- The main purpose of the Proclamation of Rebellion was to ...
Your answer:
convince Americans to fight against the British.
declare the colonies to be in revolt.
declare the independence of all British colonies
show sympathy for Bears Fans.
- During the Revolutionary War, the Continental Navy was primarily made up of ...
Your answer:
foreign vessels.
privately owned vessels.
captured british ships.
Thomas the tugboats.
- Most colonial militia leaders believed that the British army could be beaten because the ...
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British army officers were generally poorly trained.
Americans had depleted uranium bombs.
Americans were fighting for their own land.
British army was poorly equipped.
- Several European countries began to send money, goods, and war materials to the Americans, largely as a reult of the American victory at ...
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the Battle of the Bulge.
Saratoga.
Valley Forge.
Bunker Hill.
- The American victories at Kaskaskia and Vincennes ...
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gave the Americans a claim to lands west of the Appalachian Mountains.
convinced Spain to enter the war on the side of the British.
had little impact on the war.
- In 1782, a conditional peace treaty between the American colonies and Great Britain was supported by ...
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the British Parliament.
Lord North
King George III
- The Revolutionary War officially ended following the ...
Your answer:
signing of the Treaty of Paris.
Battle of Saratoga.
capture of the American ship Bonhomme Richard.
loss to the Packers.
- The Articles of Confederation called for a ...
Your answer:
new coach for the Cubs.
congress to serve as the central government of the United States.
national judicial system.
strong central government.
- In the years following the Revolutionary War, slavery became most widespread in the ...
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Southern states.
Middle Atlantic states.
New England states.
- Under the Articles of Confederation, two major weaknesses of the national government were ...
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the power to control trade and to levy taxes.
lack of exercise and a poor diet.
a lack of power to levy taxes and to enforce laws.
the establishment of a strong executive and a constitution.
- Law passed in 1787 that outlined the steps needed for a territory to become a state.
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Breed's Hill
Mercenaries
Common Sense
Northwest Ordinance
- Massachusetts farmer who led a farmers' rebellion against heavy taxes.
Your answer:
John Locke
Daniel Shays
General Cornwallis
George Rogers Clark
- British commander who was forced to surrender at Yorktown, Virginia, in 1781.
Your answer:
General Cornwallis
General Benedict Arnold
George Washington
George Rogers Clark
- Leader of an American army on the western frontier that captured Vincennes from the British in 1779.
Your answer:
John Locke
Thomas Paine
General Cornwallis
George Rogers Clark
- American general who planned to turn the American fort at West Point over to the British.
Your answer:
Benedict Arnold
"Eggs" Benedict
Tom Arnold
"French" Toast
- Soldiers who fought for any country that would hire them.
Your answer:
Breed's Hill Privates
Northwest Ordinance Regulars
Mercenaries
- British writer whose ideas about freedom and government were used in the Declaration of Independence.
Your answer:
Daniel Shays
Yale Combination
Thomas Paine
John Locke
- British immigrant who wrote Common Sense.
Your answer:
Benedict Arnold
John Locke
Thomas Paine
John Ouch
- Actual site of a battle outside Boston where the British won a victory in June 1775.
Your answer:
Breed's Hill
Kaskaskia
Shaysville
- Commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. (NOTE: The Circular Flow Diagram, GDP Definition, and GDP formula will also be on the c6 test. Practice by going to the 3rd page of www.dpeel.com)
Your answer:
General Cornwallis
George Bush
Benedict Arnold
George Washington
- ENRICHMENT: Go to www.myprojectpages.com In the lower left hand corner for "Instructor Code" type [240]. Then use Google to find what you feel are reliable URL's for one of these projects. Copy and paste your URL's along with a brief description into a Word Document and submit to Mr. Peel. QUESTION: The "Instructor Code" for myprojectpages.com is...
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240
1296
1392
1588