7. AMERICAN REVOLUTION: AMERICAN FRONTIER

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Patrick Henry and Thomas Paine were famous colonial patriot leaders.

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George Washington was chosen to lead the Continental army by the First Continental Congress.

Electors are chosen by the people, who, in turn, choose the president. Traditionally the electors vote for the candidate selected by the political party to which they belong. A popular vote decides which electors and their candidate will be chosen.

How is the president of the United States elected?

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As a result of the Battle of Yorktown, the French began to openly aid the American cause.

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Cornwallis's attack on Lexington and Concord sparked the Revolutionary War.

The Articles of Confederation, the name of our first constitution, established a Congress which contained one house, and gave a vote to each state. Congress was given the authority to declare war, peace, borrow money, and settle any arguments between states. It did not have the power to tax, however. Laws made by Congress had to be enforced by individual states as they wished.

Describe the government under, and powers given by, the Articles of Confederation.

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England didn't fight during the winter because it was European tradition to discontinue military offensives during winter months.

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The 1781 Treaty of Paris ended the hostilities, giving the colonists their independence.