Chapter 4 Flashcards
T or F: Colonial farmers lied paper money because it lost value, making loans easier to pay.
True
T or F: In the French and Indian War, Spain sides with the British.
False
T or F: The Coercive Acts were intended to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party
True
T or F: Delegates to the First Continental Congress mostly agreed that it was time for the colonies to fight for their rights.
False
T or F: To win the revolutionary war, the United States simply had to survive until the British became tired of paying for the war.
True
T or F: Spain became the first country to recognize the United States as an independent nation.
False
T or F: TheBritish troops could not escape from Yorktown because the French fleet was in the Chesapeake Bay.
True
The French skirmish of the French and Indian War occurred because
Both the French and the British wanted the Ohio River Valley
The Albany Plan of Union proposed…
That the Colonies join together to form a federal government
In response to the sugar act, some colonies argued that the British had no right to tax Americans..:
To raise money
In the Gaspee Affair, …
The colonist burned a British ship tht had run aground
The Continental Army was first formed from…
The militia surrounding the British in Boston
King George III declared the colonies “open and avowed enemies” after…
The attack on British troops in Quebec
Washington’s decision to attack in New Jersey was a surprise because …
It was winter
American forces suffered their greatest defeat of the Revolutionary War at..
Charles Town
In the treaty that ended the French and Indian war, the British gained all the following territory except ..:
New Orleans
The colonist protested the stamp act by…
Refusing the buy goods from Britain
After the Boston Massacre, the British brought peace to the colonies temporarily by repealing the …
Townshend acts
At the suggestion of Thomas Jefferson, the colonies formed …
A committee of correspondence
The laws known as the “Intolerable Acts” were the Coercive Acts and the…
Quebec Act
Paying for the war was difficult for the Continental Congress because …
It lacked the power to tax
In the Battle for New York City early in the Revolutionary War, the British made a mistake by…
Moving to slowly, allowing American troops to escape
The American victory at Saratoga was a turning point in the war because..
It convinced France to commit troops to the American cause
The turning point of the Revolutionary War in the South was the Battle of..
Kings Mountain
The fighting between the French and British during the French and Indian War eventually spread to Europe, where it later became known as the_____ war.
7 years
The British Victory at _____ was the turning point of the French and Indian War in North America.
Quebec
“No taxation with out___”
Representation
To help customs officers in arresting smugglers, the British authorized the use of _______, which were general search warrants that enabled officials to enter any location
Writs of assistance
The town of Concord created a special unit of men called____, who were trained and ready to fight at moments notice
Minutemen
The British captured _____ and used it as their headquarters for the rest of the Revolutionary War
New York
To disrupt British trade, the Continental Congress issued letter of ____, or licenses, authorizing private ship owners to attack British merchant ships
Marque
-led troops that defeated the British along the Ohio River, leaving the United States in control of the region
George Rogers Clark
-Warned Concord that the British were coming
Samuel Prescott
-Surrendered to the Americans at Yorktown
Charles Cornwallis
-“I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country”
Nathan Hale
-commanded the British troops landing in New York at the start of the Revolutionary War
William Howe
-helped Washington improve discipline and morale among his weary troops at Valley Forge
Marquis de Lafayette
-pledged large amounts of money and arranged for foreign loans to finance the American War effort
Robert Morris
-nicknames the Swamp Fox; guerrilla leader based in South Carolina
Francis Marion
-American traitor
Benedict Arnold
-“I have not yet begun to fight”
John Paul Jones
