Unit 1b: American Revolution

Question 1

Proclamation of 1763

Answer 1

Law passed by the English king after the English won the French & Indian War banning colonists from moving west over the Appalachian mountains.

Question 2

Sugar Act

Answer 2

1764 tax placed on foreign sugar, molasses, and other British goods. It was not an original tax but it was much more strictly enforced.

Question 3

Stamp Act

Answer 3

1765 tax placed on printed materials- advertisements, diplomas, licenses, playing cards, legal documents

Question 4

Townshend Acts

Answer 4

1767 tax on tea, lead, dye, indigo, glass

Question 5

Writs of Assistance

Answer 5

Law passed allowing searches or seizure without any reasonable cause. Very much upset colonists who were involved in smuggling.

Question 6

Boston Massacre

Answer 6

Incident where 5 colonists protesters were killed by British Redcoats in March 1770.

Question 7

Guerilla Warfare

Answer 7

Hit and run tactic used by native Americans. Very contrary to the “civilized” European style of warfare.

Question 8

Boston Harbor

Answer 8

Closed by the Intolerable Acts in an effort to punish the colonists of Boston due to the dumping of 342 barrels of tea, known as the Boston Tea Party.

Question 9

John Adams

Answer 9

Bostonian lawyer who defends Captain Preston and the British Redcoats charged with purposefully attacking the colonial protesters.

Question 10

George Washington

Answer 10

Virginian, elected President of the Second Continental Congress and General of the Continental Army.

Question 11

First Continental Congress

Answer 11

First official meeting where representatives from all of the colonies- except Georgia- met to discuss their colonial grievances.

Question 12

Samuel Adams

Answer 12

Ardent patriot, leader of the Sons of Liberty, a secretive rebellious group of patriots. Cousin to John Adams.

Question 13

King George III

Answer 13

King of England passing the laws and taxes upsetting the colonists leading up to the American Revolution

Question 14

French general who arrives to help the Patriots prepare for war. Becomes a close advisor to General George Washington.

Answer 14

Marquis de Lafayette

Question 15

Last attempt at peace prior to going to war with England, it was a letter sent to King George.

Answer 15

Olive Branch Petition

Question 16

5,000

Answer 16

Number of African Americans who fought in the American Revolution. Originally King George III offered freedom to African American slaves. Later this offer was copied by George Washington to increase membership in the Continental Army.

Question 17

Canons

Answer 17

The most important and effective weapon used throughout the American Revolution.

Question 18

England’s governing body that did not include a representative from the colonies. The colonists protested directly against this governing body.

Answer 18

Parliament

Question 19

Second Continental Congress

Answer 19

Second organized meeting of colonial representatives held in Philadelphia after the fight at Lexington & Concord. Representatives from Georgia were present at this meet.

Question 20

A document which pointed out all of the grievances against the King of England, King George III. All 56 men who signed understood they were committing treason.

Answer 20

The Declaration of Independence

Question 21

Shot Heard Around the World

Answer 21

First engagement of fighting between the colonists and the British Redcoats in Lexington, MA as the Redcoats marched to Concord to collect weapons and supplies.

Question 22

Deborah Sampson Gannett

Answer 22

Massachusetts colonial Patriot who disguised herself as a man in order to fight for the patriot cause calling herself Private Robert Shurtliff. Her gender was discovered when she tried to hide an injury of a bullet in her thigh.

Question 23

An army made up of common people; not official soldiers

Answer 23

A militia

Question 24

Elite German soldiers hired by the King George III to help defeat the Patriots.

Answer 24

Hessians

Question 25

Top British General who surrenders at Yorktown, thus ending the American Revolution.

Answer 25

General Conrwallis

Question 26

Cartoon of snake drawn by Benjamin Franklin prior to the French and Indian War.

Answer 26

Join or Die depicts a snake representing 12 of the 13 colonies originally used to help unify the colonies against the French & the Indians, however, later re-used to help the Patriot cause.

Question 27

“Going against the King would be like going against God!”

Answer 27

Comment most likely said by a Loyalist

Question 28

Battle of Saratoga

Answer 28

Battle which symbolizes the turning point for the Patriots. Due to not knowing the land, British General “Johnny” splits up his troops causing them to get lost and delayed. Patriots easily defeat General Johnny when he shows up in Saratoga, NY with only 1/3 of his troops.

Question 29

Battle in which General George Washington led a surprise attack on the German Hessians stationed in New Jersey.

Answer 29

Battle of Trenton

Question 30

Which battle finally proved to the French that the Patriots could beat the British thus offering the Patriots their much needed navy?

Answer 30

The Battle of Saratoga, the turning point for the Patriots.