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American Rev/ER
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1) Effect of the French and Indian War | 1) England goes into debt and begins taxing the colonists |
| 2) Phrase which sums up the reason for the American Revolution | 2) "No taxation without representation." |
| 3) Three meetings of colonists to resolve issues legally | 3) 1. Stamp Act Congress 2. First Continental Congress 3. Second Continental Congress |
| 4) Two secret societies organized by colonists | 4) 1. Sons of Liberty 2. Committees of Correspondence |
| 5) Boston Massacre | 5) Mob of colonists provoke 8 Redcoats into shooting; 5 colonists die |
| 6) Boston Tea Party | 6) Protest of tea tax: mob of colonists board British ship and dump $1 million of tea into harbor |
| 7) First battle of the American Revolution | 7) Lexington and Concord, April 1775 |
| 8) "Shot heard 'round the world" | 8) First shot fired at Lexington and Concord |
| 9) Leader of the Continental army | 9) George Washington |
| 10) King of England during the Revolution | 10) King George III |
| 11) Date America declared independence | 11) July 4, 1776 |
| 12) Turning point of the revolution | 12) Saratoga, 1777: American victory encouraged other countries to lend support |
| 13) American allies | 13) France, Spain, Holland |
| 14) Final battle of the Revolution | 14) Yorktown, 1781: Brits surrender when trapped between the French navy, Lafayette and Washington |
| 15) Treaty which ended the Revolution | 15) Treaty of Paris, 1783 |
| 16) Two reasons for the War of 1812 (Pick 2): | 16) 1. Orders in Council 2. British forts on American land 3. British arming NA enemies 4. British impressment of Americans 5. Attack on the Chesapeake |
| 17) Significance of the Battles of Baltimore and Plattsburg | 17) Thwarted final British attempt to separate New England from the rest of the country |
| 18) Treaty which ended the War of 1812 | 18) 1814, Treaty of Ghent |
| 19) Final battle of the War of 1812 | 19) Battle of New Orleans; fought 2 weeks after end of war; Convincing win for Americans |
| 20) Another name for the War of 1812 | 20) "The Second War for American Independence" |
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