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American Revolution Test Flashcards

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Thomas Jefferson suggested that each colony create one of these to unify colonial response to British actions

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Committee of Correspondence

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Written by Thomas Paine, it suggested staying under British rule was bad for the colonies, they did not owe allegiance to Britain and the monarchy was wrong

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Common Sense

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The British punished Massachusetts by limiting colonists’ right to call town meetings because of what?

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Boston Tea Party

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Which enlightenment thinker’s idea of social construct was used in the formation of the Declaration of Independence

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John Locke

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What signaled the start of the American Revolution?

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Lexington & Concord

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Who retreated to the Yorktown Peninsula to protect supply lines, resulting in the defeat of the British?

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General Cornwallis

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What trapped the British army at Yorktown?

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a blockade of French warships

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What prohibited English settlement west of the Appalachians?

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Proclamation of 1763

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What was the document between the British and colonists that ended the Revolutionary War?

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Treaty of Paris (1783)

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What were the effects of the Boston Massacre?

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  1. Townshend Acts repealed (most of them)
  2. Several colonists wounded/killed
  3. Beginning of the Revolutionary War
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What was a major reason for the French fearing the loss of fur trading in the Ohio Valley?

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Conflict between Great Britain & France

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Whose military strategy was based on knowledge of the land and terrain?

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the Colonial Army

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Who represented the soldiers who involved in the Boston Massacre?

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John Adams

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What is considered the turning point of the war?

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Saratoga

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What did Saratoga do for the colonists?

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it convinced the French to join the Patriots

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Why did Parliament raise taxes in the colonies after 1763?

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to pay for the French & Indian War

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What did the Declaration of Independence include?

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  1. listed King George III’s misdeeds
  2. asserted citizen’s rights and declared people’s right to overthrow government
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What are the different parts of the Declaration of Independence?

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  1. Preamble
  2. Natural Rights
  3. Wrongdoings by the king (Grievances)
  4. Independence
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What event was investigated by colonists throwing “snowballs” at British soldiers?

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the Boston Massacre

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What were created as a result of the Boston Tea Party?

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the Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts with the Quebec Act)

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What did Coercive Acts include?

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  1. Boston Port Act
  2. Massachusetts Government Act
  3. Administration of Justice Act -
  4. Quartering Act
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What did the Boston Port Act do?

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closed all ports

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What did the Massachusetts Government Act do?

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appointed government officials

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What did the Administration of Justice Act do?

A

ensured fair trial for British soldiers back in England

25
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What did the Quartering Act do?

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required colonists to give up their homes to British soldiers

26
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Which exchange of fire was the result of the British trying to steal a colonial arsenal?

A

Battle of Lexington & Concord

27
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The French navy blockaded Chesapeake Bay causing this.

A

British surrender

28
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Strategy used by the colonists to resist British military tactics.

A

Guerilla warfare

29
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Who was the Declaration of Independence SPECIFICALLY directed towards?

A

King George III

30
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Life and liberty are references to what?

A

Natural Rights (John Locke)

31
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This idea was featured in both the Declaration and the Treaty of Paris

A

independence

32
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Which Enlightenment principle was the basis of the Declaration?

A

natural rights

33
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Who was the author of the Declaration of Independence?

A

Thomas Jefferson

34
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What were colonial militia in Massachusetts called?

A

minutemen

35
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Who were the mercenaries ambushed at the Battle of Trenton?

A

Hessians

36
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What was the first event of the American Revolution?

A

Boston Massacre

37
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Who was the president of the Continental Congress?

A

John Hancock

38
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What was the relevance of Benedict Arnold?

A

he was a spy for the British

39
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Who said, “Liberty, or death!”?

A

Patrick Henry

40
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Who came to help the Continental Army?

A

Marquis de Lafayette

41
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Who made the first American Flag?

A

Betsy Ross

42
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Who was the leader of the Continental Army?

A

George Washington

43
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Who surrendered to end the war at the Battle of Yorktown?

A

General Cornwallis

44
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“One if by land, tow if by sea” was used for what?

A

signal of British attack

45
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What was the famous winter camp of the Continental Army where many soldier threatened to desert?

A

Valley Forge

46
Q

What did the Sugar Act (1764) do?

A

raised taxes on molasses and other sugar products

47
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What did the Stamp Act (1765) do?

A

places taxes on legal documents (wills, diplomas, marriage papers), goods made of paper (newspapers, cards)

48
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What did the Writs of Assistance do?

A

allowed customs officers to search any location for evidence of smuggling during the day

49
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What were the Townshend Acts?

A

Suspending Act, the Revenue Act, the Indemnity Act, and the Commissioners of Customs Ac

50
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What group was formed to boycott British goods?

A

Songs of Liberty

51
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What did the Revenue Act do?

A

taxed glass, lead, paper, paint, and tea

52
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Who was it that surrendered at the Battle of Saratoga?

A

British General Burgoyne

53
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Which Native American nations sided with the British?

A

Iroquois and Cherokee

54
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What was the western border that the British recognized the Americans with?

A

the Mississippi

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