Unit 2 Test Flashcards

1
Q

What was the significance of the olive branch petition?

A

it was the colonists last chance at peace with Britain

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2
Q

What was the shot heard round the world

A

Lexington and concord

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3
Q

One reason colonist won

A

Motivation

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4
Q

This person was an American patriot who wrote pamphlets, poems, essays, papers on British policies

A

mercy Otis warren

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5
Q

One term from treaty of Paris

A

British troops must leave the U.S.

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6
Q

What’s the significance of Saratoga

A

Turning point in war

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7
Q

Who wrote common sense

A

Thomas Paine

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8
Q

Who was the leader of the sons of liberty

A

Sam Adams

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9
Q

Who helped Washington train troops at valley forge

A

Lafayette

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10
Q

What was the first tax after the French and Indian war

A

sugar act

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11
Q

This tax was on all paper products

A

Stamp Act

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12
Q

What were they fighting over French and Indian war

A

Ohio river valley

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13
Q

Where was the proclamation line

A

Appalachian mountains

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14
Q

Who wrote the DOI

A

Thomas Jefferson

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15
Q

What was Britain’s view over the boston tea party

A

enraged

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16
Q

What was the full date of the DOI

A

July 4, 1776

17
Q

Name two things the intolerable acts did

A

quartering act, closed Boston harbor

18
Q

Who was crispus attucks

A

1st to die for revolution and Boston massacre

19
Q

Battle of Yorktown

A

last battle

20
Q

Name three unalienable rights

A

life, liberty, pursuit of happiness

21
Q

Who was the great navy commander

A

John Paul jones

22
Q

Name a grievance in the constitution

A

the intolerable acts

23
Q

What was the boundary of the us AFTER the war

A

Mississippi River

24
Q

Who was the french officer that helped trained the troops

A

Lafayette

25
Q

Who was the US ambassador to France

A

Ben Franklin

26
Q

This person was a double agent spy who gave colonists lots of info

A

James armistead

27
Q

Who wrote letter to her husband, politics

A

abigail adams

28
Q

This made to where colonists couldn’t trade with other countries

A

mercantilism

29
Q

This group met after the intolerable acts were passed

A

continental congress