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SHORT QUESTIONS (HL and OL) 1. Mention two effects of the American War of Independence on either France or Ireland. (2011 HL) 2. Choose one of the revolutions from the period 1771-1815, and give two causes of that revolution. (2010 HL, 2009 OL) 3. Explain the following term: Boston Tea Party (2008 OL) 4. List two reasons apart from the Boston Tea Party, which were causes of the American Revolution? SOURCE QUESTION (HL) Q.5C, 2008 Write an account of one of the following topics: (12) (i) Causes of the American War of Independence. (ii) The Reign of Terror in France, September 1793 to July 1794. (iii) Reasons for the failure of the 1798 Rebellion in Ireland. A named leader involved in a revolution (America or France or Ireland) during the period 1771-1815 (2015 OL, 2012 HL, 2010 HL, 2010 OL, 2008 OL) - Hint George Washington
Born: 1732
Youth: Washington never attended school, but instead was educated by his father and brother. He contracted smallpox in Barbados in 1751. Tried to join the British Navy at 14, but his mother refused to give him permission. He trained as and became a surveyor. Military background: Commander of Virginia Military – 1755-1758 Tensions between Britain & American Colonies
1st Continental Congress (1774): 1774 – 1st Continental Congress
1775 – 2nd Continental Congress
Key Battles: (Washington as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Forces 1775-1783)
President of the Constitutional Convention (1787) 1787 – American Constitutional Convention Washington as President (1789 – 1797):
Death: 1799Legacy:
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