Revolutionary War 1/19/23

Question 1

What was Pontiac’s goal?

Answer 1

to unite tribes against the british

Question 2

How long was Pontiac’s rebellion?

Answer 2

3 years, 1763-1766

Question 3

What were the 3 acts that were placed?

Answer 3

Stamp Act, Sugar Act, Quartering Act

Question 4

What was the name of the group of people who help the king make laws and rules?

Answer 4

Parliament

Question 5

What was the name of the tea company that was involved in the tea act?

Answer 5

East India Tea Company

Question 6

Who was the leader of the sons of liberty?

Answer 6

Samuel Adams

Question 7

What was the name of the boat that sailed into Boston with the tea?

Answer 7

Charleston Boat

Question 8

How many cases of tea were thrown in the Boston Tea Party?

Answer 8

342 cases

Question 9

How much money was wasted when the tea was thrown away?

Answer 9

1 million

Question 10

What were the 4 acts that were given as a punishment for throwing the tea?

Answer 10

Goverment act, justice act, boston port act, goverment act, quartering act

Question 11

What did John Adams do that was hated by the colonists?

Answer 11

Testified in court saying the real truth about the Boston Massacre

Question 12

What sparked the event on March 5, 1770?

Answer 12

Snowballs

Question 13

What were the name of people who supported independence?

Answer 13

Patriots

Question 14

Who were the people who wanted to stay with the king?

Answer 14

Loyalists

Question 15

What was the name of the petition that tried to work things out with the king?

Answer 15

The olive branch petition

Question 16

Who made the article “Common Sense” that tried to convince the colonists to want independence from the British?

Answer 16

Thomas Paine

Question 17

Who had done “Midnight Ride”

Answer 17

Paul Revere

Question 18

Who was the leader of the minutemen during the Battle of Lexington?

Answer 18

John Parker

Question 19

When did the Battle of Lexington take place?

Answer 19

April 19, 1775

Question 20

Where did the contiental congress take place?

Answer 20

`Philadalphia, Pennysylvania

Question 21

How much attempts did it take the british to climb up?

Answer 21

3 attempts

Question 22

Who was the british general at the time of the battle of bunker hill?

Answer 22

Thomas Gage

Question 23

What was the first real fight between the british and the colonists?

Answer 23

The battle of bunker hill

Question 24

Who wrote the declaration of independence?

Answer 24

Thomas Jefferson

Question 25

Who was the first signer of the declaration of independence?

Answer 25

John Hancock

Question 26

What are the three unalienable rights?

Answer 26

Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness

Question 27

What date did the contiental congress take place?

Answer 27

May 10, 1775

Question 28

What was one advantage that the british had before war?

Answer 28

They had a strong army.

Question 29

What was one advantage that the colonists had before war?

Answer 29

They were fighting on their home land.

Question 30

What was the name of the woman who disuised as a man during the war?

Answer 30

Debra Sampson

Question 31

What name did Debra Sampson use?

Answer 31

Robert Shortliffe

Question 32

What was the name of the doctor who discovered that Debra Sampson was a female?

Answer 32

Dr. Barnabus Binney

Question 33

What is the name of the man who betrayed the colonists?

Answer 33

Benedict Arnold

Question 34

What group was Benedict Arnold part of?

Answer 34

Green Mountain Boys

Question 35

Who made the proclamation that any A.A slave who escaped their master would be able to join the war with the promise of freedom?

Answer 35

Lord Dunmore

Question 36

What was the battle that was the turning point of the war?

Answer 36

The battle of saratoga

Question 37

Why was it the turning point of the war?

Answer 37

France decides to join the war

Question 38

What was the last battle of the war?

Answer 38

Battle of yorktown

Question 39

What did France supply the colonists with at the battle of yorktown?

Answer 39

Large naval boats

Question 40

What document ended the revolutionary war?

Answer 40

Treaty of Paris in 1783

Question 41

Who led the rebellion after the war?

Answer 41

Daniel Shays

Question 42

How much supporters did Shay have?

Answer 42

15,000

Question 43

Where did Shay lead his supporters?

Answer 43

To the federal arsenal

Question 44

Which general didn’t follow the plan of Yorktown?

Answer 44

General Howe