Vocabulary
To give food and shelter to others
What is quarter?
Parliament passed a series of harsh laws in response to the Boston Tea Party. What name did the colonists give to those laws?
What is the Intolerable Acts?
Where the first two battles of the Revolutionary War were fought
What is at Lexington and Concord?
This key event took place after the Patriots’ victory in the Battle of Saratoga
What is the French army joined with the colonies to fight the British?
Why the British did not address the colonists’ complaints, even after it became clear that the colonists were willing to fight for what they believed were their rights
They needed the money the colonies were providing to pay their war debts. They had one of the strongest armies in the world. They wanted the colonies to stay British land.
Freedom of rule by others
What is independence?
Why Great Britain repealed the Stamp Act
What is the colonists were threatening stamp agents and boycotting British goods?
Why the Second Continental Congress issued the Declaration of Independence
What is the Congress declared the colonies independent because Great Britain refused to recognize certain rights.
A key advantage for the Patriots in the Revolutionary War
What is France, Holland, and Spain allied themselves with the Patriots. They supplied troops, money, and arms?
One benefit of Washington’s victories at Trenton and Princeton
These victories improved the morale, or spirits, of the troops. Many of the soldiers enlisted again. These victories gave Patriot soldiers confidence that they could win the war.
To cancel
What is repeal?
This is true about the Boston Tea Party
What is colonists boarded a British ship in the night. They threw chests of tea into the sea.
How the members of the Second Continental Congress felt after they published the Declaration of Independence
What is they knew that Great Britain could find them guilty of treason, and that a war for independence could follow?
Martha Washington traveled with her husband during the war. Women who carried water to the troops on battlefields earned the nickname Molly Pitcher. Phillis Wheatley, a former slave, wrote poetry in support of the struggle for freedom and against slavery.
Summarize the main idea of these details
What is women played important roles in the Revolutionary War?
The Second Continental Congress sent the Olive Branch Petition to King George III. Yet it also created the Continental Army. Why?
They were hoping to settle the conflict peacefully, but wanted to be prepared if the British objected to their independence.
Soldiers who are paid to fight for another country
What is mercenary?
What is the Stamp Act was unfair because the colonists had no representation in Parliament?
Two key actions of the Second Continental Congress
What is it formed the Continental Army and sent the Olive Branch Petition to King George III?
The role of African Americans in the Revolutionary War
What is African Americans fought on both sides during the war. They played an important role in the Patriot war effort.
Trace the route of Paul Revere’s ride on the map on text page 158. Why was his ride important?
Paul Revere's ride was important because he warned the colonists that the British were coming.
The agreement that officially ended the Revolutionary War
What is the Treaty of Paris?
This set of laws placed new taxes on the colonist after the repeal of the Stamp Act
What is the Townshend Acts?
The key result of the capture of Fort Ticonderoga?
What is the Patriots captured 59 British cannons. They took the cannons to Boston and forced the British to leave that city.
The main outcome of the Battle of Yorktown
What is the surrender of the British army under General Cornwallis marked the defeat of the British?
Briefly explain why Thomas Paine’s pamphlet Common Sense was important in the colonies’ path to independence.
He used language that was easy for people to understand and he gave reasons why it was time to part with Great Britain. Paine's pamphlet convinced many colonists that it was time for independence.