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Early attempts at self government and legal protections in the English colonies came from their experience with all of the following EXCEPT
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B.) Royal colonies ruled by a local Governor
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Our relative success around Boston encouraged the political leaders at the Continental Congress to compose a Declaration of Independence, which was primarily written by
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D.) Thomas Jefferson
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Despite losing the battle at _______, the colonists inflicted huge losses on the British, but ran out of ammunition, and were forced to retreat.
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B.) Bunker Hill
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The group known as the _________ were notorious for harassing the British in the city of Boston.
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B.) Sons of Liberty
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The phrase "no taxation without representation" after the French and Indian War referred to when the British
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B.) attempted to require stamps on all official document
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Complex societies had developed in West Africa by controlling the trade of
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C.) gold and salt
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We received aid from many European individuals, and Washington gave command of an army division to a young French nobleman named
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C.) Marquis de Lafayette
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George Washington led a key victory when he launched a surprise attack on the mercenaries called Hessians (British allies) by crossing the Delaware River and attacking at
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C.) Trenton
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Britain's superior strength in Naval forces was somewhat offset when what occurred?
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A.) France signed a treaty with the U.S. and sent their navy to aid us
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We were able to win a final victory by surrounding the British Army in the city of __________, and forcing _________ to surrender.
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A.) Yorktown.....Cornwallis
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England's first SUCCESSFUL attempt to establish a colony in North America was the settlement at
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D.) Jamestown
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This explorer mistakenly labeled the natives as "Indians" because he thought he had reached India by sailing west.
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C.) Christopher Columbus
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In the opening days of the war the loosely organized army of colonists had success fighting the experienced British army around the city of Boston at
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C.) Concord
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The early English colonists expected certain rights as _____________.
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B.) Englishmen
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A cash crop is one that is raised primarily for
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A.) sale
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