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Name the economic system practiced in Europe at the time of the founding of the american colonies.
Mercantilism
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One type of colonial charter was the Royal. Name two others.
Proprietory & Self-Governing
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Name the document from British history that establishes the principle of representative government.
Magna Carta
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Give the Latin phrase for the right of an Englishman to be brought before a judge after arrest for arraignment.
Habeas Corpus
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What was the french and Indian War known as in Europe?
7 years war
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What did the colonists describe as "A revinue measure disguised as a duty?"
The Townshend Duties (1767)
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Give the month, day , and year of the Boston Massacre.
March 5th 1770
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Name the British customs cutter that was vandalized by Rhode Island colonists in 1772.
HMS Gaspee
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Name the patriot organization that was behind the "Boston Tea Party"
The Sons of Liberty
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Give two other names for the Coercive Acts.
The Intoloerable acts or the Punative act
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What British General came up with the three-part plan for defeating the Continentals in New York in 1777?
General John Burgoyne
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Name the US General credited by history with victory in the Saratoga Battle.
General Horatio Gates
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Name the first battle fought by Washington in defence of Philadelphia in the fall of 1777.
Brandywine creek
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Name the the foriegn officer credited with the proper training of the Continental Army during the Valley Forge encampment.
Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
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Who succeeded General Howe as the commander of British forces in America?
General Sir Henry Clinton
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By 1780, what British officer had "finally devised a strategy for winning the war?"
General Sir Henry Clinton
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Name the Continental General at Charleston SC who surrendered an army of 5,000 defenders to the British in 1780.
Benjamin Lincoln
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Name the British officer who led loyalists in a massacre of patriots at the Waxhaws in May, 1780.
General Sir Banastre Tarleton
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Name the commander of the Continental Army at the battle of Camden, SC.
General Horatio Gates
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Name the commander of the British Army at the battle of Camden, SC.
Lord Cornwallis
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Name the commander of the Patriot forces at the battle Cowpens.
Daniel Morgan
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Name the Philadelphia banker who became the secretary of finance for the Continental Congress.
Robert Morris Jr.
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Name the commander of the french fleet that assisted Washington in his victory at Yorktown.
comte de Grasse
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Name the governer of Virginia in 1781.
Thomas Jefferson
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Give the Month, Day, and year of the formal surrender of British forces at Yorktown.
October 19, 1781
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Name the town in new York where General Washington defused a developing coup d' etat in 1783.
Newburgh, New York
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Name the secretary of the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1783.
Charles Thomson
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