War of Independence

Question 1

What did the British come to do?

Answer 1

spread Christianity, gain economic opportunities,
give new land to farmers

Question 2

Mercantilism

Answer 2

Mother country takes raw materials from the colonies, turns them into finished products, then sells them back to the colonies

Question 3

Mayflower Compact

Answer 3

States that the government gets its power from the people

Question 4

What are the three theories for the Colony on Roanoke Disappearance?

Answer 4

The Indigenous had captured and killed them
moved somewhere else
accidentally went to the wrong island

Question 5

When did slaves first arrive?

Answer 5

1619 and 1850

Question 6

What was limiting growth in the colonies?

Answer 6

landowners having the most land
surrounded by French and Indigenous
diverse population

Question 7

Slavery

Answer 7

happened prior to eurpean expansion
slaves were brought to America stacked on top of each other in ships
illegal for them to learn to read and write

Question 8

Treaty of Paris

Answer 8

British obtain Canada and Florida
Spanish get Louisiana

Question 9

Albany Plan

Answer 9

Plan to unite colonies had been defeated by British and as a result, there was a disorganization and many refused to fight outside their colonies

Question 10

Enlightenment

Answer 10

interest in science

Question 11

The sugar act

Answer 11

tax on sugar, wine, coffee, and cloth

Question 12

the stamp act

Answer 12

tax on all legal documents

Question 13

Quartering Act

Answer 13

Americans having to house and feed British soldiers

Question 14

Boston tea party

Answer 14

Americans dressed as Indigenous and dumped tea into the harbor

Question 15

Boston massacre

Answer 15

a mob that killed 5 British soldiers

Question 16

Bunker hill

Answer 16

British frontal attack
Americans lost

Question 17

what happened at the 2nd continental Congress?

Answer 17

The war of Independence began

Question 18

what is the structure of the declaration?

Answer 18

Preamble / Intro
Declaration of Rights
Lists of grievances
Formal declaration

Question 19

War of Independence, Battle of New York

Answer 19

First battle since America declared war on Brits British victory

Question 20

War of Independence, Battle of Trenton

Answer 20

Americans Victory
boosted American morale

Question 21

War of Independence, Battle of Princeton

Answer 21

Americans Victory
boosted American morale

Question 22

War of Independence, Battle of Saratoga

Answer 22

Americans Victory
helped persuade the French to help the Americans

Question 23

War of Independence, Battle of Valley Forge

Answer 23

no battle, no winner
training for militia, helped defeat the brits

Question 24

War of Independence, Indigenous role

Answer 24

Fought to defeat American invasion of Canada
British encouraged and supplied

Question 25

War of Independence, African American role

Answer 25

Fought in continental Army
Rhode Island regiment included African Americans

Question 26

War of Independence, women’s role

Answer 26

Acted as spies 🕵️
Molly Pitcher - carried water to troops, took husband’s place in battle after he was killed

Question 27

George Washington

Answer 27

Military leader, general, politician, and founding father
Commanded the Continental army

Question 28

Capt. John Smith

Answer 28

Imposed military style discipline to help save colonies through bartering with the Indigenous People

Question 29

Nathaniel Bacon 🥓

Answer 29

Led rebellion in 1676
Burnt down Jamestown

Question 30

James Oglethorpe

Answer 30

Wanted to establish a military outpost against Spanish in Florida

Question 31

Amos Fortune

Answer 31

Bought people out of slavery while also funding schools

Question 32

William Pitt

Answer 32

Becoming Britain’s Minister of War
His army penetrates Quebec against Montcalm

Question 33

General Wolfie

Answer 33

Commander in Chief for Quebec expedition - takes Quebec City from Montcalm

Question 34

Louis XV

Answer 34

King of France