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Gr 5 American Rev.
American Revolution test
Question | Answer |
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First Continental Congress | Meeting in 1774 in Philadelphia to discuss the colonial and British situation |
Second Continental Congress | Meeting in 1775 when colonists made a vote to prepare for war with England |
Declaration of Independence | A document that stated colonists' reasons for separating with England |
Paul Revere | Patriot who made a ride to warn the colonists that the British were coming |
Thomas Jefferson | Major author of the Declaration of Independence |
Stamp Act | A tax imposed on the colonists to help pay for the French and Indian War |
Proclamation of 1763 | Rule that restricted the movement of the colonists west of the Appalachian Mountains |
French and Indian War | War between Britain/colonists and the French/Indians that was won by the British |
King George III | British king during the American Revolution |
Colonists' advantages in war | Defense of their own land and strong leadership |
France | Supported American colonists in the war against Great Britain |
Battles at Lexington and Concord | First armed conflict of the Revolutionary War |
Battle of Saratoga | The turning point in the Revolutionary War in which colonists realized they may win |
3 sides in the war | Loyalist, neutralists, and patriots |
Yorktown | End of the Revolutionary War in which Lord Cornwallis surrendered |
George Washington | Commander of the Continental Army |
July 4, 1776 | American Independence was declared |
Treaty of Paris | England recognizes American independence with the signing of this peace agreement |
Patrick Henry | Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses who said "Give me liberty or give me death!" |
Colonial governors | Enforced the king's political control over the colonists |
Taxation without representation | A reason the colonists were unhappy with British control of the colonies |