What was the purpose of the committees of correspondence?

to share information among the colonies

What did the preamble to the Declaration of Independence say?

People who wish to form a country should state their reasons

Why were African Americans at first banned from serving in the army?

Some Southern colonies feared arming African Americans.

Americans had problems getting enough money to finance the war because

Congress did not have the power to raise money through taxes

Why did colonists object to the Sugar Act?

It violated colonists’ right to be secure in their homes

What role did the French play in the Patriot victory at Yorktown?

Provided troops & ships to help keep the British at Yorktown

How did the war affect attitudes toward slavery in the United States?

Ideals of freedom and liberty led some white to ? slavery

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1
What was the purpose of the committees of correspondence?
to handle problems with Native American
to share information among the colonies
to write protests to the king
to oversee trials in British courts
2
What did the preamble to the Declaration of Independence say?
It spelled out the colonists’ complaints against the British
It proclaimed the existence of a new nation
It listed the rights the colonists believed they should have
People who wish to form a country should state their reasons
3
What British regulation prohibited colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains?
Townshend Acts
Coercive Acts
Stamp Act
Proclamation Act of 1763
4
Why were African Americans at first banned from serving in the army?
Washington had forbidden African Americans from serving
African Americans were needed to serve in factories
All African Americans were loyal to the British.
Some Southern colonies feared arming African Americans.
5
Americans had problems getting enough money to finance the war because
Congress did not have the power to raise money through taxes
The states were against the war
No foreign countries would help the Patriots pay for the war
The British closed all colonial banks
6
Why did colonists object to the Sugar Act?
It prevented colonists from trading with other nations
It taxed colonists with their consent
It made sugar much more expensive
It violated colonists’ right to be secure in their homes
7
What role did the French play in the Patriot victory at Yorktown?
Prevented the British navy from leaving New York.
Provided troops & ships to help keep the British at Yorktown
Sank British ship in Newport Harbor
Tricked the British into fighting them before Yorktown.
8
What name was given to colonists who sided with Great Britain during the American Revolution?
Loyalists
Patriots
minutemen
Sons of Liberty
9
How did the war affect attitudes toward slavery in the United States?
Ideals of freedom and liberty led some white to ? slavery
Slavery was outlawed in the U.S. directly following the war.
Tories had to free slaves for siding with the British.
African Americans were too valuable as soldiers to be slaves
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What resulted from the Coercive Acts?
A tax was placed on almost all printed material
Quebec was expanded to include land to the west of the A.M.
The tax on molasses imported into the colonies was raised.
Boston Harbor was closed

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