American Revolution

Question 1

Lexington and Concord

Answer 1

The first battles of the war.

Paul Revere’s midnight ride.

Question 2

Burgoyne

Answer 2

wants to attack from Canada down to Lake Champlain

Question 3

Battle of Saratoga

Answer 3

The turning point in the war.
Battle near Albany, NY won by colonists, causes France to join our side in the war, September 1777, a British Army is trapped by the Americans, Gen. Gates, B. Arnold

Question 4

Benedict Arnold

Answer 4

TRAITOR
built boats on Lake Champlain to delay the British advance, almost made Canada the 14th colony, hero of the Battle of Saratoga, commander of West Point, NY who will betray Washington

Question 5

Washington

Answer 5

American General

Question 6

Yorktown

Answer 6

Victory battle for America

Question 7

Philidelphia

Answer 7

Where the continental congress meets.

colonial capital city, taken over by British during the war, Declaration of Independence,

Question 8

Fort Ticonderoga

Answer 8

British Fort taken over by Ethan Allen (and his Green Mt. Boys from Vermont) and Benedict Arnold
Southern end of Lake Champlain

Question 9

Trenton

Answer 9

Washington crossed the Delaware River Christmas night 1776 to attack Trenton, NJ, colonists won and went on to win at Princeton, NJ!

Question 10

Long Island

Answer 10

Huge British force attacks Washington’s army, which retreats to New York City in 1776

Question 11

Boston

Answer 11

Bunker Hill over looks Boston, capital of Massachusetts, Massacre 1770, Tea Party 1773, Intolerable Acts 1774, singled out as the biggest source of unrest

Question 12

Lake Champlain

Answer 12

Lake in upper New York, route from Canada, Ft. Ticonderoga is at southern point, B. Arnold makes boats to delay British, Lake George is to its south

Question 13

Thomas Paine

Answer 13

he wrote the pamphlet “Common Sense” that argues in favor of independence 1775, also wrote “The Crisis” where he encourages the Americans to continue fighting when times get tough!

Question 14

Brandywine

Answer 14

Washington tried to retake Philadelphia, but was not successful, he tries again later in the year at Germantown, but still was not successful.

Question 15

The lead up to Yorktown

Answer 15

After Saratoga (1777) the French agree to formally join the 13 Colonies in fighting the British

Because of the Treaty of Alliance between the 13 Colonies and France, the British change from an offensive war to a defensive war: They have to defend their valuable islands in the Caribbean and trading ports elsewhere in the world.

They decide to abandon Philadelphia because New York City is more defensible. On the road from Philadelphia to New York City, Washington’s army attacks at Monmouth, NJ.

The battle will be known for it’s intense heat (several men and horses on both sides literally drop dead from the heat), and for Washington taking personal control of the front line troops, turning a retreat around and slugging it out toe to toe with the British. At the end of a hellish day, it was a draw, but this demonstrated that Washington’s army (now mostly trained) could be the equal of the British army.

Question 16

The War in the West

Answer 16

The concerns of Mohawk Chief Joseph Brant concerning their land and British/Colonists taking their land away (cheating them) leads most of the native Americans to participate against Colonists in the war

Question 17

The British and Native Americans:

Answer 17

West of Appalachians Mountains, in Western NY and Western PA, around Detroit….Native Americans fight with British.

Question 18

Victory At Vincennes

Answer 18

1778, George Rogers Clark (wild man) leads 175 Americans to capture former French possessions that had changed hands to British after French and Indian war….the people in these villages had no idea that there was a war going on….G.R. Clark blusters and….

Question 19

Glory at Sea!

Answer 19

British control and blockade the coast, bottle up most of the shipping…BUT:
-Privateers: privately owned ships that would attack British ships, profits and treasure kept as bounty, actually an investment…this took some toll on British shipping, but did not determine the war’s outcome
-John Paul Jones (a Scotsman who arrives via the Russian Empire’s navy), while attacking a British ship, his catches fire, begins slowly sinking and the British offered him safety if he surrenders
Following the British defeat at Saratoga in 1777 and French entry into the American Revolutionary War in early

1778, the British decided to renew a “southern strategy” to win back their rebellious North American colonies. This campaign began in December 1778 with the capture of Savannah, Georgia, and gained further ground in January 1780, when General Sir Henry Clinton led an army and captured Charleston, South Carolina. Clinton returned to New York, leaving Earl Charles Cornwallis the task of fortifying the South and raising the anticipated large numbers of Loyalists. The Continental Army in the south, most of which had surrendered at Charleston, was completely driven from South Carolina in the May 1780 Battle of Waxhaws.

Question 20

General Sir Banastre Tarleton, 1st Baronet, GCB

Answer 20

He became the focal point of a propaganda campaign claiming that he had fired upon surrendering Continental Army troops at the Battle of Waxhaws.Tarleton was the leader of elitecavalry called the Green Dragoons. He and his men were known for ruthless, brutal tactics. He was given the nickname The Butcher,” and “Bloody Ban.”
According to American accounts, Tarleton ignored a white flag and
mercilessly massacred Buford’s men. In the end, 113 Americans were killed and another 203 captured, 150 of whom were so badly wounded that they had to be left behind. Tarleton’s casualties were 5 killed and 12 wounded.[3] The British called the affair the Battle of Waxhaw Creek, while the Americans called it the “Buford Massacre” or the “Waxhaw Massacre.”

Question 21

Daniel Morgan

Answer 21

one of the heroes of Saratoga, his riflemen are known as “the greatest widow makers” in North America

Question 22

The Battle of Cowpens, SC, Jan. 1781

Answer 22

Morgan has devised a strategy to draw Tarleton’s legion close to hisriflemen….the strategy works, two vicious “fires” tears apart Tarleton’s men! The Americans win the battle, and the Green Dragoons are no more a factor in the war!
In the South, British land at Savannah, GA taking that port town and move on to take Charleston, SC. Tarleton’s Green Dragoons terrorize southern Patriots, until Daniel Morgan’s riflemen and the Patriot cavalry destroy his Torie legion. British general Cornwallis continues to pursue the Patriot army, making a critical decision at Guilford Courthouse to “fire on friend and foe alike!” Needing reinforcements and supplies, Cornwallis makes his way to the Yorktown peninsula in VA.

Question 23

YORKTOWN: 1781

Answer 23

Washington learns that French Admiral De Grasse is sailing to the Chesapeake Bay to engage the British, so Washington’s army sneaks southward and (snap) the British find themselves trapped!
The Patriots lay siege to the surrounded fort at Yorktown, the French fleet blocks a sea escape, so Cornwallis has to surrender.While fighting is basically ended in America:

-British remain in New York City

Question 24

-Newburgh, NY-from 1781-1783

Answer 24

Washington’s army camped here about 100 miles north of NYC on the Hudson River, troops there were suffering and angry-ready to anoint Washington as king …this angered Washington, so he gave a speech to his officers, and they realized the sacrifices Washington had personally made for his country. The crisis came to an end,

Question 25

The Treaty of Paris 1783

Answer 25

legally ends the American Revolution. The document that officially ended the American Revolution/The War for America

Question 26

USA’s boundaries

Answer 26

• North-Canada
• East-The Atlantic Ocean
• South-Spanish Florida
• West- The Mississippi River

Question 27

Results

Answer 27

*Legally creates the United States of America in the eyes of the world
*Great Britain and the USA have equal rights as nations
*trade between the USA and Britain and the rest of the world resumes
(To Britain, it is “good riddance!” because they now have trade again with the USA and still have Canada, but do not have to pay for keeping the US safe from the Native Americans or other nations)