American Revolution

Front

What angered the colonists to the point where they wanted independence from Britain? Options: taxes, Boston Tea Party, Lexington and Concord, Declaration of Independence

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taxes

Front

Who agreed to give the Americans their freedom after the victory at Yorktown?

Back

King George III

Front

The profitability of cash-crop agriculture led to the development of what type of trade between European countries, the Colonies, and Africa?

Back

Triangular Trade

Front

What is the name of the acts that were passed after the Boston Tea Party?

Back

Intolerable Acts

Front

Written in the summer of 1776 by a committee chosen by the Continental Congress and independence was officially declared after it was accepted.

Back

Declaration of Independence

Front

Who wrote a pamphlet during the Revolution that encouraged people to stay with the cause even when times were bad?

Back

Thomas Paine

Front

What are the 3 unalienable rights?

Back

life, liberty and the protection of property

Front

Who wrote about the unalienable rights?

Back

John Locke

Front

What did Thomas Jefferson write? Options: The Magna Carta, The Mayflower Compact, The Declaration of Independence, The Emancipation Proclamation

Back

The Declaration of Independence

Front

Who is a French aristocrat who was leading role in the American Revolution?

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Marquis de Lafayette