American Revolution Test
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| Most of the _____ Americans who supported independence believed that the ____ would give up after losing one or two major battles | show 🗑
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| show | British, well trained army
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| What did the American soldiers lack | show 🗑
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| show | Many Patriots belongs to militia groups local forces but they were volunteer soldiers who fought for short periods of time before returning home to tend of their farms
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| show | Those who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence were called Loyalists or Tories.
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| Where was loyalists support strongest and weakest? | show 🗑
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| What did loyalists depend on the British for? | show 🗑
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| show | An army that fighting for independence that congress established but depended on the states to recruit or enlist soldiers.
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| Who did the British and the colonists believe had the legal authority? | show 🗑
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| Why did the colonists believe that they shouldn't be taxed? | show 🗑
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| show | Patrick Henry
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| show | Declaration of independence
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| Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? | show 🗑
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| show | That the authority to govern belongs to the people rather than to kings, that all people were created equal, and that all people have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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| show | Patriots/Colonials
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| Who were opposed to independence and supported the British? | show 🗑
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| show | James Armistead Lafayette
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| show | Women
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| show | Commander-in-chief of the Continental Army
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| show | Williamsburg to Richmond
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| Richmond was a more ____ location. | show 🗑
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| Richmond was ____ from British attack | show 🗑
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| The population was moving ___. | show 🗑
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| show | trade
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| The British army surrendered after the American victory at... | show 🗑
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| What was Patrick Henry's famous phrase? | show 🗑
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| show | The British had the strongest navy in the world, and experienced, well-trained army, the wealth of a worldwide empire, better supplies, strong Loyalist support, and a larger population than the United States.
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| show | The British had mercenary officers, fought on foreign soil, had to pay for the war(transportation, manufacturing), marched in rows and columns, and had bright red uniforms.
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| show | The British wanted to take Albany, New York and gain control of the Hudson River, wanted to use traditional tactics, and wanted to destroy the Continental Army.
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| What was the time period of the war? | show 🗑
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| What was the first major battle of the war? | show 🗑
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| What were the advantages of the colonists? | show 🗑
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| What were the disadvantages of the colonists? | show 🗑
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| show | The Americans made agreements with Britain's enemies and obtained alliances, did not allow Britain to re-supply, and tried to wear down the British.
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| show | NY, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Virginia, South Carolina
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| What is New York known for? | show 🗑
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| show | tobacco
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| What is Rhode Island known for? | show 🗑
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| show | milk
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| show | cotton
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| What are the most strongly contested areas and why? | show 🗑
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| show | When people are pushed out of their native homelands.
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| What were the British military strategies? | show 🗑
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| show | attrition, guerilla warfare tactics, and making alliances
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| show | Loyalists, Patriots, Neutralists
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| show | It was fought outside of Boston on Breed's Hill.
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| What is inflation? | show 🗑
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| show | The infantry experienced heat stroke and fatigue, which resulted in casualities.
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| How many soldiers suffered from casualities? | show 🗑
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| show | New York and Pennsylvanie
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| What were the most common casues of death? | show 🗑
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| What was ironic about Washington Crossing the Delaware River? | show 🗑
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| show | Nathanial Greene
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| show | Benjamin Franklin
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| What role did Lord Dunmore play in the Revolutionary War? | show 🗑
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| Who did women side with? | show 🗑
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| show | At the Delaware River
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| Who won the battle of Saratoga? | show 🗑
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| show | By making trading agreements and alliances. Also they sent troops, money, and equipment.
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| Who was the French general and admiral who played a major role in the Battle of Yorktown? | show 🗑
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| show | The Battle of Saratoga
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| show | The first formal constitution
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| What was Richmond's location better for? | show 🗑
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| What battle marked the end of the American Revolution and which general surrendered? | show 🗑
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| Who are loyalists? | show 🗑
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| Which 2 historical perspectives did the American Indians follow and where was their location? | show 🗑
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| show | Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Delaware.
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| show | People who take neither side in the conflict(Quakers-because they were against all armed conflict)
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| show | A person living in 1 of the 13 colonies and supported American Independence.
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| What four battles took place in New Jersey? | show 🗑
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| show | Freehold, Coltsneck, and Monmouth Englishtown
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| What were Washington's(Patriot's)headaches? | show 🗑
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| show | They export more than they import because they have a surplus, and they know that they can get money.
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| show | They need certain resources that other countries have because they have little or no quantity, and they need that item in order to survive.
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| show | British plan was for Howe's light infantry to break through along the shore and get behind the Americans.Howe's main force was then to seize rail fence position,turn left + attack Breed's Hill.Attempts failed +battle developed into costly frontal attacks
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| show | Seriously injured
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| show | Cannons, Gunfire:Muskets(Bayonet:Knife), soldier bleeding due to hand-to-hand combat
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| show | The first permanent English settlement?
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| What effect does having a stronger navy have on British victories? | show 🗑
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| What was Britain's Southern strategy? | show 🗑
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| show | a peninsula- an area of land surrounded by 3 bodies of water.
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| What did the south have more of? | show 🗑
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| What is the Battle of Saratoga? | show 🗑
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| Who was Benedict Arnold? | show 🗑
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| show | An American naval officer who won a naval battle off the coast of England. He raided British ports.
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| show | Americans and French Vs. British
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| show | to be freed by Lord Dunmore, the royal governor of Virginia
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| show | A legislature which the British believed had legal authority in the colonies
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| show | Patrick Henry
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| What is Richmond, Virginia? | show 🗑
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| show | A document that expresses the reasons for colonial independence written by Thomas Jefferson.
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| Where was the battle of Bunker Hill fought? | show 🗑
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| show | France was an ally to the United Stated. They helped the Americans by making trading agreements and alliances. Plus, they sent them money, equipment, and troops.
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| What are mercenaries? | show 🗑
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| show | A person who wrote the pamphlet "Common Sense", that moved many American colonists towards independence.
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| What is Valley Forge? | show 🗑
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| What is the British blockade? | show 🗑
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| show | A commander and general of French toopships at the time of the Battle of Yorktown.
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| Who was Admiral Francois de Grasse? | show 🗑
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| What is another name for mercenary? | show 🗑
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| show | The Patriots: Washington's plan to trick the British into heading all the troops to New York worked perfectly.
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| Who was Nathanael Greene? | show 🗑
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| show | A battle in which the Americans fought the British while being protected from fire because they were in trenches on top of the hill.
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| show | Battle of Bunker Hill
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| In which battle was the "shot heard 'round the world' fired? | show 🗑
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