Test II: The Revolutionary War Flashcards
document that signified the end of the Revolutionary War
Treaty of Paris
Father of Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
traitor who plotted to give up the fort at West Point
Benedict Arnold
when British soldiers opened fire on unarmed colonists
Boston Massacre
when Americans dressed as Natives and dumped tea
Boston Tea Part
first battles of the Revolutionary War
Lexington and Concord
British general forced to surrender at Yorktown
Lord Cornwallis
French nobleman who served in teh American Army
Marquis de Lafayette
volunteer soldiers ready at a moement’s notice
minutemen
commander-in-chief of the Continental Army
George Washington
young American patriot who was hanged as a spy by the British
Nathan Hale
general at Bunker Hill
William Prescott
president of the Congress that accepted the Declaration
John Hancock
successful American naval officer
John Paul Jones
“I have not yet begun to fight!”
John Paul Jones
Final battle of the Revolutionary War
Yorktown
Year of the first Continental Congress
1774
Date of the Second Treaty of Paris
Sept. 3, 1783
Revolutionary battle lost by Americans but considered a victory
Bunker Hill
“Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes!”
William Prescott
Date of the Declaration of Independence
July 4, 1776
Date of the Second Continental Congress
May 10, 1775
“I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!”
Patrick Henry
Event during which Washington surprised and captured the Hessians
crossing of the Delaware
Battle that was the turning point for the Revolutionary War
Saratoga
Year of the Boston Tea Party
1773
Date of the battles of Lexington and Concord
April 19, 1775
“I regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.”
Nathan Hale
Year of the Boston Massacre
1770
How does R.A. Emerson describe the first battle of the Revolutionary War?
“the shot heard round the world”
What was the first time delegates from all the colonies met to discuss the rights of Americans?
First Continental Congress
Who were the riders sent to warn Charleston and Lexington of the coming British army?
Paul Revere and William Dawes
What were the five causes of the Revolutionary War?
trade and navigation laws; stamp act; townshend acts; boston massacre; the five intolerable acts
List the thirteen original colonies
Virginia, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Maryland, Connecticut, Rhode Island, North Carolina, South Carolina, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Georgia
