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Stack #4727824
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| True or false The Boston tea party was an act of civil disobedience? | True. |
| what was the new quartering act meant for? | to punish massachusetts |
| what was created to punish massachusetts? | the coercive/intolerable acts |
| What did closing the Boston harbor lead to? | It lead to economic ruin for the colonists |
| true or false there 3 town meetings allowed per year during the intolerable acts? | false |
| where were the British soldiers accused of crime allowed to be trialed? | in the United kingdom and canada |
| What is a militia | a volunteer, localized, amateur group of soldiers who protect a community |
| what are minutemen | Elite militia who are ready to respond at a minute’s notice |
| What happened on April 19, 1775? | The British marched from Boston to Concord to take the colonists weapon supply |
| what did Paul revere say to warn the colonists that the British were coming? | "The Regulars are Coming!" |
| Who fired first the British or the militia? | The militia |
| What did Ralph Waldo Emerson say that indicated the first shot of the battle? | The shot heard around the world Which started the revolutionary war |
| What was the Olive Branch Pettiton for? | It used as an attempt to stop the war. They also requested the repeal of the intolerable. |
| What was King George lll reaction to the Olive Branch Pettiton? | He rejected them and sent 20,000 soldiers to the colonies |
| What happened in April 1775 | The colonists are besieged by the British aka they were blocked from like going overseas |
| When did Ethan Allen Capture Fort Ticonderoga | May, 1775 he also captures cannons that the Americans can use in Boston |
| what happened on June, 1775 | 2nd Continental Congress creates Continental Army and appoints George Washington to command it |
| What happened on June 17, 1775 | The battle of bunker hill |
| Who won the battle and the result of it | The British won but it was Pyrrhic Victory for the British (They capture the hill, but at a very high cost) |
| What were the casualties of both the British and the colonists | British casualties - 1,000 American casualties - 400 |
| When did this happen: the British evacuated Boston the British sent Royal Navy to blockade US coast The British Hire German mercenaries to fight | March, 1776 |
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