history the road to independence

Question 1

Cernal George Washington

Answer 1

George Washington 150 then to stop the building of the frensh fort duquesne
they were ambushed by the French French
this was attempt number one

Question 2

GeneralEdward Broddock

Answer 2

Took 2000 men to Fort Duchenne
Draged heavy artillery and moved trees out of the way
Baddock was shot and killed
the washington rode back while 5 bullets passed through him and two horses were shot out from underneath him

Question 3

William Pitt

Answer 3

send an expedition to Luisberg

cuts off all the shipping lanes to quebec and Montreal

Question 4

Battle for Quebec

Answer 4

General Wolf for Great Britain and general Montclam for France
Great Britain scales cliff outside of quebec
the battle is on the fields of Abraham
both generals are killed

Question 5

The Treaty of Paris (1763)

Answer 5

france loses all colonies in North America
Britain gets the east of the Mississippi and florida
spain gets the west of the Mississippi and Cuba

Question 6

Pontiac rebellion

Answer 6

the algonquins chief is mad at the settlers for taking their land
they Raidfrom the great lakes to West Virginia
over 2000 soldiers and settlers were killed

Question 7

neolin’s teachings

Answer 7

he says that the whites are the one who brought sin
and because of this all Native Americans are excluded from heaven
Pontiac interpreted this as only the British are evil

Question 8

The English response to Pontiacs rebellion

Answer 8

they send a large amout troops to stop the uprising
first try at biological warfare
the proclamation of 1763 is born

Question 9

what was the first try of biological warfare

Answer 9

was when the British laced handkerchiefs and blankets with smallpox

Question 10

The stamp act

Answer 10

when the British made the English put a stamp on all important papers such as printed papers and documents

Question 11

The colonial response to the stamp act

Answer 11

The colonists were mad because they were being taxed without representation
Britain argues that they have virtual representation
this is when the sons and daughters of liberty our born

Question 12

The stamp act Congress

Answer 12

first organized and coordinated political action from the colonies
only nine colonies were able to attend

Question 13

The colonial response continued

Answer 13

The Sons of liberty tarred and feathered the messagers of the British they boycott the Stamp act this caused a sharp decrease in trade

Question 14

The repeal of the Stamp Act

Answer 14

daughters of liberty start making homemade goods and homemade fabrics this become popular
the nonimportation agreement is revealed

Question 15

The declatory act of 1766

Answer 15

Britain has the right to tax the colonies

Britain says that self government is illegal

Question 16

The Townsand program from 1767 to 1770

Answer 16

prime Minister Charles Townsend is elected

and his first tax is the Townsend act and it taxes tea glass paper and other goods

Question 17

The Boston massacre begins

Answer 17

march 5, 1770
A 16-year-old yells at a british soldier that there is no honnor in the 29th the soldier is in the 29th also he’s a private
the private threatens to stab the16-year-old

Question 18

The Boston massacre

Answer 18

20 colonies hear the commotion and come start yelling at the soldier and starts throwing snowballs at first then brick and other materails
someone yells fire and everybody comes out and joins in
Captain Preston comes seven guards to rescue the private
they get trapped by the colonists

Question 19

what was the French and Indian war (1754 to 1763)

Answer 19

when france and britian fighting over the Ohio River Valley and the french build forts along the Ohio River
France I had 100,000 colonies and the British had 2 million colonists

Question 20

The Boston massacre ending

Answer 20

the british make a defensive semi circle
a brick hits private Montgomery and he fires his weapon
all man pause and the fire
11 in the crowd are injured and 3 die instantly and 2 die later

Question 21

The tea act of 1773

Answer 21

The British made all the only tea in the colonies become East India tea this lowered the price of tea

Question 22

The Boston tea party

Answer 22

A shipment of East India T has been sitting in the harbor for four months
asks if the shipment can leave and it doesn’t
Samuel Adam calls a meeting in 5000 show up
adams says the can do no more for the country
40 Bostonians dress as Indians and throw 90,000 pounds of tea into the harbor

Question 23

what are the intolerable acts of 1774

Answer 23

The Porta where the Boston Harbor is closed down
the Massachusetts government act where Massachusetts lagislature power is reduced
the administration act where royal officials accused of crimes are sent back to GB
quartering act enables more British troops to be housedin private homes
the quebec act extends the border of Canada

Question 24

first Continental Congress

Answer 24

12 of the 13 colonies representatives are sent to Philadelphia
they are there from September to October 1774
they called for the immediate repeal of the intolerable acts
they pass the declaration of rights and grievances

Question 25

where did the fighting began?

Answer 25

Lexington and Concorde April 18, 1775

Question 26

what happened at the battle of Lexington

Answer 26

The Minutemen stood in front of the British army
the British Army told them to move but the Minutemen refuse
then one volley is fired and the a couple more from each side are fired
one British is shot in the leg and one horse is dead while eight minute men are killed

Question 27

what happened at the battle of Concord

Answer 27

The British were looking for a stash of gunpowder
then the colonial militia showed up and continued to fire at the British until they retreated
while they were heading back to Boston the militia was camped on the side of the road and continue to shoot the British

Question 28

What did the second Continental Congress do

Answer 28

they establish an army
they did not have any formal conversation of independence
George Washington came in and volunteered to be the general of the colonial army and was elected

Question 29

Battle of Bunker Hill

Answer 29

this occurred in June 1775 this was it was fought on Breedshill
it was general howe had 25,000 GB men versus Colonel Prescott only 15,000 men CA
Great Britain made three charges up the hill, the first two were a fail The third was a success
Great Britain won that battle

Question 30

what are Loyalists

Answer 30

there are people that are loyal to Britain
made up 16 to 20% of the population
they were in every colony and in every class
they were usally wealthy and conservative
once the war started 80,000 Loyalists immigrated back to England

Question 31

what was common sense

Answer 31

it was a “magazine” for the colonies
it was published by Thomas Paine in the late 1770s
became very popular
adjusted the colonial attitude towards Britain

Question 32

The declaration of Independence

Answer 32

mainly wrote by Thomas Jefferson
the second Continental Congress edits the document so much that Jefferson storms out
and is ratified on July 2,1776
announced on July 4, 1776

Question 33

The battle for New York

Answer 33

General howe 32,000 men for Great Britain
General Washington 15,000 men for America America
from July 1776 to August of 1776

Question 34

The battle for Long Island

Answer 34

General howe attacks with a few thousand in front but flanks with the majority of his army
howe destroys most of the army but gives Washington enough time to retreat

Question 35

Who and what was Nathan Hale during the war

Answer 35

The first spy used in the battle

he was terrible at blending carried papers with his real name and didn’t have a codename