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One part of the British strategy during the Revolutionary War was to confine the rebellion to _____________________.

The Boston Tea Party was led by _______________.

True or false: Popular sovereignty was very successful in Kansas.

Which of the following was NOT one of President Polk’s goals?

The Mexican-American War began over…

The British practice of “taxation without representation” was a violation of which Enlightenment principle?

7. Who financed the fleets that Sparta used to pursue Athens’ army?

Briefly explain the British practice of salutary neglect.

The year is 1765. You are a newspaper printer in Philadelphia. The king has levied a new tax that is severely hurting your profits (because you use a lot of paper). “I’ll show the king! I’m going to slander his name all over the colonies!”…You begin to print a headline reading, “King’s mother was a hamster and his father smells of elderberries”. That’ll teach him to unjustly tax me!  Based on the information above, which tax are you most likely outraged about?

The year is 1836. You moved to Texas from the United States a couple years earlier hoping to start a new life. Now, you and several of your fellow Texans are trying to win Texas’ independence. You are holed up in an old Spanish mission awaiting an attack from the enemy.  Who is attacking you?