Chapter 5 Flashcards

(17 cards)

1
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The name of hired soldiers for England

A

Hessians

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2
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Lexington and Concord

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The beginning the revolution

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3
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Treaty of Paris signed in the year…?

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1783

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4
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Paxton Boys

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A gang of colonists who took it upon themselves to clear the area of Indians

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5
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Quebec Act

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Could’ve expanded Canada borders to the Ohio river

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6
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The place where Washington and his men spent a butt cold winter and nearly starved to death

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Valley Forge (The winter of 1777-78)

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7
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Saratoga

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The battle that convinced the French to join the colonists

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8
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The Iroquois who killed hundred of militiamen along Pennsylvania border were led by…

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Joseph Brant

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9
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Charles Cornwallis

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One of the generals that led the Carolina campaign and battled up American forces on the Charlestown Peninsula. British won greatest patriot defeat.

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10
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Battle of Kings Mountain

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Turning point of war in the south. Sharpshooters decimated British forces which encouraged farmers to join effort against British.

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11
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General Nathanael Greene

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The fighting Quaker

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12
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Battle of Yorktown

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Patriots won, parliament decides to end war

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13
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Treaty that ended revolution…?

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Treaty of Paris (1783)
• recognized independence of 13 colonies
•Mississippi as Americas western border

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14
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What were the holes in the Articles of Confederation?

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  1. ) inability to regulate trade through tariffs
  2. ) inability to provide standard currency
  3. ) the inability to tax
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15
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Salutary Neglect

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A sort of hands off policy of the English. They didn’t enforce laws and regulations in the colonies

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16
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Letters from a Pennsylvania farmer

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John Dickinson

Opens up the conversation of taxing without representation

17
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Who was the defense attorney for the the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre?