American Revolution

Question 0

What land was being fought over in the French/Indian War?

Answer 0

Ohio River Valley

Question 1

Who fought in the French/Indian War?

Answer 1

England and America, France and their colonists and Native Americans

Question 2

What was the Albany Plan of Union?

Answer 2

A meeting to discuss Indian attacks and to coordinate a continental army

Question 3

What were the consequences of William Pitt’s “blank check”?

Answer 3

Put England in huge amounts of debt

Question 4

What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?

Answer 4

Prevented the Colonists from settling to the west of the Appalachian Mountains

Question 5

What was the significance of the Join, or Die. political cartoon?

Answer 5

Represented the 13 colonies and their separation and need to unionize

Question 6

How was the French/Indian War the catalyst for the American Revolution?

Answer 6

It started tensions between British and Colonists.

Question 7

What are some British Regulations imposed on the Colonies?

Answer 7

Tea Act (tax on tea), Stamp Act (tax on paper, stamps), Townshend Acts (tax on glass, lead, paints, paper, tea), Sugar Act (tax on sugar), Commitees of Correspondence (emergency governments), First Continental Congress (elected by the people)

Question 8

What is autonomy?

Answer 8

Self-reliance, independence from any higher power, being able to do stuff for yourself

Question 9

What happened at the Boston Massacre?

Answer 9

Colonists started throwing rocky snow at British soldiers, the soldiers opened fire on the Colonists leaving 5 dead

Question 10

How was Paul Revere’s etching used?

Answer 10

As propaganda of the Boston Massacre

Question 11

Who wrote Common Sense and what was it about?

Answer 11

Thomas Paine, reasons to declare independence from England

Question 12

What were Thomas Paine’s reasons to separate from England?

Answer 12

1. Cannot turn back once blood has been shed
2. America can stand as a country with out help from England
3. America is harmed by England’s wars, be better unattached to England’s affairs
4. England shouldn’t be considered America’s “mother country”
5. America was set apart as a separate nation by the natural order of things
6. America was destined by God to be separate entity

Question 13

What did the Declaration of Independence effectively do?

Answer 13

Severed ties with England

Question 14

Where, by whom, and how many delegates wrote the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 14

In the Colonies by the First Continental Congress, Thomas Jefferson and 4 other men, 56 delegates

Question 15

What are the four parts of the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 15

Preamble, Declaration of Rights, List of Grievances, Prior Attempts to Redress Grievances

Question 16

What was said in the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 16

Basic human rights: life, liberty, pursuit of happiness
Autonomy: self-independence
Popular Sovereignty: power of government is given by the people

Question 17

Not everyone wanted to be separated from England.

Answer 17

Only 40% could be considered patriots

20% were still loyal to England

Question 18

What were the advantages and disadvantages for England during American Revolution?

Answer 18

Advantages: strong naval force, population 3:1, professional army, Hessians
Disadvantages: didn’t know the land, far away from mother country, has empire to worry about

Question 19

What were the advantages and disadvantages for America during the American Revolution?

Answer 19

Advantages: knew the land, guerrilla warfare, self-sustaining agriculture, moral advantage, France as ally (England’s enemy)
Disadvantages: start army/navy from scratch, no formal government to make decisions, scarce supplies (money, clothes, guns, ammunition)

Question 20

What were the early strategies for England during the Revolution?

Answer 20

Occupy major coastal cities, get Loyalist support, crush Continental Army

Question 21

What were the early strategies for America during the Revolution?

Answer 21

Score early victories, gain support from Patriots, gain foreign allies (France, Spain)

Question 22

What was the significance of the Battle of Bunker Hill?

Answer 22

Don’t shoot “until you see the whites of their eyes,” English victory but at heavy cost

Question 23

What was the significance of the Battle of Trenton?

Answer 23

Cross Delaware River, surprise attack on Hessians, American Victory

Question 24

What was the significance of the Battle of Pricetown?

Answer 24

Boosted Patriot morale, England left New Jersey, Continental Army gained supplies and weapons

Question 25

What was the significance of the Battle of Saratoga?

Answer 25

English surrenders 5800 men, major turning point, gained France and Spain ally

Question 26

What was the significance of the Battle of Camden?

Answer 26

Worst American defeat, General Cornwallis defeats Patriot General Gates

Question 27

What was the significance of the Battle of Yorktown?

Answer 27

Massive siege by French, English surrender, war over

Question 28

Who/what made up American armed forces?

Answer 28

Inexperienced Continental Army and Militia

Question 29

What were America’s allies and how did they help?

Answer 29

France: needed supplies and soldiers

Question 30

What useful tactics did The Continental Army start to use?

Answer 30

Guerrilla warfare

Question 31

What were the results of the Revolutionary war?

Answer 31

America gains freedom from England, America in debt,

25,000 Patriots + 10,000 British killed

Question 32

What treaty ended the war?

Answer 32

Treaty of Paris: boundaries- west to Mississippi River, North to Canada, South to Florida