The Colonies
What was the main trade product in New France?
a. tobacco
b. beaver skin
c. molasses
d. baseball cards
b. beaver skin
This battle helped persuade the French to join the American cause in the war.
a. Saratoga
b. Lexington and Concord
c. Trenton
d.Yorktown
a. Saratoga
Why was Washington's army unable to follow up the victory at the Battle of Bunker Hill?
What is ran out of ammunition
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What was a disadvantage the British faced when the Revolutionary War began?
What is they did not know the geography or topography of the land.
Why were the Intolerable Acts passed?
What is The British was angry about the Boston Tea Party
Name the Act that made Americans pay duties on goods, including tea. a. Stamp Act b. Intolerable Acts c. Tea Act d. Townshend Act
What is d. Townshend Act
Why was the Battle of Yorktown the key to an American victory in the Revolutionary War?
What is because Washington captured 8,000 British troops
Who was the British prime minister who turned the tide in the French and Indian War with a new strategy? What was the strategy?
What is William Pitt: strategy was to attack Quebec and Montreal
What are two advantages the British had at the beginning of the Revolutionary War?
What is 1. they had a professional army, 2. they had the greatest navy at the time.
T/F: One reason the colonists opposed the Stamp Act was because they did not have trial by jury.
True
What was the worst of the Intolerable Acts passed by the British on the colonists?
What is closed the Boston Harbor until Americans paid for the lost tea.
What was the name of the wars between the French and British in North America that were guerrilla type warfare?
What is King William's War and Queen Anne's War
Which leaders participated in the peace negotiations with the British from 1781-1783?
What is Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay
HOW CAN YOU DO WELL ON THIS TEST TOMORROW?
A. PLAY THE REVIEW GAMES
B. STUDY AND HIGHLIGHT MY STUDY GUIDE!
C. REVIEW AND QUIZ MYSELF BY WRITING FACTS DOWN AND TRYING TO CATEGORIZE WHAT I KNOW WELL VERSUS WHAT I STILL NEED TO STUDY
D. ALL OF THE ABOVE
D. ALL OF THE ABOVE
T/F: The shot heard round the world was at the battle of Lexington and Concord, or the first battle of the war.
True
What were the clauses of the treaty of Utrecht?
What is the French had to give the British a lot of land in eastern New France, which today are the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland.
When the British attacked Lexington and Concord they were looking for what?
What is gunpowder and capture Samuel Adams and John Hancock
Who was the British war hero in the Battle of Fort Duquesne?
What is George Washington
What was the realistic section of the Declaration of Independence?
It stated that King and Parliament violated American rights, such as taxing them with out representation.
Why did New France grow more slowly than the British American colonies?
What is the weather was so harsh and the government would not allow Huguenots (French Protestants) to migrate there.
Why did the British believe it was morally right to impose the Stamp Act?
What is because they thought the colonists should pay for the British having a standing army there to protect against Native Americans.
What were the American advantages at the beginning of the Revolutionary War?
What is defensive war on home soil and good military and political leadership and just cause (good chance the French would help).
What was the name of the American who was significantly involved in the Congress of Albany?
What is Benjamin Franklin
Why was the Congress of Albany called?
What is British called the 13 colonies to meet together to support the British cause in the French and Indian War.