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A revlutionary war
steps to the american revoluton and the american revoultionary war
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Date on which the Declaration of Independence was adopted | July4, 1776 |
| First African American to die in the colonists fight for freedom from Britian during the Boston Massacre | Crispus Attuchs |
| Wrote the Albany Plan of Union - first formal plan to unite the colonies traveled to parlimaent and France to plead our case for liberty | Benjamin Franklin |
| A patriot organizer; takes credit for the Sons of Liberty and the Boston Tea Party as well as the committees of correspondance | Samual Adams |
| Patriot lawyer; defended British soldiers after the Boston Massacre; need to justice to prevail on both sides | John Adams |
| Outspoken patriot at the Virginia House of Burgess; proclaimed "give me liberty or give me death" | Patrich Henry |
| Served my country as a king but rarely listened to my advisors and Parliament | King George III |
| Main author of the Declaration of Independence | Thomas Jefferson |
| Author of the common sense and American Crisis; ridiculed the idea that kings by God given powers | Thomas Pain |
| Commander of the Continental Army, victories at Frenton, Princeton, and York Town; know for civict virtue | George Washington |
| Captured artillery at Fort Ticonderoga, that woudl be essential in the suprise attach on Boston | Ethan Allen |
| Carried water to soldiers during battle;took my fallen husbands place at his cannon, real name is Mary Hays | Molly Pitcher |
| A trusted advisor of General Washington and commander of the French troops at Yorktown;helped out with supplies at Valley Forge | Marquis de Lafayette |
| Captain of the Bonhemme Richmond, who defeted teh commandor of the Serapis off Engligh coast; famos for naval battle cry "I have not begun to fight" | John Paul Jones |
| Know for her stance on women's rights;asked her dear sweet spouse to "remeber the ladies" as he helped to write new laws | Abigal Adams |
| Know for carrying intelligence and messages for the Committee of Safety; also made an all-night ride to warn citizens of imminent British invasions | Wenthworth Cheswell |
| Patriot writer and first women historian of the American Reveloution; wrote plays, poems, and other writings that supported independecne | Mercy Otis Warren |
| African American spy during the American Revolution; acted as a slave in Cornwallis camp, helped to defeat the Britich at the surrender at Yorktown | James Armistead |
| Sealed off the port of New Orleans's so that British ships could not use the Mississippi River; welcomed any American patriot at his ports and rivers | Bernardo de Galvez |
| Successful Jewish merchant and banker from Poland who supported the Patriot cause; loaned a new government more that $600,000 wich was never repaid; arrested by British as a spy, was pardoned and later helped other prisoners to escape | Haym Salomon |
| Best know for mid night ride; created a propaganda image of the Boston Massacre; silver smith | Paul Revere |
| The British and colonist were fighting the French for territory and power; Britian won, colonist were proud and France lost all lands in North America | French and Indian War |
| Law forbade colonist to settle west of the Appalachin Mountains in order to keep peace with teh Native Americans who helped Britian win the war | Proclamation of 1763 |
| Palced a tax on sugar, molasses and other products shiped to the colnies; strict enforcement of the law adn harsh punishment of smugglers; ended salutary neglect | Sugar Act |
| Law requiring the colonist to house British Soldiers and provide them with supplies | Quartering Acts |
| Law requiring all legal and commercial documents to carry an official stamp showing that a tax had been paid; all diplomas; contracts, newspapers, and wills had to carry a stamp | Stamp Act |
| Law said that Parilament had supreme authority to govern the colonies | Declatory Act |
| The first act suspended the New York assembly until they agreed to provide housing for troops;other acts placed duties on import taxes on various goods brought into colonies; tea, paint, lead, glass, paper, writs of assistance were used to enforce the law | Townshed Acts |
| Group of youth and dock workers started trading insults and throwing things in front of Custom House - fight broke out;shots were fired; Crispus Attucks and 4 others were killed, soldiers found not guilty | Boston Massacre |
| Law gave the British East India company control over the American Tea; woudl arrive in the colonies only in trading company's ships and could only be sold by merchants | Tea Act |
| A group of mean diguised as Native Americans boarded 3 tea ships; docked in Boston Harbor; destroyed 342 chest of Tea by breaching the chests and throwing the team overboard | Boston Tea Party |
