Test Revolutionary War Flashcards
How did 2nd continental cong. Decidec to handle british?
They were deciding to go to war or not, qnd sent olive branch treaty for peace.
Why did lots of african americans go to british?
Brits promised freedm.
Waht were signifigant factors in U.S. Victory?
Home feild advantage, france
What marked end of rev.
Treaty of paris, 1783
What was olive branch pettiotion
An attempt for peace with GB
Whos name came to mean traitor
Benedict arnold.
What was resukt of treaty of paris
GB agreeing that colonies were independant
Loyalists r also called
Tories.
Sons of liberty?
Colonists who protested british policies, they were seceret, led by s adams
Why was winter hard at vf
Shotatge of food, clothes, lost PHL, NY
Us probs during war?
Navy, shortages
Washingto win against ___ in trenton?
Hessians
“All men created equal” is for who?
Rich, white, land owning christian men
Which battle end war and when
Yorktown, 1781
French help US AFTER
Saratoga
Christmas night.
Trenton g washington
Who made contribution at yorktown
French navy
“Dont fire unless fired apon”
U.S. Didnt want to start war
“Dont shoot till u see whites of their eyes
Breeds/bunker hill to save ammo
Layalist strenght where?
South
Purpose of dec.
To show that the colinist were for real and we want to break away, do declare indepenence
Why dump tea?
Taxes
Quartering act?
Brit. Soldiers were allowed to live in colonist homes w/out permisdion.
What taxed glass, paper, tea, etc.
Townsend act
