The American Revolution

Question 1

1st part of the declaration of independence

Answer 1

preamble - when in the course of human events

Question 2

2nd part of the declaration of independence

Answer 2

declaration of natural rights - endowed citizens duty government

Question 3

3rd part of the deceleration of independence

Answer 3

list of grievances - ursaption, despotism, abdicated, perdify, insurrections, petions to redress

Question 4

4th part of the declaration

Answer 4

resolution of the independence - power to make war establish alliance and trade “free and indapendent states”

Question 5

what were the issues with the declaration of indpenece

Answer 5

• It declares a complete break with Britain and its King and claims the powers of an independent country
• The founders’ failure to directly address the question of slavery

Question 6

how many signed the declaration of independence

Answer 6

56 delegates

Question 7

what were the dangers of signing the declaration of independence

Answer 7

the 56 men risked high treason against the King of England. In essence, they signed their death warrants because that was the penalty.

Question 8

lexington and concord

Answer 8

• american victory
  -the famous ‘shot heard ‘round the world’,
• marked the start of the American War of Independence

Question 9

battle of bunker hill

Answer 9

• British victory
• the fierce fight confirmed that any reconciliation between England and American colonies was no longer possible.

Question 10

fort ticonderoga

Answer 10

• american victory
• secured the strategic passageway north to Canada and netted the patriots an important cache of artillery.

Question 11

british leave boston

Answer 11

On March 17, 1776, known afterward as “Evacuation Day,” 11,000 redcoats and hundreds of Loyalists left the city by boat. Washington marched into Boston on March 18,
- British would head for New York City.

Question 12

battle of long island

Answer 12

• british victory
• The battle initiated the British campaign of 1776 to seize control of New York and thereby isolate New England from the rest of the colonies.

Question 13

battle of trenton

Answer 13

-british victory

Question 14

Brittish occupy philadelphia

Answer 14

On September 26, 1777, the British army marched into Philadelphia, beginning an occupation that lasted until the following spring. Its arrival led patriots to flee and Loyalists to rejoice, although wartime shortages soon led to suffering for those who remained in the city.

Question 15

cowpens and gilfords

Answer 15

• american victory
• the “chain of evils” that shifted the tide of war in the south and made the shocking victory at Yorktown possible.

Question 16

battle of Yorktown

Answer 16

• American victory
• The Battle of Yorktown proved to be the decisive engagement of the American Revolution. The British surrender forecast the end of British rule in the colonies and the birth of a new nation the United States of America.

Question 17

george washington

Answer 17

American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797.

Question 18

second conteintal congress

Answer 18

a late-18th-century meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that united in support of the American Revolutionary War.

Question 19

baron von stueben

Answer 19

german officer who trained American troops

Question 20

general clinton

Answer 20

British commander in chief
(american revoultuon)

Question 21

general cornwallis

Answer 21

a British Army general and official.

Question 22

King george the thrid

Answer 22

king of england who ruled between 1760 and 1820

Question 23

inflation

Answer 23

a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money.

Question 24

valley forge

Answer 24

encampment site of the Continental Army during the winter of 1777-1778.

Question 25

Marquis De lafyette

Answer 25

a French aristocrat, freemason and military officer who fought in the American Revolutionary War,

Question 26

comte de rochambeau

Answer 26

French nobleman and general whose army played the decisive role in helping the United States defeat the British army at Yorktown in 1781 (AR)

Question 27

Did all americans support the war

Answer 27

40% neutral 40% in favor 5% slaves 5% natives 10% loyalists

Question 28

Advantages of the British in the war

Answer 28

- large population - well trained army - nice economic base

Question 29

Advantages of the americans in the war

Answer 29

- fought on home territory -civilian support - great leadership

Question 30

Disadavantges of the british

Answer 30

- weak miltary - never understood colonists opions

Question 31

Disadvantages of the americans

Answer 31

- lack of governement organziation - money - british blocks seaports

Question 32

why was the declaration of indepenece important to the americans

Answer 32

because it would determine whether or not they would be a united nation without britain

Question 33

how did america win at yorktown

Answer 33

They surprised the British in a siege that turned the tide toward an American victory in the War for Independence.

Question 34

who won the war

Answer 34

the americans

Question 35

major allies to america

Answer 35

France, Spain, and the Netherlands

Question 36

how did the second continental congress lead to the american revolution

Answer 36

raising armies, directing strategy, appointing diplomats, writing petitions such as the Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms and the Olive Branch Petition.