| Closed the port of Boston until colonist paid for the destroyed tea; banned the committess of correspondence; allowed Britin to house troops wherever necessary | Intolerable Acts |
| Delegates from all the colonies except Georgia met in Philadelphie in Sept 1774; voted to ban all trade with Britin unit the Intolerable Act was repealed; each colony was to begin training troops | First Continental Congress |
| 700 British troops reached Lexington by dawn and were met by captain John Parker and bout 70 minutemen; Americans refused to deop their muskets when ordered; someone fired; 8 militiamen died. know as "shot heard around the world" | Lexington and Concord |
| Miss named Bunker Hill; red coats finally took the hill on teh third try when the militiamen ran out of gun poweder and pulled back; more than 1,000 British and almost 500 Americans were killed or wounded | Battle of Breeds Hill |
| Thomas Pain, a recent immigrant from England published a pamphlet that convicned many Americans that a complete brak wtih Britian was necessary. more than 100,000 copies sold in 3 months | Common Sense |
| A suggestion Bejamin Franklin made stating that the colonies band together for defense during the French and Indian was; plan was defeated | Albany Plan on Union |
| Hands off policy of England toward its American colonies during the first half of 1700s | Salutary Neglect |
| Representatives of the US and Britian signed the document; Britian agreed to recongnize the US as an indepndent nation and gave up tis claims to all lands between teh Atlantic Coast and Mississippi River from Canda south Florida and US agreed to return | Treaty of Paris |
| Cornwallis was surrounded by French and American troops on land French ships at Chesapeake Bay, British troops surrendered to Washington. This was the last battle of the war | Battle of Yorktown |
| Washington and his mean spent the winter here training the army, farmers and merchants preferred to sell food, blankets to the British for gold; darkest time for Americas; bloodied foorprints in snow | Valley Forge |
| Turning Point of the war, France became an alley of the Americans and sent money, weapons, and troops and warships, Spain also entered the war against Britian | Battle of Saratoga |
| This document seperated the colonies from Britican; Thomas Jefferson wrote the document; 56 men signed it; committing treason against Great Britian; a government was established on the basis of natual rights of people and the duty to honor rights | Declaration of Independence |
| Compaints against the king listed in the Declaration of Independence; imposing taxes without our consent; depricing us in many cases of benefits of trial by jury; guartering British soliders,etc... | Colonial grievances |
| Search warrants that allowed British officer to enter colonial homes or business to search for smuggled goods | Writs of Assistance |
| A drive started by Samual Adams in various towns in Massachustts to exchange letters on colonial affairs | Committees of Correspondence |
| A secret society of coloniest that opposed British policies led by Sam Adams; led protest tarred adn feathered tax collectors adn burned ships | Sons of Liberty |
| A refusal to buy certain goods | Boycott |
| Absolute power by a single ruler | Tyranny |
| Professional army of 50,000 troops hired 30,000 Hessianmecenaries; well trained and supplied, excelled in large battles fought by a mass of troops on open grounds; more expierenced firing artillery, better weaponds, uniforms, and food | British Strenghts / Advantages |
| Shortage of men-never had more than 20,000 troops - after 6 months would pick up their muskets and go home. little training and food and uniforms | America Weakness / Disadvantages |
| Distance between Britian and America sending trooops and supplies was slwo and costly; not able to convience the British people that defeating the rebels was vital to Britians future | British Weakness / Disadvantages |
| Patriotism of the people who gave their lives to defend their liberty and homes; received help from over seas France seceretly aided the rebels(90% of American gunpowder came from Europe) Leadership by Washington and expierenced military leader | American Strenghts / Advantages |
| Small band of fighters who weekend the enemy with surprise raids and hit and run attachs | Guerrillas |
| Professinal soldier hired to fight for a foreign country | Mercenary |
| Members of the colonial militia who were trained to respond "at a moments warning" | Minutemen |
| A force of armed civilians pledged to defend ther community during the American Revolution; an emergency military force that is not part of the regular army | Militia |
| An American colonist who sided with the rebels in the American Revolution | Patriot |
| France and Spain helped America with supplies and troops | American Allies |
| An American colonist who supported the British during the American Reveolution | Loyalist |
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