Unit 2 Review EOC

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This tax required colonists to print newspapers, legal documents, playing cards, etc. on paper bearing a special stamp.

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Stamp Act

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Which group wove their own fabric to make clothes and other goods so the colonists would not have to rely on British goods?

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Daughters of Liberty

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Document written by Thomas Jefferson that states the reasons for why American colonists wanted to separate from Great Britain

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Declaration of Independence

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Location of where the first shots were fired during the American Revolution; showed colonists were not afraid to challenge Britain's powerful military

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Lexington & Concord

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Location where General George Washington suffered horrible conditions with his men, but used the time to train the Continental Army with an intense-training program

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Valley Forge

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This officially ended the Revolutionary War & recognized the US as its own independent country

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Treaty of Paris 1783

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This act set up how land would be divided out West. It helped establish public schools in each township.

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Land Ordinance of 1785

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This group was for the US Constitution & desired a strong federal government

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Federalists

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A series of essays written to gain support for the ratification(approval) of the US Constitution. Essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay

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The Federalist Papers

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This compromise settled the dispute of representation by creating a bicameral legislature (House of Reps. & Senate)

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The Great Compromise