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US HIST UNIT 2 2018
Mr. Stickler's Liberty Christian U.S. History Unit 2 Test Flashcards 2018
Question | Answer |
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What is the definition of "customs duties"? | Taxes on imports and exports. |
What items did the Townshend Acts put taxes on? | Lead, glass, paper, paint, and tea. |
What were committees of correspondence? | These were committees created to help Colonists communicate with each other in order to organize resistance against British rule. |
What were the "Intolerable Acts"? | This was the name given to the Coercive and Quebec Acts together. |
Who were "minutemen"? | These were specially trained militia members who were said to be "ready for battle at a moment's notice". |
What items were taxed by the Stamp Act of 1765? | Most printed materials such as newspapers, pamphlets, playing cards, and diplomas. |
Why did Parliament pass the Coercive Acts of 1774? | They published these acts to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party. |
Where did the last battle of the Revolutionary War take place? | This battle took place at Yorktown, Virginia. |
What advantage did Morgan's Raiders (led by Daniel Morgan) have that they used against British forces? | He and his soldiers had extensive knowledge of the land. They created blockades using large trees, which forced British soldiers off of well - known roads. Then the Raiders used guerrilla warfare tactics against them. |
What invention allowed Colonial soldiers to fire their weapons at targets much further away than before, and with much greater accuracy? | The invention of rifling - spiral grooves cut into the barrels of rifles - allowed soldiers to do this. |
Who did General George Washington hire to help train troops at Valley Forge? | General Washington hired General Baron von Steuben to help him with this. |
List three (3) problems that Colonial soldiers experienced while they were at their winter camp in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. | 1.) Lack of food; 2.) Spread of diseases such as smallpox; 3.) Lack of warm clothing and shoes to protect them from winter weather. |
What was the "Boston Tea Party"? | This was an act of rebellion by Colonists against British taxes. Boston citizens - disguised as Native Americans - boarded ships and dumped 342 chests of British tea overboard into Boston Harbor. |
What Act (i.e. law) sparked the citizens of Boston to conduct the "Boston Tea Party"? | The Tea Act of 1773 sparked this rebellion. This act "created favorable business terms for the struggling British East India Company. |
According to the video "America, The Story of US - Revolution", and our textbooks, when was the Declaration of Independence signed? | This document was signed on July 4th, 1776. |
According to the video "America, The Story of US - Revolution", what were conditions like on British prison ships? | Conditions here were inhumane! 9 out of 10 Colonial prisoners of war died. The dead were sometimes left in the ship for 9 to 10 days after death. Diseases like Smallpox spread very quickly. |
According to the video "America, The Story of US - Revolution", about how many Colonial prisoners of war died on board British prison ships? | Approximately 12,000 prisoners died here during the course of the Revolutionary War. |
What happened "on the night of December 25, 1776"? | On this date, General George Washington led 2,400 of his troops across the Delaware River to make a surprise attack on a Hessian army camp on the other side of the river (in New Jersey). |
What happened at Lexington and Concord? | The first shots of the American Revolution were fired in these cities. |
What was one (1) result of the French and Indian War? | One (1) result of this was that Great Britain became the dominant colonial power in North America. |
What was the name of treaty that ended the French and Indian War? | The name of this treaty was the Treaty of Paris of 1763. |
What territory did France give to Spain after the French and Indian War? | After this war, France gave Spain "all of its territory west of the Mississippi River as well as New Orleans". |
What was the purpose of the Proclamation of 1763? | The purpose of this was to attempt to stop colonial expansion into Native American lands west of the Appalachian Mountains. |