the Sons of Liberty?
A: Secret group protesting British taxes

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Q: How did the Sons of Liberty respond to the Townshend Acts?
A: Boycotts and protests

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Q: How were the groups similar?
A: United colonists against British rule

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Q: How did the Sons of Liberty react to the tea tax?
A: Dumped tea in Boston Harbor

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Q: How did salutary neglect affect colonists?
A: They became used to self-government

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Q: Which group would the passage’s author belong to?
A: Quakers (Pacifists)