VOCABULARY/KEY TERMS
This is the vocab./key term for the name of the royal decree of 1763 designed to protect Indian tribes by settling a boundary at the peaks of the Appalachian Mountains beyond which no western white settlement was to take place.
WHAT IS THE PROCLAMATION LINE?
WHAT IS PONTIAC REBELLIONS?
This is the name of one of the most popular secret organizations in the colonies formed to oppose the Stamp Act. From 1765 until independence, members spoke, wrote and took direct action against British measures especially the Stamp Tax and tax on tea.
WHO ARE THE SONS OF LIBERTY?
This iconic event was known as the first major battle of the Revolutionary War with "shot heard around the world".
WHAT IS THE BATTLE OF LEXINGTON AND CONCORD?
WHO ARE GEORGE WASHINGTON, JOHN ADAMS, THOMAS JEFFERSON, JAMES MADISON, ALEXANDER HAMILTON, JAMES MONROE, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, JOHN HANCOCK,PATRICK HENRY, RICHARD HENRY LEE, JOHN DICKINSON, ROGER SHERMAN, BENJAMIN RUSH, GEORGE MASON, JOHN JAY , JOHN MARSHALL?
These are the corresponding numbers for how many colonial forces died in the American Revolution.
1. Active Combat -
2. Disease -
WHAT IS ...
1. 6,800 KILLED
2. 17,000 DEATH FROM INFECTIONS
This is the vocab./key term for the British policy of forcibly enlisting sailors into the British navy against their will. It had long been a source of resentment toward British government in port towns.
WHAT IS IMPRESSMENT?
This is the name for the group of farmers who decided that the way to end warfare between whites and Indians on the frontier was to get ride of all Indians- whether they were allied with the British or the French.
WHO ARE THE PAXTON BOYS?
This lawmaking body in Virginia was actually at the forefront of revolutionary Anti-British fervor and passed the Virginia Resolves?
WHAT IS THE HOUSE OF BURGESSES?
This iconic battle was deemed to be the "turning the point" in the American Revolution and secured this European superpower to side with the colonists.
WHAT IS THE BATTLE OF SARATOGA? WHAT IS FRANCE?
This famous person is best known for his leadership at Ticonderoga, Canada, and Saratoga. While his treason had little actual impact on the war’s outcome, it did have a psychological effect. He is considered one of the best combat leaders of the revolution.
WHO IS BENEDICT ARNOLD?
This British Governor issued a proclamation that granted freedom to anyone who left their master and fought for the British? About how many slaves have been estimated to have fled to the British?
WHO IS LORD DUNMORE? ABOUT 100,000 SLAVES?
This vocab./key term refers to a complex, changing body of ideas, values and assumptions that held that self-government by the citizens of a country or their representatives, provided a more reliable foundation for the good society and individual freedom than rule by kings or any other distant elite.
WHAT IS REPUBLICANISM?
This was the most significant battle of the French and Indian War as British army captured this city and ended all French hope of every controlling this piece of land again.
WHAT IS QUEBEC? WHAT IS CANADA?
At the Boston Tea Party - colonial rebels dressed up as what type of Indian? What ship was significant amounts of tea dumped off of and where did this take place?
WHO ARE MOHAWKS? WHERE IS DARTMOUTH? WHERE IS GRIFFIN'S WHARF?
This large Indian Confederacy/ group most notoriously sided with the British in the American Revolution. AND this leader of this other Indian tribe attacked white communities in PA and NY.
WHO ARE THE IROQUOIS?
WHO IS THAYENDANGEGEA? "JOSEPH BRANT"?
WHO ARE THE MOHAWKS?
This famous person deserves praise for the victory at Saratoga where he was, after all, in command. He served as president of the Board of War. His defeat at Camden, South Carolina was a milestone in the southern campaign. But the fact that he did want Washington’s job and spent a good part of the war breathing down the commander-in-chief's neck.
WHO IS HORATIO GATES?
This special group of people were German mercenaries - essentially soldiers for hire from a special place in Europe and were key to the British side.
WHO ARE HESSIANS?
This vocab./key term refers to the assemblage of delegate from all the colonies that convened in May 1775 that eventually declared independence, adopted the Articles of Confederation, and conducted the Revolutionary War.
WHAT IS THE SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS?
This violent event of the also called the Battle of the Great Meadows, (3 July 1754), one of the earliest skirmishes of the French and Indian War and the only battle George Washington ever surrendered.
WHAT IS FORT NECESSITY/ BATTLE OF FORT NECESSITY?
This is the name for the iconic 1772 ruling by a British Chief Justice to free this slave from this master.
WHAT IS THE SOMERSET DECISION? WHO IS JAMES SOMERSET? WHO IS CHARLES STEWART?
Fraser makes note of exceptional women who played an active role in the American Revolution. Name these two women.
WHO IS MARY LUDWIG HAYES "MOLLY PITCHER" AND DEBORAH SAMPSON?
This important person was a Prussian and later an American military officer. He served as Inspector General and a Major General of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
WHO IS BARON VON STEUBEN?
The Declaration of Independence starts with these iconic words that inspired the fight for Independence. WHAT ARE THEY? (Closest team gets points).
WHAT IS ...."When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands."
These vocab./key terms refer to all the acts imposed from British government on the colonies. (Table 5-1) Name at least six!!!
These are all the worldly places that the Seven Years places took hold in (as noted by Fraser).
WHERE ARE NORTH AMERICA, EUROPE, INDIA, AFRICA, CARIBBEAN?
There were TEN pivotal events that started the American Revolution. Make a timeline on your boards and put all ten in order.
***DEC OF INDEPENDENCE, INTOLERABLE ACTS, STAMP ACT, BOSTON MASS, TEA PARTY, SALUATORY NEGLECT, ENLIGHTENMENT, SUGAR ACT, PROCLAMATION LINE, FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR.***
WHAT ARE THE SALUATORY NEGLECT, ENLIGHTENMENT, F AND I WAR, PROCLAMANTION LINE, SUGAR ACT, STAMP ACT, BOSTON MASSACRE, TEA PARTY, INTOLERABLE ACTS, DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
There are many key battles of American Revolution that are important to know. Place the following 10 in order on a timeline.
*** YORKTOWN, VALLEY FORGE, BUNKER HILL, CHARLESTON, SARATOGA, TRENTON, PRINCETON QUEBEC , NEW YORK CITY, LEXINGON AND CONCORD***
WHAT IS THE BATTLES OF LEXINGTON AND CONCORD, BUNKER HILL, NEW YORK CITY, TRENTON, PRINCETON, QUEBEC, SARATOGA, CHARLESTON, VALLEY FORGE, YORKTOWN?
The leadership of British revolutionary war soldiers is often overlooked in AP US History, but they no doubt played a role. Correctly identify at least THREE noteworthy British generals.
WHO ARE GENERAL THOMAS GAGE, WILLIAM HOWE, HENRY CLINTON, JOHN BURGOYNE, CHARLES CORNWALLIS, ROBERT BOYD, JOHN CAMPBELL, SAMUEL HOOD, BENEDICT ARNOLD, JOSEPH BRANT, FRANCIS SMITH?
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WHO ARE JOHN LOCKE, THOMAS HOBBES, THOMAS PAINE, BARON DE MONTESQUEU, VOLTAIRE, JEAN JAQUE ROESSEU, MARY WOLLSTENCARAFT?