In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson writes: โThat whenever any form of Government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish itโฆโ What is he saying?
Colonies have the right to govern themselves
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What was it called when mobs of colonists faced off against British soldiers in Boston that led to bloodshed?
Boston Massacre
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What was the MAIN reason the colonists were angry about these new taxes?
Colonists had no representation in the British government
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Who surrendered his forces at Yorktown, ending the war?
Lord Charles Cornwallis
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Marquis de Lafayette
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Siege battle with Cornwallis assisted by the French navy
Battle of Yorktown
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Charles Cornwallis
Loyalist
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King George III
Loyalist
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A major difference between the activities of the French colonists and the English colonists in North America is that the French -
had a well-established fur trading industry.
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What was Great Britainโs response to the Boston Tea Party that included the closing of Boston Harbor?
Intolerable Acts
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