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- Which of these did not happen during Era 5 [1844-1877]
- All persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free-- comes from
- Did the Emancipation Proclamation free slaves in Delaware?
- The Compromise of 1850 dealt with land acquired from
- Anti- slavery and pro-slavery forces clashed in Kansas. This was called
- This Senator introduced the Kansas Nebraska Act
- The party was founded in 1854 with the goal of stopping the spread of slavery
- Which came into the Union as a free state as a result of the Compromise of 1850
- The Union blockaded the South so that this country would not help
- This was the term given to FDR's radio addresses
- The act of refusing to buy a certain item, or shop at a certain place, as a form of protest.
- What are identified as the first two battles, both associated with small towns in Massachusetts, of the American Revolutionary War? (Hint: The shot heard 'round the world...)
- What document, written in 1776 by Thomas Jefferson, listed both the offenses that England had given the United States, and the rights that all people should possess?
- The Revolutionary War: The taxes put on tea by the British Tea Act caused what famous colonial act of defiance?
- Identify: Ideas and information designed and spread to influence opinion.
- Identify: Each colony, and each town for that matter, had a group of armed citizens that were willing to fight in defense of that place. These were the "militia" for the colonies. These colonial militiamen claimed that they could be ready to fight with a minute's notice
- The Revolutionary War: One of the most protested English laws put a tax on anything that was printed. What was this law called?
- The Revolutionary War: England passed a series of laws whose purpose was to punish the colonists (primarily Bostonians) for the Boston Tea Party. These laws closed the Boston harbor until the tea was paid for. Town Meetings were banned. People were not allowed to meet in groups. British officers on trial were moved to other colonies, or to England. Finally, Bostonians were forced to shelter British soldiers in their own homes. What were these laws called?
- Which of the following statements accurately describes the Hessians of the Revolutionary War?
- In which of the following battles did the Americans achieve a decisive victory when the Americans and British were, in a rare occurrence, evenly matched?