Chapter 6- Home Of The Brave Flashcards
What was the name of special documents that allowed British officials to search American ships and buildings looking for smuggled goods?
Writs of Assistance
What part of English law did the colonists claim was violated by the Townsend Acts?
No taxation without representation
On what date did the Boston massacre occur?
March 5, 1770
What two Boston lawyers represented the British troops on trial
John Adams and Josiah Quincy
Which British prime minister urged that the Townsend acts be repealed
Lord north
All the taxes were repealed except what
The tax on tea
At the suggestion of Samuel Adams, which group was formed in 1772 to inform the colonies and the world about the problems with England
The committee of corespondents
What act allowed British troops to live in occupied buildings
Quartering Act
What Bill closed the port of Boston
The Boston port bill
What did the colonist call the Boston port bill and the quartering act
The intolerable acts
Who warned the British that this is the day then there you wish to go to war with all of America
Edmund Burke
The continental Congress recognized the authority of the king but not the authority of who
Parliament
On March 28, 1775 Who said I know not what course others may take but as for me give me liberty or give me death
Patrick Henry
Why did the colonists fight
The colonists fight because they were fighting for their religious freedom and political freedom
What name was given to voluntary militia
Minutemen
On the night of April 18, 1775 British troops were sent to arrest John Hancock and Samuel Adams who were located in what town
Lexington
What 3 Men Road that night to warn the colonists
Paul revere William Dawes and Dr. Samuel Prescott
The first shots of the war we’re fired on what day
April 19, 1775
Where was the first shot fired
Lexington
What famous Minuteman was a 21 -year-old black student studying for the ministry
Lemuel Haynes
Who led the green mountain boys?
Ethan Allen
What British fort was captured by Ethan Allen in the mountain boys
Fort Ticonderoga
Who was elected president of the second Continental Congress
John Hancock
What famous battle occurred on Breedshill
The battle of Bunker Hill
What is the distinction of the Battle of Bunker Hill
It was the first major battle of the war of independence
What document did congress send to the king in an attempt to avoid war
The olive branch petition
What foreign soldiers did King George the third hire to fight the colonies?
The Hessians
Who wrote commonsense
Thomas Paine
On June 7 1776 who introduced the resolution that the colonists ought be free
Richard Henry Lee
Who led the committee in charge with writing the declaration of independence
Thomas Jefferson
On what date did the congress unanimously of the Declaration of Independence
July 4, 1776
Where had Americans developed their love of liberty
From the English
What Frenchman came to assist the patriots and became a valuable aid to General Washington
Marquis de Lafayette
Who said I regret that I have but only one life to lose for my country
Nathan hale
After crossing the Delaware river on Christmas night where did Washington attack hessian troops
Trenton
While general Howe Marched up the Hudson Bay to Albany who marched south from Quebec
John Burgoyne
Why is the battle of Saratoga important
It was the turning point
After Philadelphia where did Washington camp in the winter of 1778
Valley Forge
What battle took place on one of the hottest days of summer of 1778
Battle of Monmouth
What lady became famous by Manning her husband canon
Molly pitcher
What Jewish businessman helped obtain French loans for the patriots and gave out of his own pocket to help the war effort’s
Haym Solomon
In the summer of 1778 who led Kentucky volunteers as they seized the British post at Kaskaskia and Cahokia in Illinois
George Rogers Clark
What do we call private vessels commissioned by the Congress or state government’s
Privateers
What was the John Paul Jones’s famous statement to the Serapis
I have not yet begun to fight
Who was known as the Swampfox
Francis Marion
Who was known as the fighting gamecock
Thomas Sumter
What was the name of the famous Mohock chief and missionary who fought for the British in the war for independence
Joseph Brant
Who was known as the fighting quaker
Nathaniel Greene
What trader plotted to get west point to the British
Benedict Arnold
Why is the battle of Yorktown important
It virtually guaranteed our independence
In 1783 what treaty ended the war of England
The treaty of Paris
