test 3

Question 1

Camp Dubios

Answer 1

camp where Lewis and Clark set off from for their expedition in missouri on may 14, 1804.

Question 2

Fort Mandan

Answer 2

built in the winter of 1804-05 in North Dakota, left in April 15, 1805; Lewis/Clark

Question 3

Fort Clatsop

Answer 3

established by Lewis and Clark in Oregon north of the Columbia River; stayed till March 1806

Question 4

Fort Duquesne

Answer 4

France built in 1750 in what is now Pittsburgh; British attacked with no success; fell to Pitt in November of 1758

Question 5

Third Battle for Charleston

Answer 5

Nathanial Greene employed a brilliant strategy to wear out his larger opponent in what was called Race to the Dan; he forced Cornwallis to fight, inflicted casualties then retreated. With Cornwallis occupied, Greene began his reconquest of the south and by the end of June the British controlled Savannah and Charleston.

Question 6

Yorktown Battle

Answer 6

it marked the end of the revolutionary war; Cornwallis built a defense position to protect warships in Yorktown, Virginia; this left him vulnerable to attack by the Americans and French, who trapped him any army and victorious French Navy. This left a sizable British army in America in New York with a change in the British government. People’s favor for war had decreased dramatically

Question 7

Trenton Battle

Answer 7

December 26, 1776; after Vossed, Deleware attacked Germans; captured 2/3 of the force; small/huge immoral victory. This boosted enlistment.

Question 8

Saratoga Battle

Answer 8

British attempted to cut New England from the rest of the country; major miscommunication led one British army to Philadelphia turning it to Washington and the other war captured in Upstate New York; British lost a 7th of their men, americans lost 300; convinced the French that the patriots had a chance so they sent reinforcements

Question 9

Kings Mountain Battle

Answer 9

group of 900 patriots took an army of 1100 loyalists by surprise and soundly defeated them; forced Cornwallis to abandon his plan to invade North Carolina; important because just prior General Gates, who was sent by Washington , was defeated by Cornwallis. This collapsed continental military in south

Question 10

lexington battle

Answer 10

february 1775, Massachusetts was declared to be in a state of rebellion and the revoluntionary traders are labelled as traitors and all suspected rebels are order to be disarmed.

Question 11

bunker hill battle

Answer 11

first major battle of the revolution. In June of 1775 (Breds Hill) colonists took Boston but were engaged by the British in the hills surrounding the city; victory for the British but they lost 1200 of 3000 men and the colonists 450 of 2500. They forced Britain out of Boston in March of 1776.

Question 12

Alien and Sedition Act (4 Parts)

Answer 12

1. Naturalization Act: increased requirements for citizenship
2. Alien Friend Act: President could detain/deport non-citizens
3. Alien Enemies Act: President could detain non-citizens during war
4. Sedition Acts: criminalized false/malicious statements about the government

Question 13

Stamp Act

Answer 13

passed in 1765; stated all official documents, newspapers, pamphlets, and aimances had to have a special stamp; protested heavily

Question 14

Boston Massacre

Answer 14

1770, 100+ colonists protested Townsend Act, gathered around customs house in Boston; officers order not to fire; someone fired resulting in chaos and 5 dead and 6 wounded; 11 british soldiers, 2 convicted, 1 standed on thumb

Question 15

Tea Act

Answer 15

passed in 1773 and lowered the tax on tea but appointed special merchants to sell tea to bypass colonial merchants.

Question 16

Northwest Ordinance

Answer 16

first document to ban slavery

Question 17

Treaty of Paris (1783!)

Answer 17

america got all land east of the mississippi river and southern canada, spain got complete control of florida and fishing rights oof of canada

Question 18

Louisana Purchase (1803)

Answer 18

Thomas Jefferson offered Napoleon to buy New Orleans and 40,000 acres. Went for 850,000 acres and 15 million dollars.

Question 19

Federalists

Answer 19

favored weaker state governments, strong federal government, and national bank.

Question 20

Republicans

Answer 20

Smaller federal government, final and all power should tie with agriculture.

Question 21

Three-Fifths Clause

Answer 21

Southern stated wanted to count slaves as people to get more votes in congress; counted slaves as 3/5 of a person/vote

Question 22

Treaty of Paris (1763!)

Answer 22

ended the French and Indian war; England got Frances sugar islands in the Carribean and Florida from Spain

Question 23

Proclamation of 1763

Answer 23

reserved lands west of the Appalachians for the Natives; strongly protested by colonists

Question 24

Molasses Act of 1733

Answer 24

tax on all molasses imported not from British west indies; it is used for rum and this was not well enforced/effective.

Question 25

Corps of Discovery

Answer 25

special division of the Army created to support their expedition

Question 26

Continental Divide

Answer 26

point in the Rocky Mountains that divided the continent

Question 27

Northwest territory

Answer 27

created in 1787 by the Northwest Ordinance; led to conflict with Native Tribes with Shawne, Miami, Lenape, and Ottawa.

Question 28

Treaty of Greenville

Answer 28

US forced confederacy to sign it under which they created a large portion of their land in the Ohio Valley; brough temporary peace but would lead directly to problems with Natives during war of 1812.

Question 29

Boston Tea Party

Answer 29

December 16, 1773, Colonists stopped a load of British tea from being unloaded, they boarded the ship by night and dumped tea. 92,000 tbs/342 chests

Question 30

Second Continental Congress

Answer 30

followed Lexington and met in May of 1775 and drafted Olive Branch and the Declaration of the causes and necessities of Taking Up Arms.