Revolutionary War

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How did the Intolerable Acts punish Massachusetts economically?

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closed the port of Boston until the colonist paid for the tea

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Where did the First and Second Continental Congress meet?

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Philadelphia, PA

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Colonists that support the British were called

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Loyalists

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Whose Enlightenment philosophy did Jefferson use in the Declaration of Independence?

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John Locke

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According to Thomas Jefferson, what inalienable rights did all men have?

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life, liberty and pursuit of happiness

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What drove the colonists to declare independence from Great Britain?

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taxes, no representation in Parliament, quartering of soldiers in their homes and closing of Boston harbor

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Where were the first armed conflicts of the American Revolution? Options: Yorktown, Saratoga, Lexington and Concord, Bunker Hill

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Lexington and Concord

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Who was the first choice to command the Continental Army?

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George Washington

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Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

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Thomas Jefferson

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What document officially ended the Revolutionary War? Options: Treaty of Paris 1783, Stamp Act, Declaration of Independence, Treaty of Paris 1763

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Treaty of Paris 1783