Revolutionary War

Question 1

What was salutary neglect?

Answer 1

An unofficial policy to relax the enforcement of some laws and regulations

Question 2

Why did the British end the policy of salutary neglect?

Answer 2

They needed more money for a standing army so they could force colonists to pay taxes

Question 3

What was the name of the first act passed by parliament to raise revenue in the colonies and what did it do?

Answer 3

It was the sugar act, it was a tax on sugar and molasses. It also banned foreign items.

Question 4

When was the stamp act passed and what did it do?

Answer 4

Passed in March of 1765, required colonists to pay for a stamp/seal when buying paper items

Question 5

Was kind of law was the stamp act and was does it mean?

Answer 5

It was an ex post facto law which means it changes the legal consequences of actions that were committed before the law

Question 6

Who formed the sons of liberty and in what city?

Answer 6

Samuel Adams in Boston

Question 7

What was the famous phrase used by Patriots?

Answer 7

No taxation without representation

Question 8

Who drafted and gave the famous illusion of hope speech?

Answer 8

Patrick Henry

Question 9

What document did the stamp act congress adopt and what were 2 things that it said?

Answer 9

They adopted the declaration of rights and grievances it said colonists possessed the rights of Englishmen and trial by jury is a right

Question 10

One of the provisions of the Townshend acts was that it gave royal governors and judges a salary paid from the royal treasury. Why did the colonists not like this?

Answer 10

It removed power from colonial assemblies

Question 11

The British military occupation of Boston beginning led to what significant event?

Answer 11

Boston massacre

Question 12

Parliament repealed all the Townshend acts with the exception of what?

Answer 12

Tax on tea

Question 13

What 2 things did the tea act of 1773 grant to British east India company, and why were the colonists upset?

Answer 13

Gave license to export tea straight to colonies and monopoly on tea. Colonists were upset because it threatened to put American merchants out of business

Question 14

The tea act led to what major event organized by the sons of liberty in December of 1773?

Answer 14

Boston tea party

Question 15

Name 2 things that the intolerable acts imposed on the colonists of Massachusetts.

Answer 15

Forced colonists to house British soldiers and closed Boston harbor until all tea is payed for

Question 16

Name 1 of the things the delegates of the first continental congress agreed to.

Answer 16

The right to assemble peacefully

Question 17

Name the first battle of the war for independence.

Answer 17

The battles of Lexington and concord

Question 18

The second continental congress became de facto government of the colonies what does this mean?

Answer 18

It means that in exists in fact but not by law

Question 19

Who did the second continental congress appoint as commander in chief of the continental army?

Answer 19

George Washington

Question 20

What was the olive branch petition and who drafted it?

Answer 20

It was a last ditch effort for peace with Britain and John Dickinson drafted it

Question 21

Who wrote the famous pamphlet common sense?

Answer 21

Thomas Paine

Question 22

Name the committee of five who drafted the Declaration of Independence.

Answer 22

Ben Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson,
Robert Livingston, Rodger Sherman

Question 23

What was the name of the resolution that the second continental congress debated concerning American independence?

Answer 23

Lee resolution

Question 24

What day and year did the second continental congress vote unanimously for independence.

Answer 24

July 2, 1776

Question 25

What happened on July 4, 1776?

Answer 25

Declaration of Independence was approved

Question 26

What is important about the 5th section of the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 26

Establishes the each colony is equal to Britain. Had the same rights etc.

Question 27

What was a loyalist?

Answer 27

Colonists who remained to Britain during the revolutionary war

Question 28

Name one strength and one weakness of the patriots.

Answer 28

Strength- they knew the land
Weakness- had small navy

Question 29

Name one strength and one weakness of Britain.

Answer 29

Strength- strongest army and navy in world
Weakness- didn’t know land

Question 30

What battle is famous for Washington crossing the Delaware river?

Answer 30

Battle of Trenton

Question 31

Essential to Britain’s northern strategy was control of what river?

Answer 31

Hudson River

Question 32

What decision ultimately led to failure Britain’s northern strategy?

Answer 32

General Howe changed his mind

Question 33

What major battle led to surrender of general burgoyne’s northern army and convinced France to join the war on American side?

Answer 33

Battle of Saratoga

Question 34

Who were the prominent Europeans who volunteered to help the continental army?

Answer 34

Marquis De Lafayette and Baronvon Steuben

Question 35

What year did France join the war?

Answer 35

1778

Question 36

Where did Washington and his men camp for the winter of 1777-1778

Answer 36

Valley forge

Question 37

What was the final major land battle of the war for independence

Answer 37

Battle of Yorktown

Question 38

What treaty officially ended the war for independence?

Answer 38

Treaty of Paris

Question 39

What is important about the first article of the treaty of Paris?

Answer 39

Britain recognized the freedom and independence of each American state

Question 40

For resigning his military commission, Washington is often called what?

Answer 40

The American Cincinnatus