American Revolution 1 DWJH | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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What is the immediate result of General Cornwallis surrendering at Yorktown?

The signing of the Treaty of Paris 1783

Stamp Act

Taxed newspapers, magazines, and documents

What phrase did the colonist use that meant Parliament was taxing them without their consent?

No Taxation without Representation

What are the 3 Unalienable Rights listed in the Declaration of Independence?

Life, Liberty, Happiness

Intolerable Acts

Closed Boston Harbor, Punishment for Boston Tea Party, Quartered soldiers in colonial homes

If a colonists was reluctant to separate from Great Britain, what might persuade him to do so?

Thomas Paine's Common Sense

Why was the Battle of Saratoga a Turning Point?

It convinced France to support America

What event saw a severe lack of subsistence?

Valley Forge

Who won naval victories against the British?

John Paul Jones

Why did the British impose taxes such as the Sugar Act, Stamp Act, and Townshend Acts?

To pay for the cost of defending the colonies

Colonies can only buy from Mother Country, Trade with other countries is restricted

Mercantilism

What geographic feature did the Proclamation of 1763 limit the colonists from crossing?

Appalachian Mountains

Townshend Acts

Taxed imports such as glass, lead, tea, paper

How did the colonists react to the Intolerable Acts?

They met at the 1st Continental Congress