History Chapter 6 Flashcards
In 1766, _________ _______ ______ ________ once again became prime minister of Great Britain
William Pitt the Elder
Who is the Chancellor of the Exchequer
Secretary of the treasury
Who was the Chancellor of the Exchequer after William Pitt the Elder died
Charles Townshend
Unlike William Pitt Charles Townshend did not _________ with the colonies
Sympathize
Charles Townshend levied a series of taxes called the ___________ ______, on colonial imports from Britain
Townshend Acts
What system kept the colonies informed of the problems with England and let America’s position be known to the world
Committee of Correspondence
What was the incident called in Boston when some British soldiers killed three Bostonians
Boston Massacre
Instead of the War for Independence being a violent revolution of unorganized rioters it would be a calm, deliberate, well organized action of free people
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When Lord North became prime minister all the Townshend Acts were repealed except for the tax on ____
Tea
Why did the Parliament retain the tax on tea
To remind the colonists that Parliament had the power to tax the colonists
Who filled the newspapers with letters warning the colonists hat the peace with England was only temporary and that the real problems had not been solved
Samuel Adams
The _________ _____ canceled the American colonies western claims by extending the borders Quebec south to the Ohio River and west to the Mississippi, it also recognized Catholicism as the official religion of Quebec
Quebec Act
What did the patriots of the Boston Tea Party disguise as
Indians
How many tea chests did the colonists dump into the harbor
340
The __________ _____ made it legal for British officials to quarter British Soldiers in occupied buildings
Quartering Act
The ______ _____ _____ closed the port of Boston
Boston Port Bill
What did the colonists call the quartering act and the Boston port bill
Intolerable Acts
Where were the Patriots collecting ammunition outside of Boston
Concord
Who rode through the night to warn their countrymen that the British were coming
Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Dr. Samuel Prescott
All of the colonists sent delegates to the first continental congress except ________
Georgia
What was the continental congress for
to discuss what action should be taken in the impending crisis
On March 28,1775, _________ _________ made a speech to the Virginia House of Burgesses in which he foretold the fast approaching conflict and spoke the sentiments of an ever growing number of Americans.
Patrick Henry
What were volunteer militia men called
minutemen
Why were minutemen called minutemen
because they had to be ready to protect there family and home in a minutes notice
Where was Fort Ticonderoga located
on the shores of Lake Champlain, Ticonderoga
What did Fort Ticonderoga guard
the main road between Canada and New York
Who was elected president of the continental congress
John Hancock
Why was the first shot of the Revolutionary War called A Shot Heard Around the World
because it would change the course of human history
How many British and Americans were killed in the first battle of the Revolutionary War
British=273
American=93
What did the sturdy pioneers from the green mountains that called themselves when they joined the patriot _______ ________
Green Mountain Boys, Ethan Allen
What stronghold did Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys turn their attention to
Fort Ticonderoga
Did Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys capture Fort Ticonderoga
yes
The ________ ________ _________ was a petition from america to britain to have peace and in return give loyalty
Olive Branch Petition
Did the British agree to the Olive Branch Petition
no
What were Hessians
Professional Prussian soldiers (From Germany)
What act did England issue that removed British protection from the colonies
Prohibitory Act
_________ _____________ was commander in chief at the time of the second continental congress
George Washington
Where was the Battle of Bunker Hill really fought
Breed’s Hill
What was the first major battle of the revolutionary war called
Battle of Bunker Hill
Who won the battle of bunker hill
british
What petition asked the British the to come to reasonable terms and promising loyalty in return
Olive Branch Petition
Where did Americans inherit their love of liberty and tradition
A long history of English Tradition
__________ are people who remained loyal to the king and opposed the War for Independence.
Loyalists or Tories
Who Published the pamphlet called Common Sense
Thomas Paine
_________ _________ gave the colonists a detailed account of English liberties and the abuses of the monarchy and Parliament
Common Sense
___________ _________ ______ presented a momentous resolution to the continental congress
Richard Henry Lee
Led by ___________ ___________ that committee prepared the most important human statement of political principles in the history of the world
Thomas Jefferson
On July 4,1776, our nation adopted the ________________ ___ _________________
Declaration of Independence
where did Washington attack and defeated the British troops that came to capture him in Trenton
Princeton
_________ ____________ was imprisoned as a spy twice and the third time sentenced to death but he escaped to the patriot forces
Haym Solomon
Where did Washington capture nearly 1,000 Hessians and a good stock of valuable supplies
Trenton
What two British officers would meet at Albany and try to divide New England from The Middle and Southern Colonies
General Howe and General John Burgoyne
When did Washington capture nearly 1,000 Hessians and a good stock of valuable supplies
Christmas night,1776
Who did General Howe send to catch Washington at Trenton
General Cornwallis
Did Cornwallis catch Washington in Trenton
no
