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Revolutionary War
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| This first battle of the American Revolution began with what was known as "The shot heard round the world" | Lexington and Concorde |
| Actually fought on Breed's Hill, this battle outside Boston is famous for the American captain commanding his men, "Don't shoot until you see the whites of their eyes!" | Bunker Hill |
| This siege was the final major conflict of the war, though it lasted two more years, where gen. Charles Cornwallis was surrounded by the American soldiers by land and French Navy by sea. | Yorktown |
| Fought on the site of this famous city, this battle was a series of defeats for the colonists as the British landed their army here and captured several forts from General Washington | Long Island |
| In one of the most famous scenes of the war, this American victory commenced with the launch of a surprise attack as George Washington and his men crossed the Delaware River on Christmas night. | Trenton |
| The general of the Continental Army as appointed by the Continental Congress after the battle of Lexington and Concorde | George Washington |
| Thomas Jefferson was the primary writer of the Declaration of Independence, but was helped in the editing process by what two men (one of whom would later become a U.S. President)? | Benjamin Franklin and John Adams |
| After serving under general Washington in the northern campaign, this American general took over the southern continental army and led the American armies in the south for the remainder of the war. | Nathaniel Greene |
| This general was commander-in-chief of the British Forces, fighting against general Washington in the northern campaign, until his defeat and resignation after the battle at Saratoga | William Howe |
| Learning is military skills under George Washington's command, this French aristocrat led forces in the southern campaign and eventually aided in the victory at Yorktown that ended the war. | Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette |
| Parliament forces colonists to house British troops in their homes. | Quartering Act of 1765 |
| British Parliament told colonists they could no longer settle west of the Appalachians in order to protect native american lands. | Proclamation Act of 1763 |
| Parliament charged colonist for all printed material (paper) requiring them to purchase stamps. | The Stamp Act of 1765 |
| These acts put new customs duties on glass, lead, paper, paint, and tea imported into the colonies. This led to the tension which culminated in the Boston Massacre. | Townshend Acts of 1767 |
| Intolerable Acts were the colonial name for these two acts passed in 1774, leading shortly thereafter to the breakout of war | The Coercive Acts and the Quebec Act |
| This was the cause for Parliament closing the port of Boston | Boston Tea Party |
| This was the cause of Lord Cornwallis being surrounded at Yorktown, instead of being resupplied as expected | The French Navy |
| This was the cause of the taxes imposed by Parliament on the colonists after 1763 | War debt from the French and Indian War |
| This was the cause of the Proclamation Act of 1763, commanding colonists to no longer settle west of the Appalachian mountains | Native American tribes uniting against the colonists |
| This was the cause that led British command to shift their focus to gaining control over the southern colonies in the second half of the war | Cash crops such as tobacco, rice, cotton, and indigo & belief in more loyalist support from southern colonists |
| While fighting had begun more than a year earlier, this document officially declared war on Great Britain | Declaration of Independence |
| This pamphlet, written by Thomas Paine, persuaded many colonists that independence was the only reasonable course to respond to the tyranny of King George | Common Sense |
| This treaty, signed in the famous french capital, ended the war between Britain and the colonists | Treaty of Paris, 1783 |
| This document, sent to King George after the commencement of hostilities and seeking a peaceful resolution to the conflict, was rejected by the king referring to the colonists as "open and avowed enemies" | Olive Branch Petition |
| This document passed during the war became the first constitution of the United States | The Articles of Confederation |
| When the Declaration of Independence was signed | July 4, 1776 |
| When the first battle of the war was fought | April of 1775 |
| When was the treaty signed that ended the Revolutionary War | Sept 3, 1783 |
| When was the American victory at Yorktown | 1781 |
| These dates mark the beginning and end of the French and Indian War | 1754-1759 |
| This kind of soldiers, the bulk of the Colonial forces throughout the war, was a largely untrained, volunteer force that was not respected by British soldiers but fought effectively in many engagements | militia or minutemen |
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