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Effects Board 1We gotta We gotta

fight for our fight for our right!!right!!

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Victory or death? Victory or death? How about just How about just

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Real Question Board 2Figures of Figures of

IndependenceIndependence

This was the first battle of the American

Revolution

Lexington

This battle took place on December 26,

1776.

The Battle of Trenton

This battle was considered the

turning point of the war, securing aid from the French.

Battle of Saratoga

This battle was considered the last major battle of the American Revolution.

Battle of Yorktown

•Though neither side “won” this battle, Washington demonstrated his keen sense of leadership and strategy by narrowly escaping in the middle of the night using militiamen as a distraction.

Battle of Princeton

This economic system dominated

trade relationships between the

British and her colonies.

Mercantilism

These acts greatly restricted trade within the colonies because it gave

the British a great amount of control over colonial

trade.

Navigation Acts

This act placed a direct tax on all paper goods, such as

newspapers and magazines.

Stamp Act

These acts were passed as a

punishment after the Boston Tea Party; the port of Boston was shut down and

trials of royal officials were to be

held in GB

Intolerable (coercive)

This was an indirect tax that took the

place of the stamp tax. Though it was

eventually repealed, the tax on tea

remained.

Townshend Act

Paine wrote this in order to rally colonists to support the call for independence.

Common Sense

This British Philosopher supported the Social Contract Theory and the right to overthrow an unfair government

Locke

Thomas Paine released his first article of this

series on December 23, 1776. It was distributed

by Washington to his troops immediately before the Battle of

Trenton.

The American Crisis

This was the famous line written by Abigail Adams when request that her husband include women in the rights stated within the D.O.I.

“remember the ladies”

This man drafted most of the

Declaration of Independence

Jefferson

He was the commander of the continental army.

Washington

He was the King of England during the time of the American Revolution

King George III

This American pushed for declaring independence during the Second Continental Congress; He was also on the Committee of Five

John Adams

This patriot led the Sons of Liberty

Samuel Adams

TThis philosopher believe that the State of

Nature was a state of war, and that people were naturally bad. It

directly contracted Locke.

Hobbes

This group of fighters utilized “guerilla warfare”, in which they would engage in surprise attacks rather than traditional warfare.

Militia

This American general set up a blockade at Bemis Heights, which led to the Burgoyne’s surrender at Saratoga.

Gates

•This Treaty secured aid from

the French.

Treaty of Alliance

This document was the first attempt at government after independence was declared.

Articles of Articles of ConfederationConfederation

This is the building in which the Declaration of Independence was

signed and the Constitution was

drafted.

Independence Hall

Final Jeopardy!!!!!!!!!!!!

•Name three specific provisions of the Intolerable Acts.

•Name the three sections of the Declaration of Independence