Colonies
This European nation established colonies in modern-day America starting in the early 1600s.
England
What act forced colonists to buy specially stamped paper for legal documents?
The Stamp Act
This event, during which 5 colonists were killed, was hailed as evidence of Britain's violence and hostility to the Colonists
The Boston Massacre
Washington crossed which major river during his attack on Hession mercenaries in Trenton, New Jersey.
The Delaware River
This battle proved the turning point in the Revolutionary War by convincing the French to ally with the Americans.
The Battle of Saratoga
Vikings established settlements in America as early as:
1000 AD
This act allowed British troops to take up residence in Colonists's homes, particularly in Boston
The Quartering Act
The "shot heard round the world" was fired here.
Lexington, Massachusetts
The Minute Men
Britain was forced to surrender and begin negotiations for peace after which key battle?
The Battle of Yorktown
Which of the following was not a reason people moved to the colonies?
- Gold
- Freedom
- Trade
- Fight for Britain
Fight for Britain
This British policy of leaving the colonies alone ended after the French and Indian War
Salutary Neglect
During the Boston Tea Party, members of the Sons of Liberty dumped how much tea into the Boston Harbor?
10,000 Pounds worth
The Battle of Bunker Hill
With the Treaty of Paris, this river became the new boundary of the United States.
The Mississippi River.
England's first successful colony in America was founded in _____________, ____________ in the year _________
Jamestown, Virginia; 1604
After the Stamp Act and the Boston Tea Party, this group of Colonists began to actively resist British actions and soldiers
The Sons of Liberty
The Coercive (or Intolerable) Acts did all of the following EXCEPT
- Tried British Troops accused of crimes in New England Courts
- Quartered more soldiers in Colonial homes
- Closed the port of Boston
- Installed a military governor of New England
Tried British Troops accused of crimes in New England courts
Washington's strategy to score small victories against the British rather than meet them in open battle.
Strategic Retreat
This British general was put in command of the British forces in the South after the battle of Saratoga
General Cornwallis
This Germany musician recorded his passage to America in grisly detail
This era marked a shift in thinking that focused on reason and questioned the right of Kings to rule.
The Enlightenment
What two truths did Thomas Jefferson hold to "be self-evident" according to the Declaration?
That all men are created equal
And are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
At the start of the war, England had a population of close to _________________, whereas the Colonies had only _____________________, a large portion of which were slaves.
11 million; 2.5 million
This German general helped train Washington's men at Valley Forge, Virginia
Baron von Steuben