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# US HIS - Review Guide for Test 2, Quarter 1 ## Potential Questions from Revolutionary War 2 Notes 1. What arrives in Boston that helps to end the standoff between the British and the Patriots? Where did it come from? - The artillery arrives to help the Patriots. The artillery comes from Bosto...

# US HIS - Review Guide for Test 2, Quarter 1 ## Potential Questions from Revolutionary War 2 Notes 1. What arrives in Boston that helps to end the standoff between the British and the Patriots? Where did it come from? - The artillery arrives to help the Patriots. The artillery comes from Boston 2. What does George Washington threaten to do to the British in Boston if they do not leave? - George Washington threatens to bombard Boston if they do not leave. 3. How many loyalists leave Boston with the British troops? How many British troops? - 1,000 loyalists leave with the British troops. There are 9,000 British troops. 4. What happens to loyalist's homes and property after they left the Boston area? - Loyalist's homes and property were seized after they left. 5. What is the name of the book written by Thomas Paine? How many copies of Thomas Paine's book sold in the first three months? - The name of Paine's book is called *Common Sense*. He sold 5 copies. 6. What British notion did Thomas Paine disagree with? - Paine disagreed with the notion of the “divine right of kings” 7. What are the arguments that Thomas Paine makes for the separation of America from the British Empire? - All arguments against monarchy. - Disagrees with economic organization against independence 8. Who made a motion in the Second Continental Congress to dissolve all ties with Britain? - Richard Henry Lee of Virginia. 9. Name the 5 men put on the committee to craft/create the Declaration of Independence. Why was Thomas Jefferson chosen to write the Declaration of Independence? Did being from the colony of Virginia have any effect on this? Why or why not? - The 5 people put on the committee to create the D.I. were: Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Roger Sherman, Robert Livingston, and Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson was put on the job of writing the D.I. because he is a good writer. Being from Virginia had a huge impact because Virginia was the eldest, wealthiest and the largest state at the time. The live. They had an impact because Virginians could provide the materials and the manpower. # *bl*ate boundaries, classified *c*rust - ***Oceanic-Oceanic Convergent Boundary*** - One oceanic plate (which is denser as a result of cooling), descends below another oceanic plate. - *Characteristics* - *Ocean Trench* where the plates meet - A chain of *volcanoes* parallel to the trench - ***Continental Convergent Boundary*** - Where the 2 types of crust converge, the continental crust is *subducted* under the oceanic crust. - It is denser than continental crust. - A chain of volcanoes will form near the coast. - *Examples*: Ex. The *Cascade* Mountains on the west coast of North America - ***Divergent Boundary*** -***Transform Plate Boundaries*** - Plates slide past one another horizontally - This happens at *faults* and often results in *earthquakes*. – *Examples*: *San Andreas Fault* in California