American Revolution Flashcards
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
one person
Thomas Jefferson
What was the first event of the American Revolution?
Boston Massacre
Who was the president of the Continental Congress?
John Hancock
Who was the leader of Britain?
George III
Where was the “shot heard ‘round the world?”
Lexington and Concord
What was the turning point of the war?
Saratoga
Which side did Benedict Arnold fight for?
Colonies and the switched to the British
Who said “Liberty, or Death!”
Patrick Henry
Who came to help the Continental Army?
Marquis de Lafayette (French)
Who made the first American Flag?
Betsy Ross
Who was the leader of the Continental Army?
George Washington
Why did the American Revolution Start?
Taxes
Who surrendered to end the war?
Charles Cornwallis
“One if by land, two if by sea” refers to…
Signal of British attack
Famous winter camp of the Continental Army where many soldiers threatened to desert.
Valley Forge
Britain’s reason for charging taxes from
the colonists
To pay for the French & Indian War
Location of the Proclamation Line of 1763
Appellation Mountains
Event instigated by colonists throwing “snowballs” at the British soldiers
there was also stones and peices of oyster shells in the snow
Boston Massacre
Created as a result of the Boston Tea Party, it “grounded” Boston.
Coercive / Intolerbal acts
Which exchange of fire was the result of the British trying to steal a colonial arsenal?
Lexington & Concord
The British and French were fighting over this in the Ohio Valley
fur trade
The French decided to support the colonists after this battle.
Saratoga
General forced to surrender at Yorktown.
Cornwallis
The French navy blockaded Chesapeake Bay causing this.
Surrender @ Yorktown
Strategy used by the colonists to resist British military tactics.
Guerrilla Warfare
Hard to defeat, Lined up behind trees, ambush the enemy, disappeared
Who was the Declaration of Independence Directed towards?
King George III / Britain
Name the four parts of the Declaration.
Preamble, natural rights, British wrongs, Declaration
Life and liberty are references to what?
natural rights
This idea was in both the Declaration and in the Treaty of Paris.
US Independence
Which Enlightenment principle was the basis of the Declaration?
Natural Rights
Lead attorney representing the British officers after the Boston Massacre.
John Adams
Author of the Declaration of Independence
Tomas Jefferson
Author of ‘Common Sense’
Tomas Paine
Colonial militia in Massachusetts
Minutemen
Mercenaries ambushed at Trenton.
Hessians / Hessian Soldiers
Writers of the Declaration of Independence
5 people
Tomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Roger Sherman, Robert R. Livingston
What did Tomas Jefferson suggest each colony create
Committee of Correspondence
What were the Committee of Correspondence for
to unify colonial responses to Britain’s actions
What was ‘Common Sense’ suggesting
that British control was bad for the colonies, colonist didn’t owe allegiance to the British and monarchy was wrong
What did the British do after the Boston Tea Party
Punished Massachusetts by limiting colonist rights to town meeting
What enlightenment thinker’s ideas of social contract were used in the writing of the Declaration of Independence
John Locke
Signaled the start of the Revolution
Lexington & Concord
When he reteated to the Yorktown Peninsua to protect supply lines
Lead to defeat of the British
Cornwallis’s Mastake
British was traped at Yorktown by
a blockade of French warships
What ended the war between the Colonist and the British
The Tready of Paris
British repealed Townshend Acts, sevral colonist were wounded/killed, contrinutied to start of Revolutionary War
Boston Massacure
Major reason for conflict where the French feared loss of the fur trading in the Ohio Valley
Conflict between Great Britian & France
Military stratagy baised on knowledge of land and terrain
Strenghth of Colonial Army
Represented British Soldiers in court after the Boston Massacure
John Adams
Turning point of war, promted French to join the Patriots
Sargatoga
listed King George III’s misdeeds, asseted citizens’ rights and declared people’s rights to overthrow government
Made of preamble, natrual rghts, wrongdoings, by king and independence
Delcaration of Independence
Why did Parlament raised taxes in colonies after 1763
Pay for the French & Indian War
