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10th grade review Unit 4

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  • Who gave the speech that ended "give me liberty, or give me death"
    Patrick Henry
  • What was the turning point of the war in the South?
    The Battle of King's Mountain
  • What happened in Congress on July 2, 1776
    Congress adopted Lee's resolution that the colonies were free and independent states.
  • What did the Declaration of the Causes explain
    Why the colonies were justified in standing up for their rights and resisting the actions of the British govenrment.
  • What did many state constitutions written in the 1780s provide?
    Bills of rights, expanded right to vote
  • How did King George III react to colonial resistance to British laws?
    He declared the colonies to be in a state of rebellion
  • What was a key element of British strategy in the war?
    To control the major cities and divide New England from the rest of the colonies.
  • The Declaration of Independence was an example of what philosophy or thought world?
    Enlightenment thinking.
  • Who led thousands of settlers through the Cumberland Gap?
    Daniel Boone
  • What was the outcome of the conflict at Lexington and Concord?
    The British troops were defeated and retreated back into Boston.
  • What was the first governing document of the United States?
    The Articles of Confederation
  • Why did British troops move out of Boston on April 18 1775
    To arrest Sam Adams and John Hancock and to seize a stockpile of patriot weapons
  • Cornwallis surrendered to Washington at Yorktown, Virginia. On what date did he surrender?
    October 19, 1781
  • How was the American revolution a civil war?
    The US population was divided, with many colonists remaining loyal to Britain and eventually leaving the United States.
  • What is the significance of Valley Forge?
    Washington's army camped there in difficult conditions during the sever winter of 1777-1778
  • Who was the principal writer of the Declaration of Independence?
    Thomas Jefferson
  • What were the nicknames of the two political parties in Britain?
    Tories and Whigs
  • What was a major issue that delayed the ratification of this document by all of the states?
    Disposition of western lands.
  • Who wrote Common Sense
    Thomas Paine
  • Whom did the Second Continental Congress appoint as Commander of the Continental Army of the Continental Army?
    George Washington
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