2022-11-10/14 Flashcards
What was the event where the colonists threw tea into the harbor on December 16, 1773?
Boston Tea Party
What man, because of his hate for the British, founded the Sons of Liberty and attacked the British, and destroyed their tea?
Sam Addams
Who was the president of the second Continental Congress?
John Hancock
What act closed the port of Boston and put Mass. under military control?
Intolerabel Acts of 1774
Military control of a civilian population
martial law
What met in Philadelphia to boycott British goods and begin in training the state militia?
First Continental Congress of 1774
What is the economic system in the 17th and 18th centuries that measured wealth by the number of colonies the country possessed?
Mercantilism
Who became the commander of the continental army in 1775?
George Washington
Which class was George Washington a part of?
The “gentlemen” class
Who was the Virginian commander that didn’t have a lot of formal military training?
George Washington
Who was the widow of Daniel Custis who had a significant number of land holdings, slaves, shares in bank of England who remarried to George Washington?
Martha Custis
When does the 2nd Continental Congress decide to make one final peace attempt?
July 1775
Which King hires Hessian soldiers to fight in the colonies?
George III
Which king is a member of the German royal House of Hanover?
George III
