Unit 2 Test Flashcards
What was the significance of the olive branch petition?
it was the colonists last chance at peace with Britain
What was the shot heard round the world
Lexington and concord
One reason colonist won
Motivation
This person was an American patriot who wrote pamphlets, poems, essays, papers on British policies
mercy Otis warren
One term from treaty of Paris
British troops must leave the U.S.
What’s the significance of Saratoga
Turning point in war
Who wrote common sense
Thomas Paine
Who was the leader of the sons of liberty
Sam Adams
Who helped Washington train troops at valley forge
Lafayette
What was the first tax after the French and Indian war
sugar act
This tax was on all paper products
Stamp Act
What were they fighting over French and Indian war
Ohio river valley
Where was the proclamation line
Appalachian mountains
Who wrote the DOI
Thomas Jefferson
What was Britain’s view over the boston tea party
enraged
What was the full date of the DOI
July 4, 1776
Name two things the intolerable acts did
quartering act, closed Boston harbor
Who was crispus attucks
1st to die for revolution and Boston massacre
Battle of Yorktown
last battle
Name three unalienable rights
life, liberty, pursuit of happiness
Who was the great navy commander
John Paul jones
Name a grievance in the constitution
the intolerable acts
What was the boundary of the us AFTER the war
Mississippi River
Who was the french officer that helped trained the troops
Lafayette
Who was the US ambassador to France
Ben Franklin
This person was a double agent spy who gave colonists lots of info
James armistead
Who wrote letter to her husband, politics
abigail adams
This made to where colonists couldn’t trade with other countries
mercantilism
This group met after the intolerable acts were passed
continental congress
