American Independence

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The date the Declaration of Independence was adopted was:

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1776

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What boundary was designated as the line NOT to cross in the Proclamation of 1763?

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Appalachian Mountains

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The Stamp Act put a tax on: stamps, most printed materials, mail, envelopes.

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most printed materials.

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Multiple "tax acts" such as the Tea Act and Sugar Act were imposed on colonists in order to:

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pay for the French and Indian War.

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Who told her husband to "remember the ladies" when writing the Declaration of Independence?

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Abigail Adams

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Chief writer of the Declaration of Independence:

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Thomas Jefferson

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Battle that convinced France to join the Patriots in the American Revolution:

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Battle of Saratoga

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He was a resident of Virginia, a planter, soldier in the French and Indian War, delegate to first and second Continental Congress, Commander of the Continental Army, chairman of the Constitutional Convention. Who is being described?

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George Washington

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Thomas Paine wrote what famous document, that persuaded the colonists to join the cause for independence?

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Common Sense

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Which was NOT a grievance listed in the Declaration of Independence? quartering of troops, no trial by jury of peers, taxation without representation, unfair balance of trade

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unfair balance of trade