Battles
Significance of Battle of Lexington and Concord?
1st Battle of the American Revolution?
(Answer as: What was...?)
What was the Boston Tea Party?
Name two synonyms for Redcoats.
2) Lobsterbacks
3) "Devils"
What was the Treaty of Paris?
A treaty between Great Britain and America that ended the war / recognized America as an independent country.
Where was the Battle of Yorktown?
Virginia
Significance of Battle of Yorktown?
Last battle of the Revolutionary War / Britain surrendered
British soldiers shot and killed colonists who were taunting them
(Answer as: What was...?)
What was the Boston Massacre?
1) colonists
2) Americans
3) Militia
What were the conditions like at Valley Forge?
1) freezing/crowded/horrible
2) lacked food & clothing & water
3) diseases (smallpox) spread quickly
Who was Hercules Mulligan?
a tailor working as a spy for the Americans
Significance of Battles of Princeton and Trenton? (2)
1) Increased morale
2) More colonists enlisted/re-enlisted in Continental Army
laws enforced by British to control and punish colonists
What were the Intolerable Acts?
An agreement between two or more groups or countries
(Answer as: What is...?)
What is a treaty?
Why was the Declaration of Independence created?
to show other countries that America was now independent & to cut ties with Great Britain politically
What does the term "Founding Father" mean?
a person who helped start/found/create America
Significance of Battle of Saratoga? (3)
1) New military strategies/tactics
2) Increased morale
3) France joined the war on colonists' side
Sons of Liberty who warned the militia that the British were coming to attack
Who were Paul Revere and William Dawes?
(Answer as: What is...?)
What is morale?
What is the significance of Valley Forge?
What does it mean to "wave a white flag" or "white handkerchief?"
to surrender
Who helped prepare the Army in Valley Forge?
Baron von Steuben
Name two of the Intolerable Acts.
1) Quartering Act
2) Massachusetts Government Act
3) Boston Port Act
An uprising/revolt to overthrow a government
(Answer as: What is...?)
What is a revolution?
Approximately how many soldiers died at Valley Forge?
Who was Marquis de Lafayette?
a rich general from France who came to help the Americans win the war