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| Pregunta | Respuesta |
| Battle of Saratoga | American general Horatio Gates was victorious over British general Burgoyne |
| Colonial strengths and weaknesses | fair amount of troops, short guerrilla tactics, strong leaders (Washington), nonprofessional army that could not handle long battles |
| British strengths and weaknesses | British citizenship outnumbered colonies', large navy and professional army, exhausted resources (hessians hired), national debt |
| George Washington | American commander-in -chief; first president, put down Whiskey Rebellion (enforced Whiskey Tax), managed first presidential cabinet, carefully used power of executive to avoid monarchical style rule |
| Separatist vs. non-separatist puritans | Radical Calvinists against the Church of England; Separatists (pilgrims) argued from the Church of England, led the Mayflower, and established the settlement at Plymouth |
| Olive Branch Petition | politely demanded from the king a ceasefire in Boston, repeal of Coercive Acts, guarantee of American rights |
| Suffolk Resolves | organize militia, end trade with Britain, refuse to pay taxes to Britain |
| Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts) | In reaction to the Boston Tea Party; closing of Boston Harbor, revocation of Massachusetts charter, murder in the name of royal authority would be tried in England or another colony |
| Quebec Acts | former French subjects in Canada allowed to keep Catholicism, while American colonists expected to participate in the Church of England |
| Boston Tea Party | peaceful destruction of British tea in Boston Harbor by colonists disguised as Indians |
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