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Chap 3 History Exam
American Revolution, Mrs. Quezada, Grade 8th, G/H
Question | Answer |
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At the First Continental Congress, Patrick Henry said, “I am not a Virginian, but an American.” What was his intention when he made that statement? | to urge colonists to join forces |
British monarch (King) at the time of the American Revolution | George III |
How did the Second Continental Congress decide to handle the British? | They would create the Continental Army to fight the British. |
Leader of the Continental Army | George Washington |
When the Minutemen faced the British Redcoats at the start of the Battle of Lexington, why did their captain yell, “Don’t fire unless fired upon”? | He wanted to defend against attack, not start a war. |
How was France’s interest in the revolution important from a financial standpoint? | The French provided money once they believed the Patriots could win. |
a peace agreement that officially ended the Revolutionary War and established British recognition of the independence of the United States | Treaty of Paris 1783 |
(1775) a meeting of colonial delegates in Philadelphia to decide how to react to fighting at Lexington and Concord | second continental congress |
British soldiers who fought against the colonists in the American Revolution; so called because of their bright red uniforms | red coats |
colonists who sided with Britain in the American Revolution | loyalists |
American colonial militia members ready to fight at a minute's notice | minutemen |
foreign soldiers hired to fight for the British | mercenaries |
(1776) a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that criticized monarchies and convinced many American colonists of the need to break away from Britain | common sense |
(1781) the last major battle of the Revolutionary War; site of British general Charles Cornwallis's surrender to the Patriots in Virginia | battle of Yorktown |
(1776) a Revolutionary War battle in New Jersey in which Patriot forces captured more than 900 Hessian troops | battle of Trenton |
American colonists who fought for independence from Great Britain during the Revolutionary War | patriots |
the army created by the Second Continental Congress in 1775 to defend the American colonies from Britain | continental army |
(1775) a Revolutionary War battle in Boston that demonstrated that the colonists could fight well against the British army... | battle of Bunker hill |
(1776) the document written to declare the colonies free from British rule | Declaration of Independence |
common Sense was written by... | Thomas Paine |
How did ideas of the Enlightenment and the Great Awakening influence the colonists' view of the King? | They made them want equality and a fair leader |