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- 3. This battle was a military engagement between Patriot and Loyalist militias in South Carolina during the Southern Campaign of the American Revolutionary War, resulting in a decisive victory for the Patriots. The battle took place on October 7, 1780, where the Patriot militia defeated the Loyalist militia commanded by British Major Patrick Ferguson of the 71st Foot. The battle has been described as "the war's largest all-American fight".
- 6. On September 11, 1777, General Sir William Howe and General Charles Cornwallis launch a full-scale British attack on General George Washington and the Patriot near Chadds Ford, in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, on the road linking Baltimore and Philadelphia. This victory allowed the British to capture the city of Philadelphia which at that time was the Patriot capital. Congress, which had been meeting in Philadelphia, fled first to Lancaster, then to York, Pennsylvania, and the British took control of the city without Patriot opposition.
- Belief that a country's wealth and power stem from the amount of gold and silver in its treasury and that it must export more than it imports. This is how the British government justified its hold on the colonies.
- These are rights that people supposedly have under natural law. The Declaration of Independence of the United States lists life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness as natural rights.
- This was a final attempt by the colonists to avoid going to war with Britain during the American Revolution. It was a document in which the colonists pledged their loyalty to the crown and asserted their rights as British citizens. Rejected by the king.
- 5. When British General Lord Charles Cornwallis and his army of 7000 surrendered to General George Washington's American force and its French allies at this battle on October 19, 1781, it was more than just military win. The outcome in Yorktown, Virginia marked the conclusion of the last major battle of the American Revolution and the start of a new nation's independence.
- . According to the ______________, only British ships could transport goods to and from thecolonies.a. Sugar Act b. Declaratory Actc. Navigation Acts d. Townshend Acts
- Ship belonging to John Hancock that was seized for suspicion of smuggling.
- Author of Common Sense which proposed colonial independence from Britain.
- Colonists that were loyal to the colonies and opposed the British crown.
- Drafted a radical document known as the Virginia Resolves.
- Due to the _________, the colonists formed the First Continental Congress.a. Townshend Acts b. Tea Actc. Declaratory Act d. Intolerable Acts
- The ________ was the first direct tax on the colonies because a colonist had to pay for thetax every time they used a paper product.a. Paper Tax b. Intolerable Actsc. Stamp Actd. Townshend Acts
- Book that introduced the concept of colonial independence from Britain. Thomas Paine wrote it.
- Nickname given to the British soldiers because of their uniforms.
- The British reaction to the Boston Tea Party was the passing of the ________ by King GeorgeIII which caused the colonists to form the First Continental Congress.a. Townshend Acts b. Stamp Actc. Intolerable Acts d. Tea Party Act
- The colonial response to the __ was widespread protests as well as non-importation ofBritish goods.a. Stamp Act b. Sugar Actc. Tea Act d. Proclamation of 1763
- The _______________ said that Parliament had the authority to pass laws and taxes therebyending colonial self-rule.a. Coercive Acts b. Townshend Actsc. Declaratory Acts d. Sugar Act
- How was life in the confederate states changed by the civil war
- At the ______________, Crispus Attucks became one of the five colonists killed by Britishsoldiers.a. Boston Massacre b. Boston Tea Partyc. Colonial Massacred. Philadelphia Massacre