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- What was the great breakthrough invention at start of Industrial Revolution?
- What industry was first affected by Industrial Revolution?
- Who benefited the most by the Industrial Revolution?
- When, on April 19, 1775, British soldiers marched from Boston to the nearby town of Concord to seize a cache of weapons, forty-nine Americans and seventy-three British soldiers died in skirmishes.
- By the end of 19th century who dominated wealth and major political parties?
- By end of 19th century the lower middle class made up what percent of Britain's population?
- What class suffered the most from the Industrial Revolution?
- What percent of population belonged to laboring class?
- Explain how the Dred Scott Decision widened the gap between the North and the South. In your opinion, was the Dred Scott Decision one of the most important Supreme Court decisions in history? Give specifics to support your argument.
- At Trenton, Washington staged a surprise attack on Hessian soldiers in the service of the British.
- How was the agriculture affected by the Industrial Revolution?
- An early skirmish between the colonists and British soldiers arose over the seizure of arms stockpiled in Concord.
- As Thomas Paine's pamphlet, Common Sense, became one of the most successful and influential in the history of political writing to that date, Paine wanted a share of the profits to be used for
- By substituting "pursuit of happiness" for "property," Jefferson's Declaration of Independence significantly broadened the American conception of freedom.
- The Stamp Act had mainly affected residents of colonial ports; the Sugar Act managed to offend virtually every free colonist.
- The 1764 Sugar Act provoked the colonists by increasing the tax on molasses imported into North America.
- The first battles of the Revolutionary War were very successful for George Washington.
- The ________ _______ party did not want the land gained in the Mexican-American War to allow Slavery
- The name of the Revolutionary "swamp fox" was
- California entered the Union as a free state in what agreement/act?