American Revolution in SC

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How did most women contribute to the war?

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running homes and plantations while men fought

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How did the colonists respond to the Tea Act?

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They began to protest and boycott all British goods.

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What was the main strategy of the Patriots militia and Continental Army during the war? Options: constant direct attacks on the British, negotiating peace with British officials, a blockade of Charles Town, partisan warfare

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partisan warfare

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Where was the first Continental Congress?

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Philadelphia

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The U.S. was founded on July 4, 1776, by the approval of this document.

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the Declaration of Independence

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American colonists were asked to help cover the cost of the French and American War by paying

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taxes

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The tax on all items in the colonies made of paper was called the

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Stamp Act

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Why were the colonists angry about "taxation without representation?"

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The colonists had no representation in Parliament.

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Why did England need to tax the colonists in America?

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England needed money to pay for the wars they had fought.

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What were colonists called who stayed loyal to the King and England?

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Loyalists