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Am. Revolution Pt. 2
Question | Answer |
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the final battle of the Revolutionary War | Battle of Yorktown |
the purpose of the First Continental Congress | draft a letter to King George III expressing their demand for the Intolerable Acts to stop |
The colonists felt King George III was.... | unfair and did not respect their rights and freedoms |
an important U.S. document that explained the reasons the colonists wanted to be their own country | Declaration of Independence |
this required the colonists to house soldiers and pay for their meals | Quartering Act |
created to coordinate the efforts of the colonists to fight the British | Continental Army |
the British people who were loyal to King George III | Loyalist |
the colonists who wanted independence from Great Britain | Patriot |
ready to fight at a moment's notice | Minutemen |
members of the British army | Redcoats |
Cause: King George III passed the Stamp Act | Effect: Massachusetts urges colonies to boycott British goods |
Cause: King George III passed the Quartering Act | Effect: The Sons of Liberty were organized |
Cause: The colonists came together and fought fiercely for their freedom from England | Effect: Colonists won the Revolutionary War |
wrote the Declaration of Independence | Thomas Jefferson |
What did the colonists gain after the Revolutionary War? | freedom, independence, and representation of their own government |
The Declaration of Independence described several of these that the colonists had against the King of England | grievances |